Identity area
Reference code
OTUFM 10-A-001
Title
Four conceits : for piano
Date(s)
- 1945-1948, 1972 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 ms. score (10 p.) : ink transparencies + 10 ms. scores (9, 5, 1, 13, 10, 5, 1, 1, 5, 11 p.) : ink + 1 notebook
Context area
Name of creator
(1927-2022)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John Beckwith (1996, 2011); Kathleen McMorrow (A2024-02)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File consists of manuscript scores and sketches for John Beckwith's "Four Conceits for piano," including the complete manuscript, earlier versions of the composition, and the master score transparencies from the Canadian Music Centre publication (1972). The collection was also titled "Four piano pieces" and an early version of the set included six—not four—conceits. Selections included in the files are:
- Bagatelle (December 1945, revised March 1947)
- Microcosm (November 1945) [not included in final set]
- Contrast (June 1947)
- Excursion no. 1 (March 1948)
- Excursion no. 2 (March 1948)
- Frolic (for Ronaldo) or Frolic I (November 1945, revised 1946) [not included in final set]
- Frolic II (January 1946) [not included in final set]
- Flower piece (June 1947) [not included in final set].
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Alternative identifier(s)
Former identifiers
1.1 - 78291 rbsc, 78375 rbsc, 1.1 - 78376 rbsc, 1.1 - 90134 rbsc