Archives Catalogue

Music by other composers collected or transcribed by Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 6, Folder 12
File
1978 - [199-?]

File contains sheet music and scores/parts transcribed by and/or collected by Paul Cram, some of which are his own arrangements.

Music Gallery performance

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 31
Item
December 8, 1989

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a recording of a performance by the Hemispheres Ensemble at the Music Gallery in Toronto, Ontario. The container label lists the songs performed: "The Dice are Loaded" - Peter Hatch, "Darkness and Grace" -Rainer Wiens, "3-D Head" -Tom Walsh, "Beyond Benghazi" -Paul Cram, and from the Nutcracker Suite "Arabesque Cookie", "Chinoiserie", and "Dance of the Floreadores" -Ellington/Strayhorn/Tchaikovsky (1960).

Nasca lines

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 32
Item
June 2003

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the work "Nasca Lines" performed by the Upsream Orchestra with Janice Jackson at the Scotia Festival of Music by CBC radio.

Nature of the beast / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 6
Item
1989

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's score in 7 parts for clarinet, trumpet, alto, tenor, trombone, baritone, bassoon, cello, timpani, guitar, piano, bass and drums.

Noir Angels set list and music

MS-5-21, Box 6, Folder 13
File
[ca. 2001]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Not now, Mr. Bond : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 23
File
[ca. 2000?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains two scores by Paul Cram with clarinet, trumpet, guitar, piano, bass and marimba parts. One version is annotated to read: "Over Here, Mr. Bond."

NSAC

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 33
Item
December 6, 2000 - February 1, 2001

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a recording of a performance by Upstream Music Association for Nova Scotia Arts Council on February 1, 2001. It also contains Jeff Reilly's work "Ghost Tracks" performed by the Upstream Orchestra on December 6, 2000.

O. W. #1

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 34
Item
February 21, 1997

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance by the Upstream Ensemble with Symphony Nova Scotia. The container is labelled O.W. #1, probably in reference to their CD "Open Waters". The container label also notes one track entitled "Sympathy".

OAOS : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 9, Folder 18
Item
1981

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an original handwritten composition by Paul Cram.

Off the cusp : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 18
Item
1979

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a manuscript score in graphic notation.

OHMYGOD! : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 2
File
2005

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File includes multiple copies of the 12 parts of Paul Cram's score OHMYGOD!, which includes: drums; trumpet; violin; bass clarinet; bass; tenor sax; flute; baritone sax; voice; audio; and guitar.

On strike : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 9, Folder 13
Item
[after 1980?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an original handwritten composition.

On the lam : [score and parts]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 17
File
1991

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a score and parts for saxophone quartet.

On the lam / by Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 7
Item
[1991?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's concert score for saxophone quartet.

On the lamb : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 5, Folder 40
Item
1983

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is the trumpet part for "On the Lamb."

On the lamb : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 10, Folder 9
File
1983

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains two original handwritten parts for Paul Cram's "On the Lamb." One of the parts has the "b" in "Lamb" covered up by whiteout, so reading "Lam."

One heart broken into song : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 16
File
1999

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone parts for "Swing Low" and alto, tenor and baritone saxophone parts for Paul Cram's "One Heart Broken into Song," from his score for the film of the same name, directed by Clement Virgo and written by George Elliott Clarke.

Open waters

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 36
Item
November 16, 1999

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance by the Upstream Ensemble with Symphony Nova Scotia and Weigold.

Open waters

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 35
Item
[between 1993 and 1999]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance by the Upstream Ensemble performing their album "Open Waters". The container label lists the musicians Tittle, Naylor, Roach, Moore, Palmer, Reilly, Cram, and Bauer.

Opening credits : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 5, Folder 39
File
2015

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a composition written for string, winds, piano and bass by Paul Cram for the Paul Cram Recital held December 2, 2015 and featuring jazz ensemble, film, text and voices. There is also a program with annotations indicating the running times of the set pieces.

Operation sandbox : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 13
Item
1991

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a score for Paul Cram's "Operation Sandbox," composed for flute; clarinet; bass clarinet; trumpet; drums; guitar; percussion; and synths.

Out and about : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 29
File
[ca. 2000?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains clarinet, trumpet and baritone parts for Paul Cram's "Out and About."

Out blues: [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 9, Folder 39
File
1997

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains multiple copies of parts for Graham Collier's "Out Blues," some of them annotated: one concert part; five Bb instruments parts; and two bass parts.

Out of the ashes

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 37
Item
September 18, 1991

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the concert work "Out of the Ashes" composed by Paul Cram and performed by the Upstream Ensemble.

Out of the ashes

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 38
Item
August 10, 1993

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the concert work "Out of the Ashes" composed by Paul Cram. The container label notes that the recording is a demo done with Jeff Reilly.

Out of the ashes : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 9
Item
1994

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is the trumpet part for Paul Cram's "Out of the Ashes."

Out of the ashes : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 5
Item
1994

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a conductor's score for "Out of the Ashes," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Ensemble. The piece was registered with SoCan in August 1990 and renewed in 1994. It debuted at Saint Mary's University on September 23, 1990. Instrumentation includes flute and soprano saxophone (reed one), clarinet and tenor saxophone (reed two), bass clarinet and clarinet (reed three), trumpet, synth one, synth two and piano, and drums.

Out of the ashes / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 8
Item
August 1990

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's concert score for reed 1/flute & soprano sax, red 2/clarinet & tenor sax, reed 3/bass clarinet & clarinet, trumpet, synth 1, synth 2 & piano, drums. The cover page includes the [part?] titles: deep, island, trench, atlantic, north, dance, temple. burning, water, eruption, millenium, sinking, ruins, cleansing, plague dancing, party to the end, cool fire, cold heat, ritual mountains to cinders and ash.

Parts for Madagascar, Fortress and Necktie Party

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 8
File
2003

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains concert, Bb, Eb and open parts for Paul Cram's "Madagascar," "Boarding Party," "Fortress," and Necktie Party," which are taped together in three-page runs.

Parts for Paul Cram's "Younger than Spring Time" and "Zones"

MS-5-21, Box 1, Folder 27
File
[between 1986 and 2009]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains the clarinet and flute parts for "Zones" and the concert part for "Younger than Springtime."

Past the reef : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 10, Folder 21
Item
[after 1980]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an original handwritten concert part.

Paul Cram compositions — concert parts

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 30
File
1981 - 2009

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains concert parts by Paul Cram, including "March of the Philistines"; "Silent Movies"; "Loops"; "Telescope"; "Side Order" and "Entree" from "Bb Restaurant"; "The Problem"; "Round One"; "Hall of Mirrors"; "Ambulatory"; "Monk on Time"; "Lonely Woman"; "Ruminations"; and "The Ripple Effect."

Paul Cram fonds

MS-5-21
Fonds
[196-] - 2018

Fonds comprises records created and collected by Paul Cram that document his work as a composer and musician. Record types include primarily music scores and parts — printed and handwritten — composed by Paul Cram for orchestra, small ensemble, jazz quartet and solo instruments. There are also sound recordings (CD and cassette tape) and posters and programs.

Cram, Paul

Paul Cram Orchestra repertoire list, sets and parts

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 31
File
2003

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains a repertoire list as of May 14, 2003, two set lists and 11 parts for bass, electric bass, and guitar.

Paul Cram's music notebook

MS-5-21, Box 6, Folder 8
Item
1980 - 1993

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a music notebook dedicated "To Paul, With love from Marilyn, Dec 25, 1980." The notebook contains "The Game" — a four-part score with movements numbered I-XVI —; the concert part for "Stitches"; and a few untitled pages of notation.

Paul Cram's music notebook

MS-5-21, Box 6, Folder 10
Item
1978 - 1980

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a spiral-bound music notebook with dated, primarily untitled compositions.

Paul Cram's music notebook

MS-5-21, Box 6, Folder 9
Item
[ca. 1970s?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a spiral-bound music notebook with untitled music notation and two titled compositions: "Bass Mirror" and "Animation."

Paul Cram's notebook

MS-5-21, Box 6, Folder 11
Item
[ca 1990]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a hardcover notebook containing textual notes, including potential set lists, as well as some graphic notation. Most of the pages are blank.

Pendulum

MS-5-21, Box 12, Folder 9
File
1993

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains an annotated facsimile handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Pendulum," written for flute, clarinet, bass and drums, written in 1985 and revised in 1993. There is also an undated, original handwritten composition titled "Dromedaries."

Percussion parts for Paul Cram Orchestra 2002 tour and recording

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 32
File
2002

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains a tour and recording itinerary; set list and edits; drummer David Burton's curriculum vitae; and drum parts for: "Life of Crime"; "Eye of the Storm"; "Trouble in Paradise"; "Revolutions"; "Taiwanese Bootleg"; "Tip of the Iceberg"; "Dminor Diner"; "Have a Heart"; "Immortal Coil"; "Thunder"; "High Ground"; "Campin' Out"; Kafka's Chair"; and "Zebra Zone." There are two copies of some parts.

Piano and bassoon : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 10, Folder 14
File
[198-?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains original handwritten piano and bassoon parts for a composition by Paul Cram.

Pluckstück : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 3
Item
1990

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a conductor's score for "Pluckstück," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Orchestra. The piece debuted at Saint Mary's University on November 18, 1990 and was registered with SoCan in December 1990.

Pluckstucke

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 39
Item
1990

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the concert work "Pluckstucke" composed by Paul Cram. The date 1990 is provided based on details found on Cram's website.

Pluckstücke / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 9
Item
1995

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's score for reeds 1, 2 & 3, trumpet, guitar, harp, synth 1 and drums.

Posters of Paul Cram performances

MS-5-21, Box 11, Folder 15
File
[after 1976]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File includes a poster for an Open Waters festival featuring the Paul Cram Trio; two posters for Paul Cram, Lyle Ellis and Gregg Simpson at the Music Gallery; a poster for Benghazi Sax Redux; and a poster for the Paul Cram Trio.

Posters, programs and publicity records