File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.
Fonds consists of a Hector Pothier's medical school diploma, a Dalhousie song book (ca. 1912-1913), photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, election paraphernalia, invoices, and speeches made to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
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."
File contains parts for "Eye of the Storm," composed by Paul Cram for the Paul Cram Orchestra,and include: alto saxophone (reed 1), tenor saxophone (reed 2), clarinet (reed 2), bass clarinet (reed 3), trombone, cello, trumpet, piano, guitar, bass, and drums.
File contains parts for "Taiwanese Bootleg," by Paul Cram for the Paul Cram Orchestra, and include: alto saxophone (reed 1); tenor saxophone (reed 2); bass clarinet (reed 3); trombone; cello; trumpet; piano, guitar; bass; and drums.
File contains drum parts for Paul Cram compositions for the Paul Cram Orchestra, including "High Ground"; "Walkin' the Wall"; "Zebra Zone"; "Have a Heart"; "Campin Out"; "Life of Crime"; "Trouble in Paradise"; "Immortal Coil"; and "Urban Desperado." There is also a page of handwritten notes for "Kafka's Chair" and loose sheets of manuscript scores for "Side Order from B-flat Restaurant" and "March of the Philistines" for concert-pitch instruments.
File contains concert parts by Paul Cram, including "March of the Philistines"; "Silent Movies"; "Loops"; "Telescope"; "Side Order" and "Entree" from "Bb Restaurant"; "The Problem"; "Round One"; "Hall of Mirrors"; "Ambulatory"; "Monk on Time"; "Lonely Woman"; "Ruminations"; and "The Ripple Effect."
File contains a tour and recording itinerary; set list and edits; drummer David Burton's curriculum vitae; and drum 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"; "High Ground"; "Campin' Out"; Kafka's Chair"; and "Zebra Zone." There are two copies of some parts.
File includes the score and parts for Paul Cram's "High Ground," composed for the Paul Cram Orchestra and performed on their May 2000 concert tour in Halifax, Toronto, Victoriaville, Quebec, and Ottawa. Movements 1, 2 and 4 are written in traditional musical notation; movement 4 — "Open Tutti (subito)" — is a page of conductor's notes. Parts include: reed 1; reed 2; reed 3; trumpet; trombone; cello; guitar; keyboards; bass; and drums.
File contains an original handwritten four line part — with a CAPAC copyright — annotated with: "Changes not written in blood, feel free to change / also blowing can be out also. Octave displacement may be necessary in melody." The second part is for Bb instruments and copyright 2005.
File contains a score for Paul Cram's "Back of the House," and printed parts for vocals; concert pitch; Eb alto sax; Bb clarinet; clarinet; and trumpet. There is also a facsimile handwritten trombone part.
File contains one complete original handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Marmosa," one copy, and an original handwritten alternate version of page 1. The composition is for violin, soprano and alto sax.
File contains an annotated one-page score for "Halifax—i," written for clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, baritone sax, trumpet in Bb, drums, guitar, piano, violin and bass, and a transposed score for "Halifax—iii." There are also Bb parts for "Halifax—ii", "Halifax iv," and "Halifax v,"; and a drum part for "Halifax—ii."
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."
File contains a facsimile handwritten score for "Rejuvenation"; trumpet, trombone and tuba parts for "Spectrum," "Whirlwind," "Neptune," "Rejuvenation," "Vines," and "Riffin"; and tenor sax parts for "Spectrum," "Whirlwind," "Neptune," "Foundation," "Vines," and "Riffin." The trombone II part for "Rejuvenation" is a print copy attributed to Sam Rivers, and the rest of the parts are stamped "Rivbea Music Productions."
Item is a composition written for string, winds, piano and bass by Paul Cram for the Paul Cram Recital held December 2, 2015 and featuring jazz ensemble, film, text and voices. There is also a program with annotations indicating the running times of the set pieces.
Item is a music notebook dedicated "To Paul, With love from Marilyn, Dec 25, 1980." The notebook contains "The Game" — a four-part score with movements numbered I-XVI —; the concert part for "Stitches"; and a few untitled pages of notation.
File contains page 4 of an original handwritten composition for bassoon, saxophone, piano and voice in graphic notation, as well as pages 2, 3 and 4 of a composition in traditional music notation.
