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Opera School rehearsal of Faust, Act III

Item is a photograph from an Opera School rehearsal of excerpts from Faust, as performed in the School's first "Evening of Operatic Excerpts" (December 16, 1946). The Faust excerpt (last scene from Act 3) featured Bertrand Rawlyk, Andrew MacMillan, David Hughes, Diana Thomson, Jean Marie Scott, and chorus, and was performed in Hart House Theatre.

Edward Johnson collection

  • OTUFM 01
  • Collection
  • 1837-1960

Collection contains photographs, programs, and press notices of his performances; manuscripts of songs written for him by composers including Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Lalo and Pizzetti; five collections of published songs; a scrapbook of programs from his first year as manager of the Metropolitan Opera.

Johnson, Edward

Memorandum of agreement between Viktor Zuckerkandl and Princeton University Press for The Sense of Music

The memorandum of agreement outlines the terms agreed upon between Zuckerkandl and Princeton University Press. 1. Zuckerkandl grants exclusive rights to publish and 2. guarantees that he is the sole author of the work and the work does not infringe any copyright, contain any unlawful or libelous matter, and does not invade the privacy of any other individual. 3. The Press assumes all publishing and printing expenses. 4. Zuckerkandl agrees not to publish the same or similar material with any other publisher and 5-6. commits to deliver the entire manuscript and associated materials. 7. Both Zuckerkandl and the Press agree to full cooperation in the editing process, as well as in the event of 8. author’s alterations or editing errors. 9. Zuckerkandl agrees to revise subsequent editions and to supply additional material if necessary. 10. The Press provides insurance of materials to the amount provided by Zuckerkandl. 11. Zuckerkandl and the Press agree to a bi-annual royalty payment rate and schedule on U.S. and international sales. 12. Zuckerkandl grants exclusive sales and licensing rights to the Press. 13. Zuckerkandl is entitled to 10 free copies and discounted copies. 14. Zuckerkandl and the Press agree to the terms of termination of contract. 15. Zuckerkandl agrees to present the Press the first offer of publication on his next work. 16. Zuckerkandl and the Press agree to the terms of transfer or assignment of rights to heirs and/or others.

Unfinished pieces

File includes miscellaneous manuscript pages, including drafts of "For viola alone," "Serenade for clarinet, vibraphone, viola," "Quartet for violin, clarinet, trombone, bass and violin solo," "Jimmy's piece," and "Little suite for brass and percussion."

Beethoven und die europäische Menschheit

Essay draft that addresses the idea that Beethoven could not write fugues. Compares Beethoven's fugal technique to Bach's, sets out two principal forces (polarity and intensification), and analyses these principles at work, together with the concept of sonata form, in the Grosse Fuge. Light handwritten edits in Zuckerkandl's hand to phrasing; no edits in content.

Fanfare / Murray Adaskin

File contains score, with inscription from the composer to Victor Feldbrill. Feldbrill conducted a performance of this piece on February 25, 1996 by the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra.

Adaskin, Murray

Photograph of Arthur Hartmann

Item is a photograph, signed "For W. G. Hall / In sympathetic remembrance and with heartfelt-good wishes / In the Great Wilderness / Feb. 27th Anno MacMillan I.

Academy Symphony Orchestra

Subseries contains recordings of Victor Feldbrill conducting the Academy Symphony Orchestra of the Vancouver Academy of Music (formerly the Community Music School of Greater Vancouver, founded in 1969). This orchestra gives three concerts a year with guest conductors at the Orpheum Theatre. Victor Feldbrill was a repeat conductor.

[Toronto Senior Strings : November 11, 1993]

Program:

  • Concerto grosso / Vivaldi
  • Oboe concerto / Marcello (Lynda Wulkan, oboe)
  • Two sketches / MacMillan
  • Violin and oboe concerto / Bach (Yasha Milkis, violin ; Lynda Wulkan, oboe)
  • Divertimento no. 136 / Mozart
  • Romanian dances / Bartok

A beautiful friendship

File consists of an arrangement of "A beautiful friendship" by Jule Styne amd G. Kahn, arranged by Gene Puerling. File includes a manuscript copy of the vocal score for SATB with "solo changes insert" and annotated copies of parts for the conductor, piano, bass (2), and drums.

Misterioso! : The music of Thelonius Monk

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 featuring the Ugly Beauties Trio (Marilyn Lerner, piano ; Matt Brubeck, cello ; Nick Fraser, drums) with Jane Bunnette, flute and saxophone. They performed the music of Thelonius Monk.

Denis Brott : [photograph]

Item is a promotional headshot of Denis Brott with his cello. Brott was a member of the Orford String Quartet, the Faculty of Music's quartet-in-residence, from 1980 until 1989.

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.

[Letter from Otto Schulmeister to Viktor Zuckerkandl, January 20, 1956]

Schulmeister explains to Zuckerkandl that they have decided to include the images from all essays in a single section of the publication and that Zuckerkandl’s requests cannot be met exactly. Schulmeister suggests that Zuckerkandl reconsider his selection of the images, keeping in mind the formatting decisions of the editors.

Blame it on my youth

File consists of an arrangement of "Blame it on my youth" by [Oscar Levant and Edward Heyman], arranged by [Don Thompson] for piano, guitar, bass, drums.

The Art of the piano : Stephen Clarke

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 by Array Ensemble pianist Stephen Clarke.

Program:

  • Suite no. 5 "Il Circo" / Giacinto Scelsi
  • Two piano pieces. In the hothouse ; Toccata / Kaikhorsru Shapurji Sorabji
  • Fifth piano sonata, op. 106 "settle your dust, this is the primal identity / Horatiu Radulescu
  • Hispania "triptyque pour piano" / Giacinto Scelsi.

Boyd Neel conducts Elgar and Delius

File consists of a collection of recordings of performances by the [Boyd Neel Orchestra] and NSO [National Symphony Orchestra], conducted by Boyd Neel:

  • Introduction and allegro for string quartet and string orchestra, op. 47 / Edward Elgar
  • Serenade for string orchestra in E minor, op. 20 / Elgar
  • Dream children, op. 42 / Elgar
  • In the south, op. 50 / Eglar
  • Air and dance for string orchestra / Frederick Delius
  • Two aquarelles / Delius.

Mauro Bertoli : from Mozart to Khachaturian

File consists of a recording by Mauro Bertoli, piano, autographed by Bartoli to "Edward e Marta."

Tracks:

  • Rondo KV494 in F major / W.A. Mozart (7:33)
  • Intermezzo Op. 18 n. 2 / J. Brahms (6:40)
  • Sonata for the young Op. 118 n. 2: 1. Lebhaft (5:59), 2. Canon: Lebhaft (1:02), 3. Abenlied: langsam (2:04), 4. Kindergesellschaft: Sehr Lebhaft (4:39) / R. Schumann
  • Hungarian rhapsody n. 5 S. 244/5 Héroïde Élégiaque (10:46) / F. Liszt
  • Hungarian rhapsody n. 6 S. 244/6 (7:37) / F. Liszt
  • Allegro da concerto (7:25) / E. Granados
  • Three fantastic dances op. 5: Allegretto (1:19), Andantino (1:28), Allegretto (1:03) / D. Shostakovich
  • Toccata (5:08) / A. Khachaturian.
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