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Richard Bebb

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Richard Bebb regarding Historic Masters and Russian recordings.

Emma Albani

File contains a clipping of an article on Emma Albani by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell from MacLean's Magazine (July 15, 1953) and a copy of the magazine The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History (December 1986 - January 1987), which includes an article on Albani by Cheryl MacDonald.

Articles about John Stratton

File contains clippings of articles on John Stratton and his record collection, lectures, and articles, including those in the Ryerson Rambler, The Ryersonian, Campus Canada, and Forum (newsletter published by the Information Services Department for Ryerson).

Record collectors and researchers

Subseries consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and individual record collectors and researchers regarding particular recordings, vocalists, scholarship, record labels and re-releases, recording speeds, purchases of recordings, matrix numbers, and various other topics.

John Stratton personal papers

Sous-fonds consists of the personal papers of John Stratton, including his correspondence with record labels, other record collectors, musicians; his personal diaries; and photographs of himself, his family and friends, colleagues, and autographed photographs of various singers.

Stratton, John

Cantilena Records

File includes graphic masters for Cantilena and Rococo labels, lists of records issued under the Cantilena label, correspondence, drafts of Stratton's article on Cantilena Records (1987) written for the Record Collector, and drafts of singer biographies.

Dmitri Smirnov

File includes drafts of John Stratton's article on tenor Dmitri Smirnov, written for The Record Collector.

Aksel Schiøtz

File contains correspondence and a newspaper clipping regarding Aksel Schiøtz, as well as an annotated piece of sheet music that was dedicated to and previously belonged to Schiøtz: "Naturens Afsked" by Herm. D. Koppel, op. 51, no. 3

Vivian Liff

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Vivian Liff, regarding articles by both correspondents and early Russian recordings.

Iain Miller

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Iain Miller concerning Stratton's dissertation, various recordings, and playback speeds.

Douglas J. Stanbury

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Douglas J. Stanbury regarding the latter's career and Stratton's article on Stanbury for the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. The file includes a draft of Stratton's article.

Clarence Whitehill

File contains correspondence between John Stratton, William (Bill) Moran, and Frank F. Williams regarding the recordings of Clarence Whitehill.

Florence Easton

File contains correspondence, discographies, and drafts of John Stratton's article on Florence Easton for The Record Collector, and a talk that he gave for CHUM-FM radio "Collector's Choice (September 1966) on Easton. File includes copies of photographs of Easton that Stratton used in his article, and copies of photographs of Easton, Francis MacLennan, and John MacLennan, sent to Stratton by John W. MacLennan.

Phil Miller

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Philip Lieson Miller regarding Stratton's review of The Grand Tradition: Seventy Years of Singing on Record by J.B. Steane (New York: Scribner, 1974); Cantilena releases; and the Mapleson Recordings, among other topics.

Historic singers and recordings

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Syd Gray, Edward A. Wheeler, Max de Schauensee, Srul Irving Glick, Michael E. Henstock, Gerald D. Gibson, David M. Greene, and John [Wilkins?], regarding various singers and their recordings. File also contains clippings on various singers, including Helene Wildbrunn, Florence Easton, Rosalia Chalia, Nina Boboh, Hulda Lashanska Rosenbaum, Nellie Melba, Edward Lloyd, Jon Vickers, Italo Campanini, Evan Williams, Marcella Sembrich, Leonard Warren, Eleanor Steber, Lois Marshall, Joan Sutherland, Victoria de los Angeles, Doro Merande, and Beverly Sills.

Bill Moran

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Bill Moran regarding Florence Easton, Brunswick, and Vocalion.

Lilli Lehmann

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and James Dennis, and a draft copy of Stratton's article on Lilli Lehmann for The Record Collector.

Live from the Met : 1901

File contains John Stratton's lecture notes and a cassette of the audio recordings used in his two-part lecture on the Mapleson Cylinders, entitled "Live from the Met : 1901," which he delivered at Ryerson University on January 27, 1985 and January 29, 1985.

Mapleson Cylinder talk

File contains John Stratton's lecture notes and a cassette of the audio recordings used in his lecture on the Mapleson Cylinders for the Association of Recorded Sound Collectors (ARSC) convention on May 9, 1990 in Ottawa, Ontario.

Patrick Saul

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Patrick Saul of the British Institute of Recorded Sound concerning Historic Masters and Stratton's articles for the Recorded Sound journal.

Marcella Sembrich

File contains two letters to John Stratton from Ira Glackens and G.K. Bishop respectively, both regarding Stratton's article "A ce mot" on the Mapleson Cylinder recording of Marcella Sembrich singing the aria of the same name from Les Huguenots.

William Seltsam

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and William (Bill) Seltsam of the International Record Collector's Club (IRCC). In addition to their correspondence, the file includes copies of newsletters regarding IRCC releases.

Max de Schauensee

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Max de Schauensee regarding the latter's contributions to Cantilena record liner notes, including those for Florence Easton, Pol Plançon, Fernando de Lucia, Marcella Sembrich, and Graziella Pareto.

Operatic singing style and the gramophone

File contains John Stratton's drafts for his article entitled "Operatic singing style and the gramophone" and related correspondence. The article was published in the journal of the British Institute of Recorded Sound (April - July 1966). The file includes corrections for a second edition reprint (1972).

Desmond Shawn-Taylor

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Desmond Shawn-Taylor regarding early Russian recordings, and Rococo and Cantilena re-issues, among other topics.

Record collecting article

File contains a series of draft articles by John Stratton on various singers and their recordings, gathered for a proposed article on record collecting. The file also contains some related correspondence, mostly with James Dennis and William (Bill) Moran. The draft articles consist of writings on: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Walter Widdop, Franz Volker, Dmitri Smirnoff, Clara Butt, Edward Lloyd, Ebe Stignani, Rita Gorr, Joan Sutherland, Enrico Caruso, Lotte Schone, Mattia Battistini, Tito Schipa, Gina Cigna, Florence Easton, and the voice on the recording, matrix number 3023ft.

Milton Weiss

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Milton Weiss regarding Stratton's purchases of various recordings from Weiss's auctions.

Singing style

File contains John Stratton's response to James A. Stark's defense of his doctoral thesis "The rise of Virtuoso Singing" at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.

Harold Bruder

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Harold Bruder regarding Bruder's article on tenor Manuel Garcia, published in Opera Quarterly vol. 13, no. 4 (January 1997).

Gifted photographs

Subseries consists of photographs autographed by the subject and inscribed to John Stratton from contemporary vocalists and acquaintances of Stratton.

Capitol Records

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Capitol Records pertaining to a proposed project to re-release early, pre-revolution Russian recordings.

Jussi Bjorling

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Valerie McAdam regarding tenor Jussi Bjorling.

Articles by John Stratton

File contains drafts of the following articles by John Stratton: "3023 ft," "Two Fischer-Dieskau Recitals," "Bel Canto," "The Phonograph and the History of Dramatic Singing Style" (talk given at the Toronto Record Collectors' Society, May 26, 1972), "Herman Klein," and "The Maplson Cylinder of A ce mot, from Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer)."

Stratton-Clarke 78 rpm collection

Sous-fonds consists of the 78 rpm recordings from the Stratton-Clarke collection. The collection spans the entire history of 78 record production, including acoustic and electronic recordings, ranging from 7 to 14 inches in diameter. It consists predominantly of vocal recordings, representing the work of more than 1,000 different performers. Stratton and Clarke's collecting mandate focused on the Golden age of singing (pre-World War One), releases of the Mapleson cylinder recordings, Canadian performers, and early Russian recordings (pre-Revolution). Stratton also collected recordings by performers that he knew personally. The collection also contains miscellaneous memorabilia and ephemera related to the 78 rpm collection.

Record labels

Subseries consists of correspondence and other materials pertaining to various record labels. The record labels include those that Stratton corresponded with, visited, collaborated with to re-release historical recordings, and purchased recordings from, as well as his own record label, Cantilena Records, which was distributed by Rococo Records. Subseries also contains correspondence, newsletters, and board meeting minutes from Historic Masters. Stratton was on the board of Historic Masters and he and The John Stratton Trust (Stephen Clarke, Trustee) funded many re-releases of early Russian recordings.

John Wilkins

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and John Wilkins regarding singing, Stratton's trip to India, and various other topics.

Some matters of pitch

File contains John Stratton's research notes and related correspondence for his article "Some Matters of Pitch," published in The Opera Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 4 (Summer 1989).

Various record collectors

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and various record collectors, including Arthur M. Lawrence, Barnes, Donald R. Hodgman, Henry F. Kurtz, Barbara Gilmour, Charles Jatant, Douglas J. Stanburg, T.J. Walsh, Brian Lee, Frank F. Williams, Paul Julian Weaver, Bryan Crimp, Derek Hill, Ellen Lebow, David Lloyd, Jonathan Brown, Arthur E. Zimmerman, Michael E. Henstock, Keith Hardwick, Ken Neate, E.R. Mickelson, Stuart Hamilton, Jack Mattaga, Chris B. McClinton, Syd Gray, A.G. Ross, William (Bill) Ashbrook, Sgt. Larry Root, Pamela Hawes, Rodolfo Celletti, Jean-Dominique Mondolson, Hina Spani, Bob Ziering, John W. MacLennan, David M. Greene, Kenneth B. Allen.

Talks by John Stratton

File contains lecture notes for talks given by John Stratton: "Some Trends in this Century in Vocal Method for Opera" (Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, February 24, 1982); "Singing Today and Yesterday" (University of Toronto, February 27, 1982); and, "Singers Today and Yesterday" (July 2, 1980).

Thoughts on music

File contains John Stratton's lecture notes for talks on his music education, Lois Marshall, Florence Easton, playing speed of 78 rpm records, and Maurice Renaud.

What can we hear?

File contains drafts of John Stratton's article on the Mapleson Cylinders entitled "What can we hear?," which was writtedn for the New York Public Library and Metropolitan Opera Guild LP issue of the Mapleson Cylinder recordings.

Len Court

File contains a newspaper clipping from The Toronto Star (March 18, 1972) of an article on the closing of Leonard Court's record store Ross, Court, and Co., and correspondence between John Stratton (on Court's behalf) and Enid Sassiver regarding a recording of Selma Kurz, and the teaching style of her teacher, Professor Johannes Ress.

Emma Calvé

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Max de Schauensee regarding the latter's note on Emma Calvé for the re-release of her recordings under the Cantilena label.

Articles by John Stratton

File contains drafts of the following articles by John Stratton: "Some Trends in this Century in Vocal Method for Opera" (talk given at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute); [Untitled talk] (July 2, 1980); "Echoes from Long Ago: The Mapleson Recordings" (Opera Canada, June 1985); letter response to review of DGG Don Giovanni and the reassessment of Sam Rame"Sam Shadow" by Matthew Gurewitsch (published in Opus, August 1987); "About Suzanne Adams (and some other thoughts)"; "Some matters of pitch" (The Opera Quarterly, Summer 1989); [Untitled talk] (September 15, 1985); and, "The 'What is it?' question" (September 12, 1985).

Correspondence from New York

File consists of correspondence concerning John Stratton's personal life and music education, including letters regarding his vocal lessons with Herbert Janssen, New York (1955); letters from Florence Easton to John Stratton's parents regarding his education; and copies of letters from John Stratton to various people during his time in New York, including his parents and individuals he met through his record collecting.

E.M.I. Records

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Bob Ziering of E.M.I. Records, and between Stratton and John Freestone regarding E.M.I.'s special pressing service.

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