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Item is a recording of a performance by Rachel Gauk, guitar and David Hetherington, cello from a New Music Concerts' (NMC) concert in Toronto, Ontario.

File consists of the manuscript score and annotated source material for John Beckwith's adaptation of Air variée, op. 15, no. 7 by Charles de Bériot, arranged for clarinet and piano. The arrangement was for the "Jenny Lind and Friends" program at Music at Sharon (July 16, 1983, 8 pm).

Item is a recording from a concert in Walter Hall at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music entitled "John Beckwith at 80: A Celebratory Concert and Party." This piece was performed by the Beckwith Chorale, conducted by Wayne Riddell.

File consists of sketches, notes, and the manuscript score for a setting of two fragments by bp Nichol, composed for the marriage ceremony of Teri Dunn and Lawrence Beckwith (January 5, 1996).

Item is a recording of a performance by the St. Thomas' Church Choir, conducted by John Tuttle.

Item is a recording of a performance at the Banff Festival.

File consists of sketches, a copy of John Beckwith's manuscript score, a copy of the full score of the copyist, manuscript score of the piano reduction, and the manuscript score and parts for the revised chamber version (1987). The original work was commissioned by the Junior Women's Committee of the Toronto Symphony; the 1987 version was aided by a grant from the Canada Council for Musical Mondays, Toronto. Text by James Reaney.

File consists of correspondence with James Reaney (librettist), several of his drafts, correspondence, newspaper reviews, and programs from a Toronto Symphony Orchestra performance of All the Bees and All the Keys, narrated by Mary Lou Fallis and Jerry Franken (April 12, 1997).

Item is a recording of a performance by the Toronto Symphony, conducted by Victor Feldbrill with Nancy Beatty and William Webster, narration.

File consists of a copy of the manuscript score and parts for an arrangement of "Happy Birthday" by John Beckwith for his sister Jean.

File consists of correspondence and John Beckwith's review of Music for Voice by Istvan Anhalt (published title Alternative Voices: Essays on Contemporary Vocal and Choral Composition, 1976).

File consists of Beckwith's talk for the University of Toronto Alumni Association lecture series on November 13, 2019 entitled "Singing our Loyalty".

File consists of John Beckwith's introductory remarks and related correspondence to the American Bandmasters Association (ABA) Convention (March 3, 1971).

File consists of contracts and correspondence with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), Local 149 regarding performances by John Beckwith.

File consists of a copy of an unpublished column that John Beckwith wrote regarding the new Jean A. Chalmers Chair in Canadian Music and the Institute for Canadian Music at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.

File consists of notes, correspondence, and drafts for an article that John Beckwith wrote for Intersections (2013). Beckwith delivered an earlier version of the paper (typescript included) at the Canadian University Music Society (CUMS) conference at the University of Victoria (June 7, 2013). File also includes copies of related correspondence with Istvan Anhalt (1988-1989) and a draft libretto for Anhalt's Oppenheimer opera (1990).

Item is a recording of the premiere performance by Gillian MacKay, trumpet and Cameron Rawlins, euphonium as part of the "Let's Hear it from Beckwith" concert, presented by New Music Concerts (NMC).

File consists of the manuscript score for a set of duets, dedicated to Duncan and Alasdair [Campbell].

File consists of correspondence and press clipping regarding John Beckwith's appointment as Dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.

File consists of John Beckwith's appraisal of the graduate programs at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Music.

File consists of John Beckwith's appraisal report following a visit to the University of Ottawa (July 2-3, 1987).

File consists of an essay written by John Beckwith during the first year of his Master of Music at the University of Toronto.

File consists of sketches, the manuscript score, and a manuscript part for oboe. The work was dedicated to the memory of Mieczyslaw Kolinski and was based on dance-song transcription in Music of the Netsilik Eskimo by Beverley Cavanagh (Ottawa, 1982). It was commissioned by Lawrence Cherney and William Aide.

Item is a recording of a performance by Lawrence Cherney and Paul Helmer. Cherney and Helmer recorded this piece for Cherney's album River of Fire (Montréal: McGill University Records, 1986).

File contains correspondence, programs, and reviews.

Item is a recording from a concert presented by Musikon at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Performers were Suzanne Lemieux, oboe and Barbara Pritchard, piano.

File consists of manuscript scores for a series of arrangements by John Beckwith for the Hannaford Street Silver Band:

1. March / F.H. Glackemeyer
2. The Queen's Canadian quadrille, on national airs / Henry Prince
3. Méditation / Calixa Lavallée
4. Marche indienne / Calixa Lavallée
5. The Canadian rifles waltzes / Joseph Vézina.

File consists of the program, John Beckwith's paper, and overhead transparencies for a talk that he gave at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (September 20, 2001).

File consists of John Beckwith's notes for a series of three concerts in April 1984 presented by the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in cooperation with Chamber Concerts Canada on "Music in Ontario Before Confederation". Musical arrangements and research were by John Beckwith.

File consists of meeting notes from the "A and R Committee" of which John Beckwith was chairman. The committee recommended content for the Canadian Music Centre's (CMC) proposed 20th-anniversary recordings series. Other members of the committee were Gustav Ciamaga, Richard Coulter, Harry Freedman, William Kearns, Keith B. McKerracher, Benjamin D. McPeek, Ronald R. Napier, J. Lyman Potts, and Stanley H. Witkin.

File consists of the program, correspondence with Robert Aitken, and a copy of Robin Elliott's talk given on the presentation of the Arts and Letters Award to John Beckwith. The program included performances of works by Beckwith, including the world premiere of Sonatina on "Mairi's Wedding". File also includes a copy of John Beckwith's tribute to Ann and Ezra Schabas (October 6, 2019).

File consists of correspondence regarding the compendium Listening to Modernism as part of Garland Publishing's "Twentieth-Century Music."

File consists of lecture notes, programs, and related correspondence for a talk by John Beckwith at the Regionalism conference, University of Western Ontario (September 30 - October 2, 1983).

File consists of correspondence with Jorge Mester, Music Director of the Aspen Music Festival.

Item is a recording of an interview with James Reaney and John Beckwith that aired on June 12, 1982 on the CBC radio program "Audience."

File consists of manuscript scores and parts for an arrangement by John Beckwith of a song with text by Robert Burns. This arrangement was included in the "Canada's Scottish Heritage" program at Music at Sharon (July 12, 1986). Arranged for clarinet, horn, percussion, violin, viola, cello, bass, bagpipes, and SATB chorus. Second version arranged for oboe, keyboard, percussion, and SATB chorus.

File consists of correspondence, itinerary, speaking notes, and a report on a tour of Australia in 1992 by John Beckwith and Kathleen McMorrow, which included 8 seminars or workshops at 5 institutions; talks with composers, musicologists, and music administrators; and 3 radio interviews. The tour was funded in part by a grant from the Academic Exchanges Division, External Affairs and International Trade Canada.

Item is a recording from a New Music Concerts' (NMC) concert titled "Celebrating Beckwith." Piece performed by Benjamin Butterfield, tenor and William Aide, piano.

File consists of sketches and the manuscript score of a setting of text by bp Nichol for tenor and keyboards (piano/celeste/harpsichord). The work was commissioned by Classical Cabaret.

File contains includes letters and cards from bp and Ellie Nichol and records relating to the release of the Avowals CD (2007), including a review by Natalie Artemas-Polak.