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Leslie Bell fonds

  • OTUFM 39
  • Fonds
  • 1906-2007

Fonds contains documents relating to Leslie R. Bell's career as a composer, arranger, choral conductor, educator, and music columnist. Materials include manuscript music (both of arrangements and original compositions); radio scripts and notes relating to his work in broadcasting as a radio commentator for CBC and CFRB, Toronto; publicity documents relating to performances by Leslie Bell and the Leslie Bell Singers; correspondence; documents relating to his work as the co-founder and first executive director of the Canadian Music Educators' Association (CMEA); and, newspaper articles, including those written by Bell and about him). The fonds also contains postmortem documents, including condolence correspondence to his wife, Leona Bell, and documents relating to the Leslie Bell Singers reunions and the Leslie Bell Scholarship.

Bell, Leslie R.

Believe me if all

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the Irish folk song "Believe me if, all those endearing young charms" with text by Thomas Moore.

Blest be the tie

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the hymn "Blest be the tie that binds."

Bolero

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the song by Maurice Ravel.

Bonnie Doon : Scottish folk song

File consists of an arrangement by Leslie Bell of the Scottish folk song also known as "Ye banks and braes" by Robert Burns. The arrangement was likely written for the Canadian General Electric radio or television program, due to the initials "B.G." found on the score.

Bonnie Dundee

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the Scottish folk song.

Buttons and bows

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the popular song by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (1947).

Carol medley

File consists of a medley of Christmas carols, arranged by Leslie Bell.

Charmaine

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the song by Ernö Rapée and Lew Pollack (1926).

Choral rhapsody from Porgy and Bess

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of airs from the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Ira Gershwin. Title "Choral rhapsody from Porgy and Bess" and "Rhapsody from Porgy and Bess".

Ciribirbin

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the Piedmontese ballad by Alberto Pestalozza (1898).

College medley : Blue and white

File consists of a medley of college and university songs by Leslie Bell, including "Blue and White" from the University of Toronto Songbook.

Come to me, bend to me

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of a song from the 1947 musical Brigadoon by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, arranged for C.G.E. [Canadian General Electric].

Could it be you?

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of a song from the 1943 musical Something for the boys by Cole Porter.

Coventry carol

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the Christmas carol.

Dark eyes

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the Russian song first published in 1843.

Dr. Eisenbart

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of "Ich bin der Doktor Eisenbart" ("I am the Doctor Eisenbart"), a German folk song.

Easter parade

File consists of an arrangement by Leslie Bell of the popular song by Irving Berlin (1933). It was likely written for the Canadian General Electric radio or television program, due to the initials "B.G." found on the score.

Espana

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the song by Emmanuel Chabrier.

Fireman's bride

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of a song from the 1945 musical Up in Central Park by Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy Fields.

Flow gently sweet afton

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the poem by Robert Burns, set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman.

Fog

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the song by Stone, with words by Carl Sandburg.

Four jolly sailormen

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of a song from the comic opera A Princess of Kensington by Edward German and Bail Hood (1903).

Fugue in G minor

File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Gay 90s medley

File consists of a medley of song from the "gay nineties" [1890s], arranged by Leslie Bell.

Get happy

File consists of an arrangement by Leslie Bell, likely written for the Canadian General Electric radio or television program, due to the initials "B.G." found on the score.

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