File contains the score for "Into the Ice," a piece composed by Paul Cram and performed by the Upstream Ensemble with Symphony Nova Scotia, as well as loose pages of graphic notation and a sketch of the stage arrangement.
Item is an annotated composer's score of Paul Cram's Into the Ice for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, soprano sax/flute, tenor sax/clarinet, string orchestra — 86442, marimba, timpani, guitar, piano, electric bass, drums.
Item is an annotated composer's score of Paul Cram's Into the Ice for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin 1 & 2, viola, cello, bass, timpani, guitar, piano, bass, drums.
Item is a score for Paul Cram's "Irons in the Fire," an 11-minute piece for chamber orchestra commissioned by Symphony Nova Scotia and premiered by Upstream Ensemble in the fall of 1999. The score was written for flutes 1 & 2; oboes 1 & 2; clarinets 1 & 2; bassoons 1 & 2; trumpets 1 & 2; French horns 1 & 2; alto sax; tenor sax; bass clarinet; solo cello; accordion; piano; guitar; electric bass; drums; marimba; timpani; violins 1 & 2; viola, cello; and contrabass.
File contains a score for Paul Cram's "Irons in the Fire," an 11-minute piece for chamber orchestra commissioned by Symphony Nova Scotia and premiered by Upstream Ensemble in the fall of 1999.
File includes an itinerary for the Paul Cram Orchestra's second Canadian Tour, which included concerts at the Marquee Club, Halifax; the National Library of Canada, Ottawa; the Guelph Jazz Festival; Western Front, Vancouver, Meduse Arts Centre, Quebec City; and Cafe Espagnole, Montreal. The file also includes bass and concert parts for "High Ground"; "Immortal Coil"; "Have a Heart"; "Taiwanese Bootleg"; "Dminor Diner"; "Eye of the Storm"; "Life of Crime"; "Trouble in Paradise"; "Kafka's Chair"; "Revolutions"; "Thunder"; "Urban Desperado"; and "Telescope."
Fonds contains music manuscripts and published scores, photographs, and autograph letters written by well-known composers such as Jacques Offenbach, Giuseppe Verdi, and John Philip Sousa. Through his work as a music critic and journalist in Toronto and Halifax, Logan communicated with many prominent Canadian musicians in the early twentieth century. Many of the scores, photographs, and autographs included in this collection are a result of his contributions to music criticism. The music and theatre programs are frequently annotated with comments for reviews, and most of his correspondence with musicians and actors relates to his work as a music and theatre critic. Some of the scores were given to Logan as gifts from performers while others were sent to him for review or publication in newspapers. There are several manuscripts of songs by Edith Jessie Archibald, a prominent social activist and suffragist in Halifax. Letters sent to Logan also concern his poetic contributions, and there is a manuscript draft of one of his books, Preludes: Sonnets and other Verses (1906).
File contains the manuscript and four annotated copies of the tone row for "Kafka's Chair" by Paul Cram in prime, retrograde, inversion, retrograde inversion, and transposed forms. The manuscript also includes the "Entree" from Cram's "B-flat Restaurant" at concert pitch.
File contains two annotated copies of Paul Cram's composition, "Kickers," in five parts. Each of the five parts is a short phrase. The composition was funded by SOCAN.
File contains two annotated copies of Paul Cram's composition, "Les Mouton à L'Abbatoir," an atonal composition funded by SOCAN, which consists of a monophonic melody.
File contains G. Schirmer's Secular Choral Music's "Let my song fill your heart." Words and music by Ernest Charles, and arranged by Bryceson Treharne.
Item is a copy of the songs "Heilige Nacht" and "Der Traum" for voice and piano, from Zemlinsky's Lieder. The copies are annotated in pencil by Anthony Pugh.
Item is the score for all three movements of Paul Cram's "Life of Crime," performed by Upstream Music Ensemble in 1995 at Saint Mary's University, Halifax. The score is for reeds 1, 2 and 3; trumpet; trombone; cello; guitar; keyboard; bass; and drums.
Item is a copy of the first edition of Igor Stravinsky's piano arrangement of his ballet, "The Firebird." The ballet was written for the Ballets Russes in Paris, under the direction of Sergei Diaghilev. The piano arrangement was published shortly after the premiere performance on June 25, 1910 at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra.
File includes a concert part with lyrics and a Bb part for Ornette Coleman's 1959 jazz composition, with lyrics by Toni Pigot. The piece was performed at a 2007 concert by the Guerrillas (Paul Cram on clarinet and tenor; Dawn Hatfield on baritone sax; Rick Waychesko on trumpet; Lee Park on electric violin; Toni Pigot on vocals; Dave Burton on drums; Lukas Pearse on bass and electronica; and Jeff Torbert on guitar and electronica.
File contains a score for tenor sax, Bb trumpet and string bass, and parts for string bass; Bb trumpet; concert voice 1; concert pitch voice 2; tenor sax; Eb alto (tenor sax); Eb alto sax (trumpet) x 2; Eb baritone; Bb trumpet; concert pitch (tenor sax); and trumpet in C. There is also an annotated trumpet Bb trumpet part.
File contains an original handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Man with the 7 Toes," written for voice; trumpet; alto and tenor sax; guitar; piano; bass; and drums. There are two additional pages marked #28 written for voice and two instruments.
File contains one complete original handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Marmosa," one copy, and an original handwritten alternate version of page 1. The composition is for violin, soprano and alto sax.
Item is a copy of Steve Tittle's "Mediterranean Eyes," originally commissioned in 1983 by the Atlantic Canada Trio (flute, piano, and double bass) and revised in 1996 for small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, and strings).
