File consists of a scrapbook compiled by Amoï Bird (1902-1988), containing programs and newspaper clippings of reviews from various concerts, the vast majority of which took place in Toronto. Bird attended the Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, before studying music with Dr. Albert Ham. The file includes a brief biographical note about Bird by Godfrey Ridout.
Brochure for Forest Hill Village Concert and Theatre Series. Concerts feature Elie Spivak, Frances James, Ettore Mazzoleni, Lubka Kolessa, Volkoff Canadian Ballet, and Parlow Quartet. Composers are Harry Somers, Godfrey Ridout, John Weinzweig. Comes with form for ordering season's tickets.
Item is a letter addressed to "The Manager" at The Canadian Bank of Commerce. From: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984; Reid, Robert F. To: The Canadian Bank of Commerce Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item is written on Sir Ernest MacMillan stationary. From: MacMillan, Ernest, Sir, 1893-1973 To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Personal correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Kelly, Martin and Campbell Barristers and Solicitors stationary. Item contains a copy of the last will and testament of Kathleen Parlow. Signature unclear. From: Reid, Robert F.? To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Elgin House Muskoka stationary. Year information taken from postage stamp. From: Shore, Mary To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Personal correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
From: Crosten, William L. (William Loran), 1909-2001 To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Personal correspondence
Item is a letter from Godfrey Ridout to Victoria and Grey Trust Company dated September 2 1963. Attached to this letter is selected correspondence between Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Frame and Rodger, Kathleen Parlow, and David Rotenberg in regards to Kathleen Parlow's mortgage. From: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 To: Victoria and Grey Trust Company Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Stanford University stationary. From: Pearson, Daryl H. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item is 2 letters written between Joy Jocelyn of University Settlement and Godfrey Ridout. From: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984; Jocelyn, Joy To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984; Jocelyn, Joy Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on The University of Western Ontario Office of the Comptroller stationary. From: Glover, R.R. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Stanford University stationary. From: Pearson, Daryl H. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Occidental Life Insurance Company of California letterhead. From: Goldsmith, A. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Stanford University stationary. From: Pearson, Daryl H. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on University of Toronto Office of the Vice-President (Administration) letterhead. From: Stone, F.R. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. Signature unclear. From: Boath, Anne? To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Day, Wilson, Campbell and Martin Barristers and Solicitors letterhead. From: Smith, Jeffrey K. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
Item written on Office of Financial Aid University of Toronto letterhead. From: Davidson, E.M. To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Business correspondence
File consists of a program from a concert by the University of Toronto Concert Band with Robert A. Rosevear, conductor and Ward K. Cole, assistant conductor. Performance was part of the All-Ontario Workshop of the Ontario Music Educators' Association (OMEA) at Mimico High School.
Program:
God Save the Queen / harmonization by Sir Ernest MacMillan, trans. Robert A. Rosevear
Sleepers wake; chorale prelude / Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Al. Chiaffarelli
Fantasia for band / Vittorio Giannini
Round dance / John Weinzweig, adapted by Howard Cable
Letters to a friend / Alexandre Gretchaninoff, arr. Walter Beeler
Symphony for band / Robert E. Jager
O Canada / Calixa Lavallee, arr. Godfrey Ridout, trans. Robert A. Rosevear.
File consists of a program from the Open House at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. The day included a welcome address by Dr. Boyd Neel, Dean of the Royal Conservatory of Music and a concert by students of the Faculty of Music, introduced by Prof. Ezra Schabas, as well as tours and discussions of various Faculty of Music courses by professors. The day ended with a concert by the University of Toronto Concert Band.
File consists of a recording of the concert, which took place in the MacMillan Theatre.
Performers: University of Toronto Concert Band ; Robert A. Rosevear, conductor ; Herbert C. Mueller, assistant conductor
Program:
Overture for band / Felix Mendelssohn
Contrapunctus for band / Paul W. Whear
Sinfonia no. 4 / Walter S. Hartley (Wind Ensemble)
Allegro deciso
Adagio
Vivace
Allegro molto
Partita accademica / Godfrey Ridout (world premiere)
Flourish of fond farewell
March
Procession of nobles from "Mlada" / Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, transcribed by Erik Leidzen
Jubilee / Robert J. Hanson (Canadian premiere)
Variations on a Korean folk song / John Barnes Chance
Saturnalia / Frank Erickson
Coronation scene from "Boris Godunov" / Modest Mussorgsky, band transcription by Erik Leidzen (Alfred Spricenieks as Boris ; Faculty of Music Concert Choir and Repertory Chorus ; Lloyd Bradshaw, conductor)
File consists of a recording of the convention, which took place in MacMillan Theatre.
Program:
O Canada / Calixa Lavalee, arr. by Godfrey Ridout, band setting by Robert A. Rosevear
The star spangled banner / arr. Godfrey Ridout (Collinsville ; Franklin C. Kreider, conductor ; Faculty of Music Concert Choir and Repertory Chorus ; Lloyd Bradshaw, conductor)
Knight errant overture / Charles O'Neil (University of Florida ; Harold B. Bachman, conductor)
There shall a star from Jacob from "Christus" / Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Bruce Houseknecht (Eastman School of Music ; Bruce Houseknecht, conductor ; Faculty of Music Concert Choir and Repertory Chorus)
Things to come / Sir Arthur Bliss, arr. Dan Godfrey (University of California ; James Berdahl, conductor)
Ballet for children
Epilogue
Inflammatus from "Stabat Mater" / Gioacchino Rossini, arr. Meyerelles (University of Toronto ; Robert A. Rosevear, conductor ; Herbert C. Mueller, trumpet)
Round dance / John Weinzweig (University of North Carolina ; Major John F. Yesulaitis, conductor)
Celebration overture / Paul Creston (University of Montana ; Butler R. Eitel, conductor)
Phedre overture / Jules Massenet, arr. by Lucien Cailliet (Virginia State College ; F. Nathaniel Gatlin, conductor)
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming : chorale prelude / Johannes Brahms, arr. Earl A. Slocum (University of North Carolina ; Earl A. Slocum, conductor)
Suite of miniature dances / Louis Applebaum (University of Toronto ; Herbert C. Mueller, conductor)
Coranto
Gavotte
Promenade
Gigue
Sarabande
Menuet
Waltz
First concertino / Georges Guilhaud (Detroit Concert Band ; Dr. Leonard B. Smith, conductor ; Robert E. Lowry, clarinet)
Night is no longer Summer soft / Murray Adaskin (University of Toronto ; Robert A. Rosevear, conductor)
English suite / Clare Grundman (Ohio State University ; Donald E. McGinnis, conductor)
The oak and the ash
Barb'ra Allen
The girl I left behind me
The British grenadiers
A festive overture / Alfred Reed (University of Illinois ; Everett Kisinger, conductor)
File consists of a recording of a concert by the National Arts Centre Orchestra with Boyd Neel, guest conductor and Anton Kuerti, piano. The program included:
File consists of a program from the 1972 annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, which took place at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Mieczyslaw Kolinski was chairman of the local arrangements committee.
File consists of a recording and program from the concert, which took place in a concert hall in the Edward Johnson Building.
Program:
Kammermusik no. 4, op. 36, no. 3 / Paul Hindemith (Elizabeth McBurney, Dodie Layton, piccolos ; Betty Harbord, Deborah Cox, clarinets ; John Thrower, bass clarinet ; Brenda Adams, Paul Buttemer, bassoons ; Ivor Rothwell, contra-bassoon ; Chris Morrison, trumpet ; John Langley, trombone ; Dale Fawcett, tuba ; Richard Skol, drums ; Setven Dann, Susan Harris, Janet Langley, Bert Wathen, violas ; Sheila Laughton, Genevieve LaRue, Martin Shaver, Marjory Dow, cellos ; Joel Quarrington, Cary Takagaki, Jack Winn, Jan Urke, double basses ; David Zafer, violin soloist ; Ezra Schabas, conductor)
Façade : an entertainment / William Walton (Gaynor Jones, reciter ; Godfrey Ridout, reciter ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Stanley McCartney, clarinet ; John Thrower, bass clarinet ; David Tanner, alto saxophone ; Stephen Chenette, trumpet ; Vladimir Orloff, cello ; John Wyre, percussion ; Ezra Schabas, conductor).
Sounds of the 19th century including compositions by: Stephen Codman, Wm. Horatio Clarke, Byron Tapley, E.H. Ridout, J.C. Brauneis and Herbert L. Clarke (Stephen Chenette, trumpet ; Susan Chennette, piano ; John Keane, tenor ; Elaine Keillor, piano ; Penny Speedie, soprano)
Whose brother am I? / arr. Leo Smith (John Keane, tenor ; Walter Buczynski, piano)
Nadu-Na du du / arr. Ernest MacMillan (Penny Speedie, soprano ; Walter Buczynski, piano)
Six bergerettes du bas Canada / Ernest MacMillan (Rosemarie Landry, soprano ; Penny Speedie, soprano ; John Keane, tenor ; Elizabeth Volpe, harp ; Barbara Bolte, oboe ; Stephen Dann, viola ; Geneviève La Rue, cello ; John Beckwith, conductor)
Prelude : op. 59, no. 1 / W. O. Forsyth (Elaine Keillor, piano) ; First mazurka : op. 13, no. 1 / Clarence Lucas (Elaine Keillor, piano)
File consists of programs that included performances of pieces by Godfrey Ridout and copies of newspaper clippings about Ridout. Ridout (1918-1984) began teaching at the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1940, before joining the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto (1948-1982).