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Dance noir : [parts]

  • MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 5
  • File
  • [between 1990 and 2007]

    • Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains parts for Paul Cram's "Dance Noir," including accordion; guitars 1 and 2; piano; and reeds 1 and 4.

Cram: Upstream

  • MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 13
  • Item
  • November 18, 1990

    • Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance by Upstream Ensemble. Listed on the container label are the works "The Staten Island [Ferry] is Orange". 1. Rehearsal; 2. Concert- "Soft Walls"; 1. Concert; 2. Rehearsal.

Cram music

  • MS-5-21, Box 1, Folder 26
  • File
  • [between 1992 and 2009]

    • Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains the score for "Mail-Order Mantis"; concert, Bb tenor and Eb saxophone parts for John Coltrane's "A Love Upstream/Resolution"; Eb part for "Monk on Time"; Bb score for "Beyond Benghazi"; Bb instrument parts for "Bb Restaurant Redux"; "Free Delivery"; "Silent Movies"; "Telescope"; "Monk on Time"; "Long Distance"; and tenor sax part for "Back of the House."

Corridors of power / Paul Cram

Item is an undated composer's score of Paul Cram's Corridors of Power for voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone, bass clarinet, accordion, piano, guitar, electric bass, drums, marimba, timpani, violin 1 & 2, viola, cello and contrabass.

Corridors of power : [scores]

File contains two spiral-bound scores; one is marked "old" and the other is annotated and marked "new score." The work was commissioned by Canada Council and written for Upstream Orchestra, which premiered it in the fall of 2000. The score is written for voice; flute 1; oboe 1; clarinet; bassoon; trumpet; alto sax; tenor sax; baritone sax; bass clarinet; accordion; piano 1; guitar; electric bass; drums; marimba; timpani; violin 1; violin 2; viola; cello; and contrabass.

Corridors of power : [parts]

File contains parts for Paul Cram's "Corridors of Power," which was commissioned by Canada Council and written for Upstream Orchestra, who premiered it in the fall of 2000. File includes parts for flute; clarinet; bass clarinet; oboe; bassoon; alto sax; viola; cello; piano; and guitar. The composition is written in both traditional musical and graphic notation.

Convoy Hfx / P. Cram

Item is a composer's score printed on one page divided into 12 numbered sections or movements that combine printed standard music notation and handwritten formation.

Convoy HFX : [score]

File contains seven copies of scores for Paul Cram's "Convoy HFX," with printed standard music notation and handwritten formations. Six are copies with handwritten annotations; one is an original handwritten score on tissue with the printed notation parts pasted on.

Convoy HFX : [score]

  • MS-5-21, OS Folder 1
  • Item
  • [between 2001 and 2003]

    • Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an annotated score composed by Paul Cram and commissioned by the Canadian Council of Music in 2001. "Convoy HFX" was first performed by an 18-piece Upstream Orchestra in January 2002; in 2006 by the Upstream Ensemble; and in 2013 alongside "The Magic Order" and "Witch Gong Gang II/10" at the International Festival de Musique Actuel in Victoriaville, Quebec. A list of musicians includes: Jeff Reilly, Kenny MacKay, Paul Cram, Steven Naylor, David Burton, Erin Donovan, Tim Crofts, Doug Cameron, Lukas Pearse, Danny Martin, Tom Walsh, Rick Waychesko, Paul Tynan, Tena Palmer, Geordre Haley, and Scott McMillan.

The lefthand pages of the score are predominantly in graphic notation with some standard music notation. They are divided into 13 parts: 1) "Whispers"; 2) "Morse"; 3) "Nausea"; 4) "Storm"; 5) "Attack" followed by a solo; 6) "0400 Hours"; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12. The righthand pages, labelled "13," are in standard notation for different instruments. The file also contains two posters advertising Convoy HFX.

Concert Works

Concert works includes the recordings of Paul Cram compositions performed in concert, or composed for the purpose of being performed in concert.

Concert parts for Paul Cram compositions

File includes concert parts for "Ambulatory"; "Lamnations"; "The Problem"; "Groucho Joe"; "Happy Talk"; "Caravan"; "In the Bosom of the Bubble"; "Somewhere in Between"; "Wave Surface"; "Volga Boat Race"; "Walk!!!"; and "Campin Out."

Concert- live at Khyber

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a concert performance at the Khyber Centre for the Arts in Halifax Nova Scotia.

Concert- final mix

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the Upstream Ensemble performing in concert. The container label attributes the works "Immortal Coil" to Paul Cram and "Sunrise" to Jeff Reilly. It also notes "Improv #1", Naylor- "Nocturne", Bob Bauer- "Valse Triste", and Tittle- "intellectual Dancing".

Compose Yourself — Grammar School

File contains parts for Paul Cram's "Irons in the Fire," an 11-minute piece for chamber orchestra commissioned by Symphony Nova Scotia and premiered by Upstream Ensemble in the fall of 1999. Parts include: guitar; tenor sax; solo electric cello; piano; accordion; alto sax; bass clarinet; drums; electric bass; violin 1; violin 2; viola; cello; contrabass; flute 1; flute 2; oboe 1; oboe 2; clarinet 1; clarinet 2; bassoon 1; bassoon 2; trumpet 1; trumpet 2; French horn 1; French horn 2; timpani; and marimba. The parts were copies for a Halifax Grammar School concert or workshop in 2012/2013.

Clarinet, tenor sax, bass, drum and concert parts for Paul Cram compositions

  • MS-5-21, Box 1, Folder 24
  • File
  • [between 1988 and 2007]

    • Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains annotated drum, trombone and bass parts for "1963," "Revolutions" and "Under the Double Standard"; trumpet part for "Under the Double Standard"; bass part for "Zones"; Tenor and alto sax parts for "Tango Oreo"; clarinet parts for "March of the Philistines" and "Get up and Go"; Bb and concert parts for "Monk on Time"; concert parts for "On the Lam";"Telescope"; "Live it Up"; "Mandarins"; "Lonely Woman"; "In the Bosom of the Bubble"; "Round Trip"; "Heads Up"; and "In Mufti." There are also parts for various jigs and for "Public Nuance," by Gregg Simpson.

Circuits : [part]

Item is an original handwritten composition in both traditional musical and graphic notation.

Cello parts from the PCO "Campin Out" tour

File contains cello 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."

CD rom- demo

  • MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 10
  • Item
  • [between 1985 and 2000]

    • Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance by the Upstream Ensemble.

CBX : [part]

Item is an original handwritten composition by Paul Cram.

Caravan : [score]

Item is a score for soprano, alto and baritone saxophone arranged by Paul Cram.

Caravan : [part]

Item is an original handwritten cello part by Paul Cram.

Campin' out

  • MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 9
  • Item
  • January 24, 1998.

    • Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the work "Campin' Out" performed by the Upstream Ensemble at the Holiday Inn in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Cabaret for the end of time

File contains a set list, script material, and Paul Cram and other artists' parts and scores for a cabaret/concert in Chester, Nova Scotia. Music includes a concert part for "Y Chromosome"; tenor sax parts for "Holiday in Paradise, "Well You Needn't," "No Call for Mercy," "Come Sunday," "Wonderland," "Stormy Weather," "More" and Moonlight in Rio"; synth parts for "Walking thru Walls" and "Dancing Star"; and the clarinet part for "Send in the Clowns."

Cabaret for the end of time

File contains bass parts music by Paul Cram and other artists performed in "Cabaret for the End of Time" in Chester, Nova Scotia. Compositions include: for "Holiday in Paradise"; "No Call for Mercy"; "Wonderland"; "Moonlight in Rio"; "Dancing Star"; "Send in the Clowns"; "Walking the Walls"; "More"; "Nightcap"; "All the Things You Are"; "Georgia"; and "Boogie Stop Shuffles."

Bread & circuses : [parts]

File contains concert, Bb instrument, Eb instrument and bass clef instrument parts for Graham Collier's "Bread & Circuses." Folder also contains a program note written by Graham Collier and an enclosure note from Collier to Paul Cram.

Blue moon : [score]

File contains a photocopy of Paul Cram's graphic notation composition "Blue Moon." File also contains two pages of untitled graphic notation.

Black dog : [parts]

File contains concert, voice, clarinet, bass, baritone, trumpet and drum parts for Paul Cram's "Black Dog."

Beyond Benghazi II : [score]

Item is the 1989 conductor's score for "Beyond Benghazi" by Paul Cram, for clarinet; trumpet; alto sax; tenor sax; trombone; baritone; bassoon; cello, timpani; guitar; piano x 2; bass; and drums. The title page contains handwritten musical directions.

Beyond Benghazi II

Item is conductor's score removed from its binding. The first page is handwritten (facsimile), indicating instrumentation with graphic notation.

Beyond Benghazi 93

Item is a conductor's score for Beyond Benghazi, copyright in 1987 and revised in 1993. The score, which is annotated, is for oboe, sop /flute, clarinet, trumpet, ten/clar, bassoon, violins 1 and 2, viola, cello, percuss/timpani, Sandy, guitar, piano, bass and drums.

Beyond Benghazi / Paul Cram

Item is a set of two master copies of the composer's score of Beyond Benghazi, one printed single-sided and the other printed double-sided.

Beyond Benghazi / by Paul Cram

Item is a conductor's score for Beyond Benghazi, copyright 1996. The title page includes an instrumentation list: flute, piccolo, 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, 2 trumpets, 2 french horns, violins 1 & 2, violas, cellos, string basses, timpani, percussion (vibes and marimba), synthesizer, guitar, piano, electric bass , drums.

Beyond Benghazi : [score]

Item is the 1996 score for "Beyond Benghazi" by Paul Cram, which was first copyright in 1979 and revised in 1996. The score is for flute, piccolo, 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, 2 trumpets, 2 French horns, violins 1 & 2, violas, cellos, string basses, timpani, percussion (vibes & marimba), synthesizer, guitar, piano, electric bass and drums.
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