Archives Catalogue

MS-4-21, Box 15, Folder 2, Item 1
Item
[1990 or 1992]

Item is Paul Cram's score for trumpet, clarinet, tenor sax, alto sax, harp/synthesizer, guitar, synthesizer and drums. The handwritten title page has copyright as 1990, but the first page of the score indicates copyright 1992.

Immortal coil / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 1
Item
1990

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's concert score for clarinet, trumpet, harp, tenor, tape 1, 2, & 3, and drums. The score is marked as #1.

Immortal coil / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 2, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1990]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's undated score for reeds 1, 2 & 3, trumpet, trombone, cello, guitar, keyboard, bass and drums.

In Flanders Fields : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 5
Item
1917

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of "In Flanders Fields" by Edith J. Archibald, which sets the words of the poem of the same name by Colonel John McCrae. The piece is for solo voice and piano in F Major and was written at Archibald's home on Inglis Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The piece is 5 pages long with extra blank pages.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Internal combustion : [score]

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 14
Item
2007

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a coloured score for C instruments. The composition has three main sections and the third section is further subdivided into five sections, including a passacaglia. No performance instructions are included. The composition was funded by a SOCAN grant.

Reilly, Jeff

Into the ice / by Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 13, Folder 7, Item 2
Item
1998

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an annotated composer's score of Paul Cram's Into the Ice for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, soprano sax/flute, tenor sax/clarinet, string orchestra — 86442, marimba, timpani, guitar, piano, electric bass, drums.

Into the ice / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 13, Folder 7, Item 1
Item
1994

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an annotated composer's score of Paul Cram's Into the Ice for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin 1 & 2, viola, cello, bass, timpani, guitar, piano, bass, drums.

Irons in the fire / by Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 14, Folder 2
Item
1999

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an annotated composer's score of Paul Cram's Irons in the Fire for flute 1 & 2, oboe 1 & 2, clarinet 1 & 2, bassoon 1 & 2, trumpet 1 & 2, french horn, french horn, alto sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet, solo cello, accordion, piano, guitar, electric bass, drums, marimba, timpani, violin 1 & 2, viola, cello, contrabass.

Kafka's chair / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 10
Item
[19--]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's undated score for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, cello, guitar, piano and bass.

Mandarins : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 5, Folder 14
Item
[ca. 1990]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a composition by Paul Cram.

Mediterranean eyes : version for small orchestra : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 31
Item
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of Steve Tittle's "Mediterranean Eyes," originally commissioned in 1983 by the Atlantic Canada Trio (flute, piano, and double bass) and revised in 1996 for small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, and strings).

Tittle, Steve

Monk on time : clarinet in B-flat

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 22
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of the B-flat part for Paul Cram's atonal composition, "Monk on time," which was funded by SOCAN.

Cram, Paul

Moodswing / by Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 4
Item
1997

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's score for saxophone quartet.

Moonlight in Rio : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 11
Item
[ca. 2000?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item contains a score for four saxophones.

Mountains of madness : concert pitch

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 44
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of an anonymous melody entitled "Mountains of Madness," handwritten at concert pitch.

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.

Neither fire nor place : [score]

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 5
Item
1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is the first seven measures of the score for Fred Frith's composition "Neither Fire nor Place" for flute, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet, piano, percussion, guitar, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

Frith, Fred

Nocturne : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 33
Item
1990

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of Naylor's composition for flute, saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, vibraphone, electric guitar, piano, and percussion. The composition is dedicated to Earle Hagen

Naylor, Steve

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pulse track : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 24
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of two "Pulse Tracks" by Paul Cram.

Cram, Paul

Rah, rah, radio / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 11
Item
June 1992

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's score for tenor sax and computer driven Roland S-770 sampler.

Reason by reason : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 12, Folder 6
Item
1981

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a facsimile handwritten score by Paul Cram.

Requiem for solo voices and chorus

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 65
Item
1895

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a reduced piano score of the English version (translated by C.I. Kenney) of Verdi's Requiem, written in memory of Alessandro Manzoni. The flyleaf of the book was signed for J.D. Logan by the soloists of the Philharmonic Spring Musical Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Grace Kerns (soprano), Judson House (tenor), Fred Patton (baritone), and Nevada Van der Veer (contralto). The file also includes a newspaper clipping of Logan's review of the concert from the Halifax Herald (April 26, 1922).

Verdi, Giuseppe

Rest Christian calmly : [choral score]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 63
Item
[1922]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is the manuscript for a hymn "Rest Christian Calmly," with words by Jessie P. MacKay and music by Addie MacKay. The music is for four-part chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and is in F Major with four verses.

Side steppin' 1 : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 10
Item
[1994]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is the score for a composition by Bauer. Bauer divided the instruments into three groups: (1) guitar, oboe, piano, violin; (2) violin, viola, cello, xylophone; and (3) bass clarinet, electric bass, and acoustic bass. The composition alternates between 3/8,4/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8, 9/8, 10/8, and 12/8 at a tempo of 100 eighth-notes per minute. The score is printed on the back of Bauer's resume.

Bauer, Bob

Snake oil : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 9, Folder 28
Item
1999

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an annotated facsimile print and handwritten concert part.

Solar system / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 13, Folder 5
Item
1984

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's facsimile score for saxophone quartet and tape, performed June 1984. The first page comprises program notes describing the composition as a variation on the Icarus myth; the second page is a schemata for between movements.

Sound fields : [score]

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 10
Item
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of Sandy Moore's improvisational composition in three sections.

Moore, Sandy

Spectacles : [performance instructions]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 40
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of the performance instructions for an improvised composition with sixteen possible sets, each defined by four words, that are performed in any order.

Speed call : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 9, Folder 30
Item
1999

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an annotated facsimile handwritten concert part.

String quartet #1 / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 14, Folder 3
Item
[199-?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an undated score of Paul Cram's String Quartet #1 for violin 1, violin 2, viola and cello.

Telescope : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 29
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item contains one annotated copy of "Telescope," a monophonic, atonal composition by Paul Cram written at concert pitch.

Cram, Paul

Terceiro concerto de piano e orquestra : redução para dois pianos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 4
Item
1956

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is an autograph manuscript of Heitor Villa-Lobos's reduction for two pianos of his Piano Concerto No. 3, completed in New York in 1956. The composition was commissioned by the Brazilian pianist Arnaldo Estrella.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

The Arts and Letters Club Constitution : [choral score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 18
Item
October 1922

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a copy of a manuscript for the Arts and Letters Club Constitution song, written for tenor, bass, and chorus in A Major.

The magic order : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 11, Folder 9
Item
2013

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a facsimile score for voice; trumpet; soprano sax/flute; trumpet 2; alto sax; trombone; tenor sax/clarinet; bass trombone; baritone sax/flute; guitar 1; guitar 2; synthesizer 2; piano 1; contrabass 2; drums 2; drums 1; and percussion.

The magic order : [score]

MS-5-21, Oversize Folder 2
Item
2013

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an annotated score of a work first performed by Upstream Orchestra in memory of Steve Lacy on May 18, 2013 at the International Festival de Musique Actuel, which commissioned the work, in Victoriaville, Quebec. The piece was played alongside "Convoy HFX" and "Witch Gong Gang II/10." The Upstream Orchestra included Jeff Reilly, conduction; bass clarinet, Tena Palmer; voice, Rick Waychesko; trumpet, Chris Mitchell; soprano sax/flute, Paul Tynan; trumpet, Kenny MacKay; alto sax, Danny Martin; trombone, Paul Cram; tenor sax/clarinet, Tom Walsh; trombone, Dawn Hatfield; baritone sax, flute, Geordie Haley; guitar, Scott McMillan; guitar, Tim Crofts; synthesizer, Steven Naylor; piano, Lukas Pearse; contrabass-electronics, David Burton; drums, Danny Parker/contrabass, Doug Cameron; drums; and Erin Donovan, percussion.

The top of the score pages are in standard notation and provide the music for different instruments. The bottom half of each page is in graphic notation with symbols noting improvisational cues and solos for each instrument. There also parts for B, Bb, Eb, bass, and drums. There are two pages of smaller visual notations. The score was composed for voice; 2 trumpets; 2 trombones; soprano sax/flute; alto sax; tenor sax/clarinet; baritone sax; piano; synthesizer; 2 guitars; 2 basses; 2 drum sets; and percussion.

The naked ear : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 4
Item
1991

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a conductor's score for "The Naked Ear," a concert work composed by Paul Cram in 1991 for Upstream Ensemble, which debuted at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on November 24, 1991.

The naked ear / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 5
Item
1991

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's score for reeds 1 & 2, wx7, trumpet, guitar, harp, synth, drumscom (?), comp 1, 2 & 3.

The point of sympathy : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 6
Item
1997

Part of Paul Cram fonds

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]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 21
Item
1997

Part of Paul Cram fonds

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

MS-5-21, Box 13, Folder 2
Item
1997

Part of Paul Cram fonds

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 problem : concert pitch

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 23
Item
1985

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of the concert pitch part for Paul Cram's atonal composition, "The Problem," in three sections.

Cram, Paul

The ravens by the Tower of London : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 32
Item
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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 Staten Island ferry is orange / by Paul Cram