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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

A Nocturne : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 7
Item
[1915-1927]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of Edith J. Archibald's song for solo voice and piano in F Major entitled "A Nocturne," including the score and a separate typed sheet with the poem in English and French, also written by Archibald.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Going West : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 9
Item
[1915-1927]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of Edith J. Archibald's song for solo voice and piano in G Major entitled "Going West." The text for the song was written by Rev. Mrs. Ross(?) of Hamilton, Ontario.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Paysages

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 5
Item
1925

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Ernest Bloch's "Paysages," a three-movement work for string quartet, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Phantasie in c minor

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 7
Item
1921

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of "Phantasie in C minor" for piano trio (piano, violin, cello), with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Sonate pour violoncelle et piano

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 15
Item
1915

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Claude Debussy's cello sonata, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Après un rêve

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 19
Item
1910

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Après un rêve by Claude Debussy, transcribed for cello and piano by Pablo Casals, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Sinfonia No. 79

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 24
Item
1965

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Haydn's Symphony No. 79, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Taras bulba

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 28
Item
1947

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Leoš Janáček's "Taras Bulba" for orchestra, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

String quartet no. 2

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 32
Item
February 22, 1992

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Alasdair MacLean's String Quartet No. 2, which was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio Halifax for the Saint John String Quartet.

MacLean, Alasdair

Sonata No. 6, op. 32

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 5
Item
[19--?]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Prokofiev's sixth piano sonata, annotated in pencil by Anthony Pugh.

Deuxième Sonate : première version

MS-2-26, Box 4, Folder 18
Item
[after 1913]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Rachmaninoff's second piano sonata, annotated in pencil by Anthony Pugh.

Sonate : violon et piano

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 12
Item
1927

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Ravel's second violin sonata, annotated in pencil by Anthony Pugh.

Concerto pour violoncelle, op. 33

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 16
Item
1971

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Saint-Saëns's first cello concerto, annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Première sonate, op. 75

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 17
Item
[after 1885]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Saint-Saëns's first violin sonata, annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Pierrot Lunaire, op. 21

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 18
Item
[after 1912]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire," annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Sonata for viola and piano, op. 147

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 22
Item
1975

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Shostakovitch's violin sonata, annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Trio for violin, violoncello and piano, op. 67

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 24
Item
1967

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Shostakovitch's piano trio, annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Sonata, op. 40

MS-2-26, Box 8, Folder 1
Item
1962

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Shostakovitch's cello sonata, annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Vier letzte Lider

MS-2-26, Box 8, Folder 4
Item
1950

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Strauss's "Four Last Songs," (including Frühling, September, Beim Schlafengehen, and Im Abendrot), annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Introduction and Allegro for string quartet

MS-2-26, Box 8, Folder 8
Item
1984

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Healey Willan's string quartet, completed by F.R.C. Clarke and annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Evil vamp : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 16
Item
1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of Paul Cram's composition, "Evil Vamp," which includes a "polytonal" and "dirge" options for improvisation.

Cram, Paul

Forming 23 : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 17
Item
1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is Paul Cram's composition, "Forming 23," a graphic score for trumpet, trombone, guitar, piano, bass, drums, and vibraphone. The score includes indications for ornamentation, rhythm, style of improvisation, tempo, and register.

Cram, Paul

I'm out about you : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 26
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is the first two lines of Paul Cram's non-metric composition.

Cram, Paul

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

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

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 6
Item
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

Aikata : [score]

MS-5-16, Oversize Folder 26
Item
1990

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of Sandy Moore's "Aikata," written for any combination of instruments for an indefinite length of time. The composition is based on 11 cluster chords and 11 melodic tone rows, which can be performed in retrograde, inversion, or retroinversion. The 11 chords are taken from the given chords for the Sho, a Japanese mouth organ.

Moore, Sandy

Heavier than air : concert score

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 12
Item
1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of Steven Naylor's composition for flute, violin, oboe, trumpet, viola, clarinet, accordion, cello, bassoon, electric bass, bass clarinet, contrabass, and percussion. Each instrument plays a short phrase repeatedly until the end of the piece with entries staggered between instruments.

Naylor, Steve

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

Unnamed improvisational composition : [piano score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 37
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of four accompaniment patterns in Paul Cram's handwriting with instructions for improvised solos written beside each pattern.

Cram, Paul

Waltz : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 39
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of the first sixteen measures of a three-part anonymous Waltz in 3/4 time.

Cukeoo : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 43
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of an anonymous score entitled "Cukeoo" for solo voice, piano, and an undefined instrumental ensemble. The score combines common music notation with graphic notation. The text is taken from an English folk song, "The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird"

Bachianas Brasileiras no. 3 : piano e orchestra : [conductor's score]

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 16
Item
1938

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of Heitor Villa Lobos' third Bachianas Brasileiras in four movements, dedicated to "Mindinha" (Arminda Villa Lobos).

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Caprice de concert pour piano, Op. 4

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 8
Item
1899

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of Volpe's Caprice, dedicated to his friend Ossip Gabrilovitsch, and published by Luckhardt and Belder of New York.

Volpe, Arnold

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : violino secondo

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the second violin part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23.

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : basso e violoncello

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the double bass and viola part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23.

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : fagotto primo

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 9
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the first bassoon part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23.

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : fagotto secondo

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 10
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the second bassoon part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. It is printed on the same piece of paper as the second clarinet part.