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The other side of air / composed by Sandy Moore

Item is a poster for an event held on June 13, 1987, at Eye Level Gallery. This event was part of Ear level by Eye Level music series 87 and featured Astrid Brunner, Ray Grant, Paul Moreau, Peter Moreau and Glen Walton.

The point of sympathy : [parts]

File comprises 26 parts for chamber orchestra with improvisors; each part contains a key for the section of the score (@ letter E + F) that changes from traditional to graphic notation.

The point of sympathy : [score]

Item contains a partial score of Paul Cram's "The Point of Sympathy" — pages 3-50; the last four pages are printed on the reverse sides of scrap paper.

The point of sympathy : [score]

Item contains an annotated score of Paul Cram's "The Point of Sympathy." The file includes a handwritten conductor's key and a photocopied key to formings.

The point of sympathy / by Paul Cram

Item is the master of a conductor's score for Paul Cram's The Point of Sympathy for Chamber Orchestra with Improvisor, which includes an instrumentation list on the title page: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in Bb, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets in Bb, 2 french horns, violin1 (8), violin 2 (6), viola (4), cello (4), contrabass (2), marimba, timpani, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, electric cello, piano, accordion, guitar, electric bass, drums.

The Prodigal Son : track 1

Item is an audio recording of CBC radio recording for "The Prodigal Son" at the Guelph Spring Festival in 1968. The Prodigal Son is a music drama by Benjamin Britten / music directed by Nicholas Goldschmidt.

The prodigal son and the widow

File consists of three audio recordings containing recorded CBC radio broadcastings of the opera "The Prodigal Son" at the Guelph Spring Festival in 1968 and the opera "The Widow" at the CBC Toronto Summer Festival in 1967, and backstage interviews at the Toronto Canadian Opera Festival. Originally labelled "the widow" and handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case read:
Joan Maxwell(mezzo-soprano), Sheila Piercey(soprano), Maurice Brown(baritone), John Arab(tenor)

(Track) 1. The prodigal son / by Benjamin Britten / music directed by Nicholas Goldschmidt - Peter Ginkel, Maurice Brown, Garnet Brown, John Arab
(Track ) 2. The widow / by Calixa Lavallée - John Arab and Sheila Piercey duet, 1967 CBC festival - Barbini

The ravens by the Tower of London : [score]

Item is an annotated copy of Jamieson's composition, which is in five sections. Each section has textual instructions for individual instruments with four musical parts notated at the bottom: melody, accompaniment, B-flat trumpet line, and bass line.

Jamieson, Daryl

The royal pardon act 1

Item is a video recording of the Dalhousie Department of Theatre production of The Royal Pardon by John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy, performed from 1 to 5 December 1992. The item is a recording of act I. The production was directed by Guy Bannerman and produced by Dalhousie Theatre Department Productions with musical direction by Lisa St. Clair. The production was staged at the David Mack. Murray Studio.

The royal pardon act 2

Item is a video recording of the Dalhousie Department of Theatre production of The Royal Pardon by John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy, performed from 1 to 5 December 1992. The item is a recording of act II. The production was directed by Guy Bannerman and produced by Dalhousie Theatre Department Productions with musical direction by Lisa St. Clair. The production was staged at the David Mack. Murray Studio.

The satchmo suite

Item is a poster for Eastern Front Theatre's musical production, "The Satchmo Suite," written by Hans Böggild and Doug Innis. The musical featured Jeremiah Sparks as jazz artist, Louis Armstrong.

"The Secret of Susanna" by Wolf-Ferrari (side B)

Item is an audio recording of the performance of Wolf-Ferrari’s "The Secret of Susanna," which was presented at Mimico High School in Toronto on February 26, 1969. Sheila Piercey performed the role of Countess Susanna. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

The town is decked flags today : [manuscript vocal score]

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.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

The widow : track 2

Item is an audio recording of CBC radio broadcasts at the CBC Toronto Summer Festival. The first part of the recording is the "Movement for Orchestra" and an interview with Harry Somers(composer). The second part of the recording (13:00) is the opera "The Widow" by Calixa Lavallée.

The willows are new (after Wang Wei's Yang Kuan) : piano solo

Item is a photostat copy of Chou Wen-Chung's composition, based on "Yang Kuan," a composition for ch'in attributed to Wang Wei (689-759). The work for solo piano was sent to Ellen Ballon by the New York publishers, C.F. Peters, with an accompanying letter that indicated that the composition was undergoing publication.

Chou Wen-Chung

Three penny opera

Item is a video recording of the Dalhousie Departments of Music and Theatre production of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill, performed from 4 to 6 April 2002. The production was directed by Tara Patriquin and David Overton and produced by Dalhousie Theatre Department Productions and the Department of Music with musical direction by Lisa St. Clair. The production was staged at the Sir James Dunn Theatre.

Thunder : [parts]

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.

Thunder : [poster]

  • MS-5-21, Oversize Folder 4
  • Item
  • April 12, 1996- April 13, 1996
  • Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a poster for "Thunder," which was produced by Sming Productions, written and performed by Alan Williams, with music by Paul Cram. "Thunder" was directed by Mary Vingoe with set design by Stephen Britton Osler and lighting by Dave Reilly. It was performed at St. Mary's University Art Gallery on April 12 and 13, 1996.

Titania's waltz, Op. 12, no. 1

Item contains the first piece in Rubin Goldmark's composition "In the Forest: Four Piano Compositions." This piece is dedicated to Paolo Gallico.

Towards the elimination of racism: a gospel celebration

Item is a poster for "Towards the Elimination of Racism: A Gospel Celebration," a concert presented by the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, the African Nova Scotian Music Association, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Emmanuel Baptist Church.

The concert featured performances by Kim Bernard, Rosie Fraser, James Ogden, Marko Simmonds, and others. The concert took place at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Upper Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia on March 21, 2009.

Traffic continues : shadow of a tree on sand : [score]

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.

Frith, Fred

Transfigured night : [parts]

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.

Cram, Paul

Trotsky in Halifax

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.

Trouble in paradise / by Paul Cram

  • MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 13, Item 2
  • Item
  • [ca. 2002?]
  • Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's score in three parts for reeds 1, 2 & 3, trumpet, trombone, cello, guitar, keyboards, bass and drums.

Trouble in paradise / Paul Cram

  • MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 13, Item 1
  • Item
  • [ca. 2002?]
  • Part of Paul Cram fonds

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

Two piano pieces

File contains copies of the manuscripts for two untitled pieces by George Barati (born Gyorgy Braunstein), written at the MacDowell Colony between June 19 and June 22, 1948. The first composition is dedicated to his wife, Ruth.

Barati, George

Tyranny of interest / Paul Cram

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.

University of Ottawa and Waterloo

  • MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 49
  • Item
  • [between 1990 and 1999]
  • Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of performances by the Upstream Ensemble at the University of Ottawa and the University of Waterloo.

University of the Air

  • UA-46
  • Collection
  • 1976 - 1983
Collection comprises digital video files of four teaching series produced for television in Atlantic Canada and hosted by Dalhousie University faculty, including: series one (The Oceans); series two (The Structure of Sound); series three (20th Century Latin America: Why Revolution?); and series four (Textiles: Their Development and Effects).

Dalhousie University. University of the Air

Upstream : October Summit : [poster]

Item is a poster for an Upstream concert at Sir James Dunn Theatre on Sunday, October 23, 1994, featuring the Upstream Ensemble, members of Symphony Nova Scotia, and special guests Jamie Gatti and Jim Faraday.

Upstream demo

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a recording of a performance by Upstream Music Association. The container label notes "NSAC (Nova Scotia Arts Council) Grants to Organizations".

Upstream Music Association fonds

  • MS-5-16
  • Fonds
  • 1985 - 2010 ; predominantly 1990 - 2010
Fonds contains the administrative, performance, and recording records of the Upstream Music Association; its ensemble, Upstream Ensemble or Orchestra; and its recording label, Undercurrent Recordings.

Upstream Music Association

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