File contains an autographed program by Leopold Stokowski, the conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The program is for a concert given by the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Milwaukee Auditorium. File also contains J.D. Logan's ticket stub from the concert.
File contains an autograph of the American composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk, addressed to Mr. L.J. List(?). Included on the page are three measures of monophonic music in G minor. This autograph would have been purchased or given to John Daniel Logan as a gift.
File contains the autograph of the French operatic soprano Marie Rôze Mapleson (1846-1926). The autograph is accompanied by two short lines of monophonic music. John Daniel Logan purchased the autograph for $100.
File contains an autographed program for a concert sponsored by the Halifax Community Concert Association at Capitol Theatre. Mischa Elman was accompanied by Carroll Hollister on the piano.
File contains an autographed photograph of Clara Butt Rumford (1872-1936), an English contralto. She toured with her husband, Kennerley Rumford throughout Europe and America. This photograph was likely attained by John Daniel Logan during their extended world tour (1912-1914), which encompassed Canada, the United States, and Australia.
File contains an autographed photograph of the Canadian violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer Frank Edward Blachford (1879-1957) addressed to Dr. J.D. Logan in appreciation of his writing on music in Toronto.
File contains two autographed photographs of Joseph F. Sheehan, an American tenor with the Boston English Opera Company, both addressed to Dr. J.D. Logan.
File contains two photographs of the Canadian composer, teacher, and writer W.O. (Wesley Octavius) Forsyth, one of which is autographed for Dr. J.D. Logan.
Subseries contains autographs of musicians, some of which are on concert programs. These concert programs also frequently contain annotations by J.D. Logan about the music performed. Most of the autographs would have been obtained from the musician directly by John Daniel Logan, with the exception of the autograph of the American pianist and composer Louis Morceau Gottschalk (1829-1869) and that of the French operatic soprano Marie Rôze Mapleson (1846-1926).
File includes a postcard with a black and white photograph of Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), an Italian opera composer. The postcard has various signatures on the front, including Francesco Marconi (1855-1916, operatic tenor from Rome) and four other illegible signatures. The postcard is addressed to Frau Dr. Lehnsern(?) of Berlin. File also includes the incipits of three pieces by Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), signed at dated October 3, 1844. There are also five letters written by the following composers: Jacques Offenbach (1879), Gustav Mahler (1899), Edvard Grieg (1902), Maurice Ravel (1921), and Ignacy Paderewski (n.d., 1860-1941).
Series contains autographs, autograph letters, and autographed photographs. The letters were purchased by John Daniel Logan and were predominantly written by composers, including Giuseppe Verdi and Jacques Offenbach. Many of the autographs are signed on concert programs, presumably from concerts that Logan attended. The photographs are of musicians and actors, including several of the English actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson, and were sent to or obtained by Logan for his personal collection and in his capacity as a music critic and journalist.
File contains the autographs for the Rumfords on a piece of stationary paper from Hotel Vancouver. Clara Butt-Rumford (1872-1936) was an English contralto and Kennerley Rumford (1870-1957) was an English baritone. They toured together throughout Europe and America following their marriage in 1900. This autograph was likely attained during their extended world tour (1912-1914), which encompassed Canada, the United States, and Australia.
File contains the autographs of two brothers, Russian pianist Mark Hambourg and the Russian cellist Boris Hambourg, addressed to Dr. J.D. Logan on behalf of the Colonel W.E. Thompson Library of Music and Musical Literature at Dalhousie University. Each of the Hambourg's signatures are accompanied by short musical incipits. The autographs are dated March 5, 1925 in Toronto, Ontario.
File contains an autographed program by the Hambourg Trio (Geza de Kresz, violin; Reginald Stewart, piano; and Boris Hambourg, cello). The program is from a recital at Pythian Castle, Saint Join, New Brunswick. File also contains J.D. Logan's 1909-1910 season pass for the Massey Music Hall in Toronto, Ontario.
Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the concert work "B Flat Restaurant" composed by Paul Cram. The container label notes that the work is composed for 2 alto sax, tenor sax/clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, bass, drums, and guitar. The recording is of Upstream Ensemble and guests performing at the Atlantic Jazz Festival. It was later broadcasted on CBC's Two New Hours.
File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey on November 22, 1985, with handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case that reads: "Bach - Cantata no. 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, side I: 1 to 7 side II: 8 to 10, St Andrew's United Church, November 22, 1985."
Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey singing "Bach Cantata no. 147" at St Andrew's United Church in Halifax on November 22, 1985. Handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case read: "Bach - Cantata no. 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, side I(A): 1 to 7 side II(B): 8 to 10, St Andrew's United Church, November 22, 1985." The recording is on side A of audio cassette.
Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey singing "Bach Cantata no. 147" at St Andrew's United Church in Halifax on November 22, 1985. Handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case read: "Bach - Cantata no. 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, side I(A): 1 to 7 side II(B): 8 to 10, St Andrew's United Church, November 22, 1985." The recording is on side B of audio cassette.
Item also includes a memo, performance information, and a note regarding the composition's publication by Max Eschig. The score was copied by Henrique Martins and is dedicated to Arminda Neves d'Almeida (Mindinha).
Item is a copy of an autograph version of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3, including performance notes. The score was reproduced and bound by Independent Music Publishers of New York City.
File contains three copies of a poster for the Halifax Camerata Singers' performance of Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, with the Truro Cantabile Singers and the Breton Chamber Choir. The concert was part of the St. Cecilia Concert Series at St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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 a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at Acadia University's Manning Memorial Chapel in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Saint Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Item is an audio recording of Act 3 from the Barber of Seville (COC tour) on November 26, 1968, in Truro, Nova Scotia. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.
Item is an audio recording of Act 2 Sheila Piercey singing at the Barber of Seville (COC tour) on November 26, 1968, in Truro, Nova Scotia. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.
File is an audio cassette tape with recordings of Sheila Piercey singing at the Barber of Seville (COC tour) on November 26, 1968, in Truro, Nova Scotia.
File contains annotated bass and concert parts for "Campin' Out"; "Under the Double Standard"; "Heads Up"; "In Murti"; "Monk on Time"; "On the Lam"; "Tango Oreo"; "Telescope"; "Zones"; "Confederation"; "Live it Up"; "Nijinsky's Dancing Shoes." There are also parts for various jigs and for "Public Nuance," by Gregg Simpson.
File contains bass clarinet 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 also contains a tour itinerary and a handwritten note to Jeff from Paul Cram.
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