File includes the second, third, fourth, fifth and tenth albums, dedicated to Julieta d'Almeida Strutt, Arnaldo Estrella, Magdalena Tagliaferro, Tomas Teran, and Ellen Ballon. The albums are copies of handwritten scores completed in New York and Rio between 1948 and 1949.
File includes a set list for Guerrilla Vacation, which was 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. The file includes guitar and concert parts for "Jungle Trek"; "Factory Overload"; "Black Dog"; "Vanishing"; "Free Fear"; "Underwater Highway"; "Out and About"; "Ruminations"; "Home Free"; "Ohmygod!"; "Side Order from Bb Restaurant"; "Bb Restaurant Redux"; "Round One"; "Telescope"; "Silent Movies"; and "Ambulatory."
File contains guitar parts for the Paul Cram Orchestra's second Canadian tour in September 2001 in support of the band’s debut CD on the Victo Label: “Campin Out.” The group played Halifax, Ottawa (National Library of Canada), Guelph (Guelph Jazz Festival), Vancouver (Western Front), and Montreal (Sala Rossa). Works included are: "Trouble in Paradise"; "Kafka's Chair"; "Eye of the Storm"; "High Ground"; "Have a Heart"; "Tip of the Iceberg"; various works from "B flat Restaurant"; "March of the Philistines"; various works from "Thunder"; "Urban Desperado"; "Campin' Out"; "Life of Crime"; "Taiwanese Bootleg"; "Zebra Zone"; and "Immortal Coil." File also contains a tour itinerary and a handwritten note to Jeff from Paul Cram.
File contains an annotated one-page score for "Halifax—i," written for clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, baritone sax, trumpet in Bb, drums, guitar, piano, violin and bass, and a transposed score for "Halifax—iii." There are also Bb parts for "Halifax—ii", "Halifax iv," and "Halifax v,"; and a drum part for "Halifax—ii."
Item is a concert score for Paul Cram's Hall of Mirrors for koto, shakuhachi, soprano sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet, synthesizer/Irish harp, synthesizer/piano, and percussion. Koto tuning: C F G C# D E G# A B D# F# A# C.
Item is a revised concert score for Paul Cram's Hall of Mirrors for harp/synth, koto, shakuhachi, soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet, cello, guitar, synth/piano, electric bass, and drums.
File contains annotated parts for "Have a Heart," written by Paul Cram for the Paul Cram Orchestra. Parts include piano; alto saxophone; trombone; bass; trumpet; clarinet; guitar; cello; and drums.
File contains annotated parts for "Have a Heart," composed by Paul Cram for the Paul Cram Orchestra and performed on their May 2000 concert tour in Halifax, Toronto, Victoriaville, Quebec, and Ottawa. The composition was created in 1987 and revised in 1998. Parts include guitar, piano, trombone, bass, clarinet, drums, cello, reed 1 (alto sax); and reed 2 (tenor sax). File also contains a press release with tour details.
File contains parts for "Have a Heart," written by Paul Cram for the Paul Cram Orchestra. Parts include piano; alto saxophone; trombone; bass; trumpet; clarinet; guitar; cello; and drums.
File contains an original handwritten four line part — with a CAPAC copyright — annotated with: "Changes not written in blood, feel free to change / also blowing can be out also. Octave displacement may be necessary in melody." The second part is for Bb instruments and copyright 2005.
Item is a copy of Steven Naylor's composition for flute, violin, oboe, trumpet, viola, clarinet, accordion, cello, bassoon, electric bass, bass clarinet, contrabass, and percussion. Each instrument plays a short phrase repeatedly until the end of the piece with entries staggered between instruments.
Fonds consists of a Hector Pothier's medical school diploma, a Dalhousie song book (ca. 1912-1913), photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, election paraphernalia, invoices, and speeches made to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
File contains published music scores used in Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia concerts, which were performed in historic settings. Scores include Sweet Polka Kiss; H.M.S. Pinafore; Polonaise from "Maignon"; Minute Waltz; We Sail the Ocean Blue; and El Capitan. There is also a handwritten score for Dickens in North America, with music by Stephen Pedersen and lyrics by Mark DeWolf. It was first performed in the Red Room, Province House, on August 24, 1979.
File contains five parts for Paul Cram's "High Ground," including drums; bass clarinet; soprano sax; tenor sax; guitar; and piano. Each part is composed of the same concert part, followed by a page of musical notation, followed by a page of graphic notation containing all the parts.
File includes the score and parts for Paul Cram's "High Ground," composed for the Paul Cram Orchestra and performed on their May 2000 concert tour in Halifax, Toronto, Victoriaville, Quebec, and Ottawa. Movements 1, 2 and 4 are written in traditional musical notation; movement 4 — "Open Tutti (subito)" — is a page of conductor's notes. Parts include: reed 1; reed 2; reed 3; trumpet; trombone; cello; guitar; keyboards; bass; and drums.
Item is a conductor's score for "Immortal Coil," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Ensemble in 1990. The piece has a playing time of 15 minutes. The score includes a title page and an instrumentation list, which includes trumpet, clarinet, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, harp or synthesizer, guitar, synthesizer, and drums.
Item is an annotated conductor's score for "Immortal Coil," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Ensemble in 1990. The piece has a playing time of 15 minutes. Instrumentation includes alto saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, harp, tenor saxophone, synthesizer one, synthesizer two, guitar, and drums.
Item is an annotated conductor's score for "Immortal Coil," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Ensemble in 1990. The score contains annotations in pen and pencil. Instrumentation includes alto saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, harp, tenor saxophone, synthesizer one, synthesizer two, guitar, and drums.
Item is Paul Cram's score for trumpet, clarinet, tenor sax, alto sax, harp/synthesizer, guitar, synthesizer and drums. The handwritten title page has copyright as 1990, but the first page of the score indicates copyright 1992.
Item is a manuscript of "In Flanders Fields" by Edith J. Archibald, which sets the words of the poem of the same name by Colonel John McCrae. The piece is for solo voice and piano in F Major and was written at Archibald's home on Inglis Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The piece is 5 pages long with extra blank pages.
File contains G. Schimer's Secular Choruses for Mixed Voiced's "In the Luxembourg Gardens." Words and music by Kathleen Lockhart Manning, and arranged by Wallingford Riegger.