- OTUFM 83-9
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- [before 1950]
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of two folded folios of manuscript paper with various sketches.
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Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of two folded folios of manuscript paper with various sketches.
Fantasia in D major : for two violins, viola, and violoncello / Desmond P. Wright
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of a manuscript score for string quartet.
Toccata / Paradisi : arranged for string orchestra by Robert Manson
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of autograph manuscript scores and parts for Manson's arrangement for string orchestra of the second movement of Pietro Domenico Paradies' (1707-1791) Harpsichord Sonata in A major, P. 893.06. One of the manuscript scores includes an unidentified arrangement or composition for choir (SATB) in Robert Manson's hand.
Mélodie, op. 67 / César Franck : [arranged for string orchestra by Robert Manson]
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of an autograph score and parts for Robert Manson's arrangement for string orchestra.
Quartet in D major : [for string quartet]
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of autograph manuscript parts and score for Manson's string quartet in D major. The file includes multiple copies of each part, all in Manson's hand, including a separate set of parts of the fourth movement only.
Symphony no. 2 in D major : the "little" symphony
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of the autograph manuscript score for Manson's second symphony and two autograph manuscript parts for flute and second oboe.
Symphony no. 1 in G minor : [arranged for two pianos, four hands]
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of the autograph manuscript parts for Manson's arrangement of his first symphony for two pianos, four hands. This arrangement was privately performed by Evlyn Howard-Jones and Healey Willan, according to an article in The Globe and Mail (October 16, 1937). File includes two manuscript versions of each part.
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of the autograph manuscript parts for Manson's first symphony, including multiple manuscript copies for some instruments (e.g., violin, viola, violoncello, bass, oboe, clarinet). Manson composed his "magnum opus" in 1936 and it was premiered privately in April 1937 by members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Donald Heins.
Quintet in F major. Andante cantabile : [arranged for string orchestra]
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of an autograph manuscript score and parts for Manson's arrangement of the second movement of his own wind quintet in F major for string orchestra.
Quintet in F major : [for woodwind quintet]
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of autograph manuscript parts for Manson's wind quintet in F major, including a part for clarinet in B-flat and for clarinet in C.
Canadian fantasy : [arranged for two pianos, four hands]
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of two autograph manuscript parts for Manson's two piano, four hands arrangement of his Canadian Fantasy. The parts are annotated, possibly for performance.
Canadian fantasy : for 25-piece orchestra
Part of Robert G. Manson fonds
File consists of two autograph manuscript scores for Manson's Canadian Fantasy (initially titled Rhapsody Canadienne) for 25-piece orchestra. One version is heavily annotated. The piece was originally written for a contest in connection with the Canadian Folksong Festival in Quebec (1928) named for President E.W. Beatty of the Canadian Pacific Railway and later re-arranged for a larger orchestra [1929]. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Luigi von Kunits, premiered the work in a concert at Massey Hall (February 12, 1929). At the time, Robert Manson was the leader of the orchestra's second violins.
Fonds consists of autograph manuscript scores and parts for compositions and arrangements for orchestra, string orchestra, string quartet, and woodwind quintet by Robert G. Manson.
Manson, Robert Graham
Ontario Music Teachers' Association collection
Collection consists of records from early conventions of the Ontario Music Teachers' Association (OMTA), primarily from the first convention, held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto (October 6-8, 1936). Papers include programs (1936-1944); correspondence; meeting minutes; lists of registrants; scripts for speeches, including an address by Sir Ernest MacMillan at the first convention; drafts of the OMTA constitution; and proceedings (1936, 1937).
Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of photographs from the second seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project. Photographs are not labelled.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of an overview of the plans for the second seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project, submitted by Keith MacMillan, executive secretary of the Canadian Music Centre.
Seminar I : summary of discussion
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of a summary report on the Seminar for Graded Educational Music, and full transcripts of some of the sessions
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of correspondence and reports following the first symposium of the John Adaskin School Music Project in Toronto. File includes material from Robert "Bob" Fleming, R. Murray Schafer, Anne Eggleston, and John Adaskin. File also includes notes from talks given during the symposium, including preliminary remarks by Keith Bissell; "The Composer in Music Education" by C. Laughton Bird; and Adaskin's draft final report.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of newspaper clippings of articles, reviews, and advertisements for the first symposium of the John Adaskin School Music Project.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of press materials for the first symposium of the John Adaskin School Music Project, including the press release, overview of composers in attendance and their works, itinerary, school directory of the Township of North York, and maps showing participating schools.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of 3 photographs from the first symposium of the John Adaskin School Music Project, held in Toronto. The photographs show Harry Freedman, Jim Bray, and Alfred Kunz working with students. Photographs by Jack Mitchell. File also includes 14 photographs of Harry Somers and Norman Symonds working with students. Date and location of photographs is uncertain.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the first seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of a paper by Keith MacMillan, "The John Adaskin Project: Towards New Music for Education," written for the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of typeset speeches given at the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project: "Widening Horizons in Music Education To-day" by George Little, Head, Music Division, Department of Education, Quebec, and "Pelcican Ink and Pestalozzi" by Ezra Schabas.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of blank registration cards; forms for chartered vehicles; program for the policy conference, "Towards New Music in Education"; and attendance list.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of handwritten submissions for resolutions at the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project. File includes submissions from Mrs. Goulden, Talivaldis Kenins, Nipper Cole, Wolfgang Rottenberg, Maurice Dela, Peter Clements, Pearl Greer, Jim Bray, and Frank Daley.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of newspaper clippings of articles and reviews of the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Project.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of photographs from the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project. Some of the photographs are labelled and include the following individuals: Anne Eggleston, S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté, and John Weinzweig. Photographs by Legg Brothers Limited.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of a blank registration form, completed registraton card, and program for the Concert Demonstration Program (March 5, 1965) in MacMillan Theatre for the second seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of newspaper clippings of articles and reviews of the second seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.
Seminar I : committee and minutes
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of the minutes and related correspondence for a meeting of the John Adaskin School Music Project held at the Canadian Music Centre on October 10, 1963 with Keith Bissell, C. Laughton Bird, and John Adaskin, on the planned seminar to be held November 10-16, 1963.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
Series consists of materials from the first three seminars hosted by the John Adaskin Project: Seminar for Graded Educational Music (Toronto, November 11-16, 1963), which included 15 Canadian composers working with students at schools in the Toronto area; Seminar II (Toronto, March 1965), which was held in Adaskin's memory and which featured concert demonstrations of school music by Canadian composers and planning meetings for the continuation of the project; and a third seminar, or policy conference (Toronto, November 23-25, 1967). Documents from each seminar include reports, summaries of discussions, photographs, and promotional and press material.
John Adaskin Project : Canadian Music Educators' Association annual reports
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of annual reports on the joint Canadian Music Educators' Association (CMEA) and Canadian Music Centre (CMC) John Adaskin Project: Canadian Music for Schools. The reports were submitted to the CMEA at their annual Board of Directors' meetings.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of a report on the John Adaskin Project by Keith MacMillan, executive secretary of the Canadian Music Centre, including a brief catalogue of "Canadian instrumental works suitable for school use." The catalogue includes the composer, title, instrumentation, duration, and availability (manuscript or publisher) for each piece. The report also includes a bibliography of reference sources on the John Adaskin Project and other aspects of new Canadian music in education.
Report on graded educational Canadian contemporary music project
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of a report, written by J.W. Spitzer, chairman of the project.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of proposals, policies, forms, form letters to composers, correspondence, press releases, copies of newspaper articles, reports, and other records pertaining to the initial years of the John Adaskin Project. The project, under the leadership of John Adaskin, was initially named the "Canadian Contemporary Graded Educational Music Project" and received funding from the Canada Council in 1961. The file includes a copy of Adaskin's initial suggested plan for the project (submitted July 25, 1961); notes on Seminar I, held November 1963, with 15 Canadian composers in attendance (Murray Adaskin, Louis Applebaum, Samuel Dolin, Anne Eggleston, Robert Fleming, Harry Freedman, Talivaldis Kenins, Alfred Kunz, William McCauley, Francois Morel, Clermont Pepin, Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Norman Symonds, and John Weinzweig) as the first commissioning composers of the project; and materials from Sminar II, held March 1965, with the following Canadian composers: Murray Adaskin, Anne Eggleston, Robert Fleming, Harry Freedman, Talivaldis Kenins, Alfred Kunz, Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, and John Weinzweig.
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
Series consists of reports and related materials on the John Adaskin Project, prepared for the Canadian Music Centre and for the Canadian Music Educators' Association, who joined as a partner on the project in 1973. Reports were prepared by the project directors: John Adaskin, Keith MacMillan, and Patricia Shand.
Guides to Canadian music : a survey for users of John Adaskin Project publications
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of a blank questionnaire sent to users of the John Adaskin Project publications.
Sales of Adaskin Project publications : 1991 to 1997
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of print-out sales reports for mail orders of John Adaskin Project publications annually from 1991 to 1997.
John Adaskin Project publications : order forms and promotion
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of an overview of reference materials published by the John Adaskin Project, blank order forms for teachers, and promotional blurbs on John Adaskin Project publications, including that for the annotated guidelists released in honour of 1986 as the International Year of Canadian Music.
Graded lists and guides for Canadian music
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of drafts originals of the free graded lists and guides created for the John Adaskin Project:
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
Series consists of drafts and sales records for publications by the John Adaskin Project. Publications, issued by the Canadian Music Centre, were part of Phases 1 and 2 of the project (see information sheets in series B) and consists of one-page evaluations of each selected piece (published and unpublished). The evaluations provide guidance to teachers regarding musical elements (style, mood, form, compositional techniques), degree of difficulty, technical challenges, and other useful pedagogical aspects of the selected compositions.
Composer's guide for school music : choral
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of a guide for composing choral music suitable for elementary and secondary school students, compiled by Keith Bissell for the Canadian Music Centre's Graded Educational Seminar, with copies of sample scores for reference:
Elementary school, unison:
Elementary school, SA:
Elementary school, SAB:
Elementary school, SSA:
Secondary school, SSAA:
Secondary school, SSA:
Secondary school, SATB:
Guidelines for assessment of level of difficulty
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of guidelines created by the John Adaskin Project for the assessment of Canadian music for strings, brass, and winds.
John Adaskin Project : evaluation sessions
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of blank rating and evaluation sheet templates and objectives for evaluation sessions for the John Adaskin project, including an overview of an evaluation session for choral music on December 6, 1975.
John Adaskin Project : brochures
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of three versions of the brochure (1993, 1994, 1995).
John Adaskin Project advertisements
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of draft advertisements for the John Adaskin Project guidelists for Canadian music.
John Adaskin Project : information sheets
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
File consists of information sheets in French and English for the John Adaskin Project, including the 1979 version, written by Colleen Orr, co-ordinator of the John Adaskin Project, for the Ontario Music Educators' Association (OMEA), and the 1975 version, written by Patricia Shand for the Meeting of Canadian Music Educators' Association (CMEA) Special Representatives (June 25, 1975).
Guides, forms, promotional material, and information overviews
Part of John Adaskin Project collection
Series consists of sample forms, information sheets, brochures, and advertisements used and generated by the John Adaskin Project to evaluate music for educational use. Most of the material in this series pertains to Phase 1 of the project (as defined in the information sheets), which was the "preparation of a selective Guidelist of recommended published Canadian music suitable for performance by student bands, choirs, orchestras, string orchestras, and chamber ensembles."