File contains multiple copies of parts for Graham Collier's "Under the Pier," some of them annotated: five concert parts; five Bb instruments parts; and three bass parts.
Item is a composer's score of Paul Cram's The Tyranny of Interest—with eleven movements and a key to formings—for voice, soprano sax, alto sax 1 & 2, tenor sax, baritone sax, trumpet 1 & 2, trombone 1, 2 & 3, piano, guitar, cello. bass 1 & 2, and drums.
File contains two original handwritten compositions by Paul Cram titled "Two Structures for Flute, Trombone, and Contrabass." Both are heavily annotated; one contains two movements and other only the first movement.
File contains trumpet scores 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." There are also pages of graphic notation and a photocopied tour itinerary containing a note to Paul from John.
File contains notes and scores for a Trotsky in Halifax concert, including scores for Trotsky Medley; Tipperary; L'internationale; Visions Fugitive III; Adele's Theme; La Marseillaise; Solidarity Song; Glutton Waltz; Ich Habe gelerent; and Auprès de ma blonde.
File contains a tentative set list with recording times and a note to Tom from Paul, and trombone 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 Drums"; "High Ground"; "Campin Out"; Walkin' the Wall"; Side Order from Bb Restaurant"; "Entree from Bb Restaurant"; "Urban Desperado"; "Zebra Zone"; "Kafka's Chair"; "Groucho Joe" and "March of the Philistines."
File contains the instrumental parts for Paul Cram's compilation of arrangements entitled "Transfigured Night." The piece includes four arrangements: "Wie Lange Noch?" by Kurt Weill for soprano, accordion, and contrabass; String Quartet Op. 28, 2nd movement by Anton Webern for string quartet; "All the Things you Are" by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II for trumpet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and baritone saxophone; and a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. The piece also includes two newly-composed sections for guitar, bass, and drums, and piano and cello duet.
File contains a score and parts for "Transfigured Night - Part 2," arranged by Paul Cram for voice, flute, oboe; clarinet; bassoon; trumpet; alto sax; tenor sax; baritone sax; bass clarinet; solo cello; accordion; solo piano; guitar; electric bass; drums; timpani; violins 1 & 2; viola; cello; and contrabass.
File contains a score for "Transfigured Night - Part 2," arranged by Paul Cram for voice, flute, oboe; clarinet; bassoon; trumpet; alto sax; tenor sax; baritone sax; bass clarinet; solo cello; accordion; solo piano; guitar; electric bass; drums; timpani; violins 1 & 2; viola; cello; and contrabass. There is also a one page cello part arranged by Paul Cram.
Item is the first eight measures of the score for Fred Frith's composition "Traffic Continues: Shadow of a Tree on Sand" for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, trumpet, baritone saxophone, piano, percussion, violin, guitar, and double bass.
File contains parts for "Tip of the Iceberg," composed by Paul Cram for the Paul Cram Orchestra, and include: soprano saxophone (reed 1); tenor saxophone (reed 2); bass clarinet (reed 3); trombone; cello; trumpet; piano, guitar; bass; and drums.
File contain piano, reeds 1, 2 & 3, cello, guitar, bass and drum parts for Paul Cram's "Thunder," a drama with music created by Alan Williams, Mary Vingoe, and Paul Cram. "Thunder" premiered in 1996 at Dalhousie University and was broadcast on CBC Radio Drama in 2001. The piece has five movements: 1. They Say; 2. 1963; 3. Twin Cities; 4. Black Dog; and 5. Vanishing.
Item is a copy of "Three Nocturnes" for piano trio, dedicated to the New York Trio, by Ernest Bloch, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.
Item is a manuscript of the third verse of an untitled song that begins "The town is decked flags today." The song is for solo voice and piano accompaniment in d minor. The first two verse of the song are missing. The author of the text is not indicated, but may have also been written by Archibald.