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File contains photographs of Canadian musicians, many of which are signed, and most of which are not dated: John Beckwith (photo by Robert Lansdale); S. C. Eckhardt-Gramatté with string quartet including Peggie Sampson and Victor Feldbrill; Herman Geiger-Torel; Irene Jessner; Greta Kraus; Sir Ernest MacMillan (2 photographs); Lois Marshall (2 photographs); Oskar Morawetz; Charles Peaker; Redferne Hollinshead; Hart House String Quartet (left to right, Milton Blackstone, Geza de Kresz, Boris Hambourg, Harry Adaskin; dedicated "To Lou Taube, 1937").

File contains autographed photographs of the following non-Canadian musicians: Malwine Brée, Franz Léhar, Theodor Leschetizky, Isolde Menges (dedicated to Dorothy Denison, Kelowna, [British Columbia], September 29, 1918), I. J. Paderewski, Hans Pfitzner, Ravi Shankar (2 photos by Eric Hayes), and Victoria de los Angeles. File also includes press photographs by B. Azarov for "forthcoming stage tour of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra in the USA and Canada" of Emil Gillels (pianist), Valery Klimov (violinist), Kirill Kondrashin (conductor), and members of the State Symphony Orchestra in the Big Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow.

File consists of a scrapbook compiled by the Milton Blankstein (later, Blackstone), consisting of newspaper clippings of reviews and press notices, photographs, and programs relating to his career in New York City, Toronto, and other Canadian cities. The scrapbook includes a signed photograph of Eugène Ysaÿe and and Boris Hambourg (dated in Toronto, 1918).

Collection consists of materials relating to musical life in Toronto, Ontario. The collection includes photographs of various Canadian and European musicians, including various photographs of Canadian Opera Company productions from the late 1980s and early 1990s, autographs from various opera singers and musicians from the late-nineteenth century, three scrapbooks with newspaper clippings and programs, and a collection of songs published in the Toronto Evening Telegram at the end of the nineteenth century.

File consists of programs and posters for concerts featuring works by Oskar Morawetz, and copies of newspaper articles, correspondence, and programs. The file includes copies of letters from Coretta Scott King, regarding the Morawetz's compositions written in tribute to her husband Martin Luther King, Jr.; from Rose Kennedy regarding Morawetz's composition written in memory of her son John F. Kennedy; from Edward Johnson regarding the dedication of Morawetz's composition "Land of Dreams"; and from Otto Frank regarding the premiere of Morawetz's "From the Diary of Anne Frank." A copy of the vocal score for "From the Diary of Anne Frank" is also included in the file, with a handwritten dedication from the composer to Jean Lavender, inscribed "with best wishes and many thanks for building the Music Library at the Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto."

The file also includes the following photographs:

• Sergei Prokofiev and Mstislav Rostropovich (autographed in 1972 by Rostropovich; photo from 1952)
• Oskar Morawetz and Mstislav Rostropovich
• Otto Frank (with dedication dated 1972 to Morawetz)
• Oskar Morawetz and Zubin Mehta
• Martin Luther King and family (with dedication to Morawetz)

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Christiane Riel as June/Moon and baritone Christopher Coyea as Mr. Sharp in The Unbelievable Glory of Mr. Sharp by Composer-in-Residence at the Canadian Opera Company Andrew MacDonald (May 16-18, 1989).

File consists of a photograph of Luigi von Kunits by the Van Eeden Studio (Toronto) and a photograph of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with von Kunits conducting (ca. 1923-1931). The file also contains the following score:

• Souvenir de Moscou : op. 6 : for violin and piano by Henri Wieniawski (Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, [191-?]), with annotations and autograph by Kunits
• Kunits' cadenza to Brahms' Violin Concerto, op. 77 (handwritten, "property of [Eugene] Kash")
• Popular Songs : transcription by Kunits (containing "Scenes that are brightest"from Maritana by W.V. Wallace, transcribed for [solo violin?] and piano).

Series consists of materials relating to music education in Toronto, including at the Toronto Conservatory of Music and the Toronto College of Music.

Series consists of files on individual Canadian composers, comprising of programs, copies of newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Series consists of photographs of Canadian and European musicians from the early 1900s, as well as Giuliana Gattoni's collection of publicity photographs from the late 1980s and early 1990s, which predominantly consists of photographs of Canadian Opera Company productions.

Item is a publicity photograph of baritone Robert Milne as Antinoo, mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Prata as Penelope, baritone Christopher Coyea as Iro and tenor Keith Boldt as Pisandro in the Canadian Opera Company's 1989 production of Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at the Texaco Opera Theatre and The Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre (February 25, 27, March 1, 3, and 5, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of tenor Laurence Dale as Tamino and soprano Ruth Ann Swenson as Pamina in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, and 23, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Ruth Ann Swenson as Pamina an the three Genii (left to right) Gabriel Radford, Curtis Eisenberg, and Bronwen Low in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, and 23, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Aprile Millo as Maddalena and tenor Ermanno Mauro in the title role in the Canadian Opera Company premiere of Giordano's Andrea Chenier at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 5, 8, 13, 16, 18, and 21, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of tenor Raul Gimenez as Count Almaviva and soprano Patricia Schuman as Rosina in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (September 29, 30, October 3, 4, 7, 10, 12, 13, and 15, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of baritone Patrick Timney as Ulisse in the Canadian Opera Company's 1989 production of Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at the Texaco Opera Theatre and The Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre (February 25, 27, March 1, 3, and 5, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of baritone Robert Milne as Antinoo, mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Prata as Penelope, baritone Christopher Coyea as Iro and (background) tenor Keith Boldt as Pisandro in the Canadian Opera Company's 1989 production of Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at the Texaco Opera Theatre and The Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre (February 25, 27, March 1, 3, and 5, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Leona Mitchell as Elisabeth of Valois and tenor Stefano Algieri as Don Carlos in the 1988 Canadian Opera Company production of Verdi's Don Carlos (October 1, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 19, 1988).

Item is a publicity photograph of baritone Patrick Timney as Stockmayer and soprano Mary Anne Barcellona as Thessaly in An Expensive Embarrassment by Composer-in-Residence at the Canadian Opera Company Denis Gougeon. The opera was performed at the Texaco Opera Theatre and the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre (May 16-18, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph by Gary Beechey of BDS Studios, Toronto.

Item is a publicity photograph of bass Robert Milne as Dulcitius and mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Prata as Rhea in Dulcitius: Demise of Innocence at the Texaco Opera Theatre and the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre (May 16-18, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Patricia Schuman as Rosina and baritone Peter Strummer as Dr. Bartolo in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (September 29, 30, October 3, 4, 7, 10, 12, 13, and 15, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph by Gary Beechey of BDS Studios, Toronto.

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Mari Anne Haggander as Lisa in the 1988 Canadian Opera Company production of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades (October 8, 12, 14, 17, 20, and 23, 1988).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Leona Mitchell as Amelia and tenor Taro Ichihara as King Gustavus III in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (September 22, 27, October 2, 5, 8, 11, and 14, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of tenor Ermanno Mauro as Canio in the 1991 Canadian Opera Company production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 6, 11, 14, 17, 19, 22, and 25, 1991).

Item is a publicity photograph of Toronto mezzo-soprano Janet Stubbs (standing) as Mother Marie; former Canadian Opera Company (COC) Ensemble member Irena Welhasch as Blanche de la Force (kneeling); and internationally-renowned Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as Madame de Croissy in the COC's 1985-1986 season production of Francois Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 11, 15, 17, 20, 23, and 26, 1986).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Yoko Watanabe as Cio-Cio-San and Stephanie Applin as Trouble, Cio-Cio-San's child, in the 1990 Canadian Opera Company production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (September 20, 21, 28, October 1, 3, 6, 11, 13, and 14, 1990).