Identity area
Reference code
OTUFM 39-A-2-6
Title
A frog a-courtin' he did ride
Date(s)
- [1951] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 score (4 p.) : blueprint
Context area
Name of creator
(1906-1962)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the English folk song, sent to Bell by Burl Ives.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Leslie Bell plays a recording of this song by the Leslie Bell Singers in a radio program where he discusses their United States tour (OTUFM 39-E-B017). For other recordings see "C.G.E. radio : overseas transcriptions" (OTUFM 39-E-B106); a compilation of their performances from 1953-1954 (see OTUFM 39-E-B104); and "The Leslie Bell Singers" (OTUFM 39-E-B147).
Also see Burl Ives' other songs included in the "Animal fair suite".
Notes area
Note
For quartet.
Note
Date from a review of a performance by the Bell Singers in the Toronto Daily Star (January 17, 1951).
Alternative identifier(s)
Physical storage (blueprint)
Box 3
Downsview barcode (blueprint)
39 27 28 15 11