Archives Catalogue

Schooldays : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 23
Item
[197-?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a handwritten score in pencil.

Sanctus nagilus : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 22
Item
[197-?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a handwritten score in pencil.

Notes from the Master composition

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 12
File
[1960s?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains pages of untitled musical notation by Stephen Pedersen.

Counterpoint exercises

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 14
File
[196-?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains miscellaneous counter point exercises composed by Stephen Pedersen, including "Canon for Rosie & Gail with a friend of their Choice."

Stephen Pedersen fonds

MS-5-23
Fonds
1964 - 2000

Fonds contains records related to Stephen Pedersen's music teaching, composing and performance activities. Record types include manuscript music scores, sound recordings, posters and programs, contracts and correspondence.

Pedersen, Stephen Alan

Early concert programs and reviews

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 10
File
1964 - 1968

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains recital and concert programs and reviews from Stephen Pedersen's student days; a copy of the National Composers' Competition of the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada entry rules; and a letter of rejection from the Canadian Music Centre. There are also programs for two flute seminars.

Gonfalons / Daedalus : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 7, Folder 10
Item
1967

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a photocopied score with pencil annotations; the final page is andwritten in ink.

Music notations, lyrics, recording notes and a newspaper article about Ontario community colleges

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 17
File
1967-1969

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains records created or collected by Stephen Pedersen during his employment at Centennial College.

Piano pieces

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 19
File
1967

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains title and untitled piano compositions by Stephen Pedersen.

Gonfalons for two flutes

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 1
File
[ca. 1967]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains scores, textual notes and a letter addressed to "Daedalus" acknowledging his entry—"Gonfalons for Two Flutes"—in the Centennial Competition for Canadian Student Composers.

Three haiku / Stephen Pedersen : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 6, Folder 16
Item
[ca. 1968]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a score for alto flute, handwritten in ink.

Three haiku / S. Pedersen : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 3, Folder 22
Item
[ca. 1968]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a score, handwritten in pencil.

Three haiku / Stephen Petersen : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 7, Folder 4
Item
[ca. 1968]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is an annotated score for alto flute, handwritten in ink.

Three haiku for soprano, flute, harpsichord / Stephen Pedersen : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 7, Folder 6
Item
[1968?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a score, bound and handwritten score in ink, with two pages of notes regarding revisions inserted inside the cover.

The Conservatory manuscript music book

MS-5-23, Box 3, Folder 32
File
[ca. 1968]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains a manuscript book with a pencilled transcription of Debussy's Première Rhapsodie pour Clarinette en Sib, as well as loose notes and a draft score for Sonnet 60, and a program for a 1968 McGill Faculty of Music recital.

Notes for a talk on new music

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 11
File
[ca. 1968]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File also contains a handwritten list of contemporary composers.

Sketches : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 11
Item
[ca. 1968-1970?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a score by Stephen Pedersen titled "Sketches."

Cut and paste scores for strings

MS-5-23, Box 7, Folder 12
File
[ca. 1968-1970]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains scores for violin, viola and cello composed of photocopied staves pasted onto sheets of paper, with brief notes written in ink.

Sound recordings

Series
1968-1983

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Series contains audio recordings of musical performances featuring Stephen Pedersen's compositions and/or his performances on flute and piccolo. Series includes recordings of Pedersen's solo performances and performances by musical ensembles including Scotia Wind and the Halifax Woodwind Quintet. Most recordings are on audio reels; series includes two audio cassettes of a radio play featuring Pedersen's music. Recordings include several made for radio or television broadcast.

Three haiku : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 3, Folder 23
File
1968

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains scores for speaking and flute, handwritten in pencil, and textual notes about the haikus and settings.

Three haiku / Stephen Pedersen : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 7, Folder 5
Item
[1968]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is an score for alto flute, handwritten in ink and annotated in pencil.

Vivaldi piccolo concerto

MS-5-23, Box 1, Item 10
Item
1968 - 1969

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is an audio reel containing recordings of four performances. Track 1 is Vivaldi's Piccolo Concerto performed by the Hamilton Chamber Orchestra with Marta Kidy conducting and Stephen Pedersen on the piccolo, recorded in mono at a concert at Westmount High School in Hamilton on May 29, 1969. Tracks 2, 3 and 4 are part of a grouping called Electronic Tape, composed by Stephen Pedersen during his time at the Royal Conservatory of Music Electronic Studies under the instruction of S. Dalin. Track 2—Intaglio—was recorded in stereo on May 28, 1969 at the Cedarbrae Library in Scarborough, Ontario. Track 3—Study—was written in early fall 1968. Track 4—I'm Always Getting Yelled at for Being Overdressed (Study #Two)— was recorded on March 18, 1968 during a Royal Conservatory noon-hour series.

Notes about playing a flute piece

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 7
File
[ca. 1968-1970?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains a page of performance or practice notes, three lines of music notation and a paper with two phone numbers for Ann Southam.

Compositions for string trio

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 12
File
[ca. 1968-1970?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains titled and untitled draft compositions and textual notes.

Three haiku / Stephen Pedersen : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 6, Folder 15
Item
[ca. 1968]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a score for soprano, alto flute and harpsichord, handwritten in ink.

Concert programs, reviews and promotional records

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 20
File
1968 - 1991

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains correspondence, posters, programs and contracts for recitals and concerts in which Stephen Pedersen performed solo, with his wife, Virginia Beaton, and with groups including Scotia Winds, Chebucto Symphony Orchestra, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony.

Untitled music notations

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 6
Item
[ca. 1968-1970?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a page containing two lines of music notation by Stephen Pedersen.

Untitled score excerpts and notes

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 9
File
[ca. 1968-1970?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Empire music manuscript book

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 18
Item
[ca. 1968-1970]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains a manuscript book containing untitled and titled musical compositions in pencil, including "Counterpoint + Palestrina & the Dissonance"; "Western Wind"; "Weepe You No More"; "What is Beauty"; and "Never More the Wind."

Letter from John Haar, President of Centennial College, to Stephen Pedersen

MS-5-23, Box 3, Folder 4
Item
June 26, 1969

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a letter thanking Stephen Pedersen for his part in developing the English curriculum at Centennial College.

Mozart's flute quartet in D major and Poulenc's woodwind sextet

MS-5-23, Box 2, Item 10
Item
[197-]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a recording of Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major performed by the Atlantic Symphony, and Poulenc's Woodwind Sextet performed by the Halifax Woodwind Quintet, with Monique Gusset on piano.

Original material for Intaglio (reel three)

MS-5-23, Box 2, Item 12
Item
[197-?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is reel three of three recordings of original material for Intaglio, with a handwritten "shotlist" inserted in the case that reads: "rough cut used in final re-recording"; "raw pings recorded in canon"; and "ping mix + fb mix + misc (?)."

Notes, programs and scores for school concerts

MS-5-23, Box 3, Folder 5
File
[197-?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Concert programs

MS-5-23, Box 3, Folder 8
File
[197-]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains programs for the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra's 6th subscription concert; The Banff School Festival Ballet; Scotia Festival's Conductors in Concert; Banff School Festival Orchestra, and St. Matthew Passion, sung by The Dalhousie Chorale.

Two icons : mass for string / by Stephen Pedersen : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 8
Item
[197-?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item contains the conductor's score for Stephen Pedersen's "Two Icons."

Duchess of Malfi overture : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 7, Folder 13
File
[197-]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains two untitled orchestral scores, handwritten in pencil and ink.

Textual notes and music notations for Pastimes

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 18
File
[197-?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Mass for strings / Stephen Pedersen : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 7, Folder 15
File
[197-]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains scores for violin, viola, cello and bass, handwritten in ink. There are additional copies and partial copies on vellum.

3 Haiku / Stephen Pedersen

MS-5-23, Box 1, Item 1
Item
[197-]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a CBC Radio audio recording of Stephen Pedersen's 3 Haiku.

Woodwind quintet / Dexter Morrill

MS-5-23, Box 1, Item 7
Item
[1981?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File is a recording of pieces from Woodwind Quintet by Dexter Morrell.

Original material for Intaglio (reel two)

MS-5-23, Box 2, Item 11
Item
[197-?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is reel two of three recordings of original material for Intaglio, with a handwritten "shot list" inserted in the case that reads: "Tape 1"; "Tape 2" and "SP—his tape."

Quintet in C Major, op. 77 / Dvorak

MS-5-23, Box 2, Item 13
Item
April 12, 1970

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a recording of Dvorak's Quintet in C Major, op. 77 performed by members of Atlantic Sympathy Orchestra on April 12, 1970 at the Convent of the Scared Heart, Halifax.

Halifax Woodwind Quintet

MS-5-23, Box 2, Item 14
Item
[197-?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a recording of the Halifax Woodwind Quintet.

Ragas

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 20
File
[197-]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains published sheet music for various ragas, a recording program of Samuel Dolin's work, and a page of handwritten notes by Stephen Pedersen.

Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia concert scores

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 24
File
[ca. 1970s]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

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.

The Galliard Ensemble sample school programmes