Item is an original handwritten composition with eight movements, which include both traditional musical notation and directional text. For example, the first movement simply reads: "Coda I = material from Western Front."
File contains two original handwritten parts for Paul Cram's "On the Lamb." One of the parts has the "b" in "Lamb" covered up by whiteout, so reading "Lam."
File contains a facsimile handwritten score by Paul Cram for voice; violin, viola and cello; soprano, alto, tenor and baritone reeds; piano; electric bass; string bass; and percussion 1 and 2. The first page indicates a running time of 90 minutes. There is also an original handwritten score: Part II, "Spies," pages 34-37.
File contains an original handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Man with the 7 Toes," written for voice; trumpet; alto and tenor sax; guitar; piano; bass; and drums. There are two additional pages marked #28 written for voice and two instruments.
File contains an original handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Wrapped Around Eternity," written for concert saxophone, synthesizer, pipes, bass, and drums. There is also an original handwritten score for "Jazz in the Zebra Zone," for four instruments.
File contains four copies of Paul Cram's "The Point of Sympathy," for chamber orchestra with improvisers, written for: flute 1 & 2; oboe 1 & 2; clarinet 1 & 2; bassoon 1 & 2; trumpet 1 & 2; French horn 1 & 2; violin 1 & 2; viola; cello; contrabass; marimba; timpani; guitar; drums; accordion; and electric bass. The scores includes a key for forming parts E and F. Two scores are spiral bound, two are loose, and one is marked as a transposed score.
File contains original handwritten scores for "Tango Oreo"; "One Step at a Time"';"Faster at the Alter"; "(Do the) Funky Fool"; "String Quartet #3"; "Coup d'Etat"; and "Rank and Vile."
Item is an original handwritten score for violin (amplified); clarinet in Bb/bass clarinet; trumpet in Bb; alto sax/soprano sax; tenor sax; baritone sax; trombone; cello (amplified); percussion (xylophone, marimba, timpani); guitar; keyboards; synthesizer/piano; bass (acoustic/electric); and drums. The title page indicates the running time is 13-14 minutes.
Item is a score 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. The score was written for flutes 1 & 2; oboes 1 & 2; clarinets 1 & 2; bassoons 1 & 2; trumpets 1 & 2; French horns 1 & 2; alto sax; tenor sax; bass clarinet; solo cello; accordion; piano; guitar; electric bass; drums; marimba; timpani; violins 1 & 2; viola, cello; and contrabass.
File contains Paul Cram's original handwritten scores for "Moonlight in Rio" (2 copies); "Inside Passage"; "The Lost City" ; Shanghai Express"; "Scotch Drinkers from Hell"; "Have a Heart or Invitation to an Aztec Sacrifice"; and "Concord Ave."
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 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.
File contains original handwritten scores for Paul Cram's "Hammer and Tongs," written for two altos, bass and drums, and "Down to Earth," written for soprano, tenor and bass.
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 an original handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Tango Oreo," written for saxophone, bass and drums. The first page is annotated with "Side B of PC Quartets. Cut #2." File also contains the original handwritten compositions "Give it Up" and "Sleight of Hand."
File contains an annotated facsimile handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Pendulum," written for flute, clarinet, bass and drums, written in 1985 and revised in 1993. There is also an undated, original handwritten composition titled "Dromedaries."
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.