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Scrapbook compiled by Amoï Bird

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.

1947-04-21/Canada/Toronto/Ephemera

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.

Early works : songs and piano music

File contains the following:

  • Undated: Dance (words by Rupert Brooke)
  • Dream river (song)
  • 1945: Shining stars
  • Minuet
  • 1946: Marcia funebre / In memorium (Father C.W. James)
  • Dream waltz
  • Happy birthday
  • 1947: March
  • The evening tune
  • Rolling waves
  • In memorium (Ernest Dainty)
  • Fantasia
  • Lullaby
  • Serenade
  • March / Gay tune
  • Minuet
  • 1948: Impromptu, to Godfrey Ridout
  • The owl (words by Tennyson)
  • Romance in D flat, to Earle Moss
  • Wedding march, to Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Pheeney
  • 1949: Nocturne, to Murray Ross
  • Prelude

Early works : songs and piano music

File contains the following:

  • 1950: Fugue no. 1, to Soulima Stravinsky
  • Fugue no. 2
  • Intermezzo, to Béla Böszörmènyi-Nagy
  • Mazurka
  • Prairie at evening (song)
  • Scherzo, to Joseph Roff
  • Sonata in C minor
  • Waltz, to Frances James
  • 1953: Nocturne, to Béla Böszörmènyi-Nagy
  • Nocturne, to Earle Moss
  • Prelude, to Andrew Bell
  • Prelude, to Joseph Roff
  • Scherzo, to Godfrey Ridout

[Robert F. Reid? letter to Godfrey Ridout, October 7 1960]

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

[Godfrey Ridout letter to Victoria and Grey Trust Company with accompanying letters, September 2 1963]

  • OTUFM 02-2-1-Corr-0328
  • Item
  • September 2, 1963; April 1, 1960; June 13, 1960
  • Part of Kathleen Parlow fonds

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

The University of Toronto Concert Band

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.

Faculty of Music open house

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.

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)
  • O Canada / Calixa Lavallée, choral-orchestral setting by Godfrey Ridout, scored for band by Robert A. Rosevear.

University of Toronto Concert Band

File consists of a recording of a concert by the University of Toronto Concert Band, conducted by Robert A. Rosevear.

Program:

  • O Canada
  • Anacreon overture / Luigi Cherubini, transcribed by Harold Bachman and Clifford P. Lillya
  • Psalm 18 / Benedetto Marcello, arranged by Maurice C. Whitney
  • Prelude and fugue in D minor / Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by R.L. Moehlmann
  • Partita Accademica / Godfrey Ridout (premiere)
    • Flourish of fond farewell
    • Scherzo
    • Nocturne
    • March
  • Polka and fugue from "Schwanda" / Jaromir Weinberger, transcribed by Glenn Cliffe Bainum
  • Sonatina / Caesar Giovannini, transcribed by Wayne Robinson
    • Allegro risoluto
    • Andante deliberato
    • Allegro scherzando
  • Dodecaphonic set / William P. Latham
    • Fast
    • Slow
    • Moderately fast
    • Slow waltz
    • Very slow, heavy - Very fast
  • Wycliffe variations / Paul W. Whear
  • Lads of Wamphray, march for wind and band / Percy Grainger

University of Toronto Concert Band, American Bandmasters Association Convention

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)

Concert at Ottawa : [National Arts Centre Orchestra with Anton Kuerti]

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:

  • Fugal concerto, op. 40, no. 2 / Gustav Holst
  • Two etudes for string orchestra / Godfrey Ridout
  • Introduction and allegro / Robert Schumann
  • Appassionato in G, op. 92 / Schumann
  • Ballad for piano and orchestra/ Gabriel Faure
  • Symphony no. 97 in C / Franz Joseph Haydn.

Edward Johnson Building concert hall organ, Casavant : Inaugural concerts

File consists of a recording of the concert, which took place in a concert hall in the Edward Johnson Building.

Program:

  • I will sing unto the Lord / John Amner
  • Hear my prayer, O Lord / Henry Purcell
  • Almighty God, which by the leading of a star / John Bull (Student chamber choir ; Douglas Bodle, conductor)
  • Fancy : for organ and computer-synthesized sound (premiere) / David Jaeger (Derek Healey, organ)
  • Introduction and passacaglia in d minor / Reger
  • Canon in b minor : op. 56, no. 5 / Schumann
  • Chorale no. 1 in e major / César Franck (Douglas Bodle, organ)
  • Concerto for organ, strings, and timpani / Derek Healey (Derek Healey, organ ; student ensemble ; Godfrey Ridout, conductor)

Music of the twenties

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).

Thursday scholarship concert : An evening of music from Canada's first half century

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Godfrey Ridout, Master of Ceremonies ; John Beckwith, conductor

Program:

  • O Canada / Calixa Lavallée (Rosemarie Landry, soprano)
  • 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)
  • Valse impromptu : op. 44 / Clarence Lucas (Elaine Keillor, piano)
  • Tintamarre / J. Humphrey Anger (Elaine Keillor, piano)
  • Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano / Alexis Constant (Barbara McDougall, violin ; Jose Shapero, cello ; Walter Buczynski, piano)

Godfrey Ridout

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).

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