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Posters

Series consists of promotional posters for performances put on by La Troupe des Anciens over the years, as well as one poster celebrating the troupe's 50th anniversary.

Photographs

Series largely consists of photographs documenting La Troupe des Anciens' various performances throughout 1971 to 2011, but also includes photographs of cast members, production members, and several after-parties.

La Troupe des Anciens fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1971 - 2019

Fonds consists of records created by La Troupe des Anciens, a theatre group founded within the University of Toronto. Records in this fonds illustrate the troupe’s various theatrical operations since its founding, including photographs, posters, sample tickets, books, newspaper articles, audio recordings, video recordings, and performance programmes.

La Troupe des Anciens

Pete White Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2017.020
  • Fonds
  • 1888 - 2022

This fonds has been arranged into five series based on the creator’s order. These series are as follows:
Series One: Songwriting
Series Two: Screenwriting
Series Three: Digital Print Writing
Series Four: Writers Guild of Canada
Series Five: Kaslo/Kootenays and Mining
Series One: Songwriting includes records pertaining to White’s songwriting career with Paul Hann. This series has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Commercial Releases includes Paul Hann’s commercial albums and singles, with songs written by White. Records in this series include 12 in. vinyl LPs for “A Fine White Thread,” “Another Tumbleweed,” “Paul Hann,” “High Test” and “Hometown Hero.” It also includes 8-track cassettes of “A Fine White Thread,” “Another Tumbleweed,” and “Paul Hann.” This subseries also features commercially released compilation albums featuring Paull Hann, including “In the Dawning: A Story of Canada” on 12 in. vinyl as well as compact disc. It also includes “The ACME Sausage Company,” a compilation of CKUA radio featuring a performance by Paul Hann. Finally, this subseries includes the limited release compact disc “Acrid Smoke and Amber Drink: The Lost Songs of Pete White and Paul Hann 1968-1978.”
Subseries Two: Original Recordings and Digital Transfers includes various recordings made by White and Hann on ¼ in. audio tape as well as 2 in. audio tape. This includes registration demos for BMI, outtakes, unreleased singles, interim mixes, and master recordings of songs and albums. This also includes recordings made by Paul Hann and the band Canadian Club for CKUA radio. Finally, this subseries includes digital transfers of audio tapes to compact disc.
Subseries Three: Film and Television Soundtracks
This subseries includes recordings made by White and Hann for film and television soundtracks on ¼ in. audio tape. This includes compositions for “The Parent Puzzle,” “Faces of Yesterday: History of Schooling in Alberta”, “Prairie Years,” and “Come Alive.”
Subseries Four: Songs Lists, Lyrics, Chronologies includes records related to White’s songwriting and publishing career with Paul Hann. Records in this subseries include songs lists and publisher share information, music and lyrics, contracts, and correspondence.
Subseries Five: Business Affairs includes records related to the business and management side of White’s work with Paul Hann. Included in this subseries are correspondence, performance contracts, mechanical license agreements, songwriting and publishing agreements, recording contracts, original music service agreements and composers’ agreements, song registration forms, and royalties statements.
Subseries Six: Promo Materials and Photos includes records related to the promotional aspects of White’s work with Paul Hann. Included in this subseries are press kits, aggregated reviews, and promotional photographs.
Subseries Seven: Clippings and Ephemera includes newspaper and magazine clippings related to White and Hann’s music career, as well as festival and performance programmes. This subseries also includes copies of the book “The Game of Our Lives” by Peter Gzowski, which includes the lyrics to White and Hann’s song “Hometown Hero” in its preface.
Series Two: Screenwriting includes records related to White’s screenwriting career, and it has been arranged into the following subseries based on a career chronology provided by the creator:
Subseries One: One-Off Short Films includes records related to short films written by White. Records in this subseries include screenplays, shooting scripts, and script outlines. Works represented in this subseries include: “Starting Over,” “The Treasure,” “Generations”, “The Ballet Class,” “Snowbirds,” “Years of Sorrow, Years of Shame,” and “Scarlet Heritage.”
Subseries Two: Television Series includes records related to television shows written by White. Records in this subseries include screenplays, shooting scripts, treatments, outlines and premises, episode screeners and dubs, correspondence, press clippings, show prep memos, cast lists, shooting schedules, day out of days schedules, beat sheets, and notes. Works represented in this subseries include: “The Parent Puzzle,” “Stony Plain,” “The Beachcombers,” “Danger Bay,” “The Campbells,” “Bordertown,” “Airwolf II,” “Family Pictures,” “War of the Worlds,” “Jericho 911,” “Northwood” and “Da Vinci’s Inquest.”
Subseries Three: Television Movies includes records related to television movies written by White. Records in this subseries include correspondence, treatments, outlines, screenplays, shooting scripts, production stills, promotional one-sheets, crew lists, call sheets, press clippings, preliminary VHS screeners, a production cap and crew t-shirt, as well as research interviews on audio tape. Works represented in this subseries include: “Striker’s Mountain,” “The Legend of Ruby Silver,” and “Peacekeepers.”
Subseries Four: Screenplays includes records related to screenplays written by White. Records in this subseries include screenplays, one-sheets, film proposals, and research materials. Works represented in this series include: “Four by Four,” “Slug Addiction: A Rock & Roll Fairy Tale”, “Nighthawk Crossing” (also known as “Crossing the Line”), “Scarlet Ladies,” “Mungo” and ‘Love and Genius.”
Subseries Five: Mini-Series includes records related to mini-series written by White. Records in this subseries include screenplays, development and series outlines, correspondence, notes, outlines, beat sheets, writer’s agreement and transfer of rights agreement, and research reports. Works represented in this subseries include: “The Temptations of Big Bear,” “Mountain Men,” “The Columbia Dams,” “Midnight Son,” “Thompson & Tyrell” and “The On-to-Ottawa Trek.”
Subseries Six: Movie Treatments includes records related to movie treatments written by White. Records in this series include treatments, synopses, and outlines. Works in this subseries include: “Bernie & The Guy,” “Craig’s Man,” “Lawrence After Arabia,” and “The Flying Bandit.”
Subseries Seven: Pitches includes records related to various pitches written by White. Records in this series include one-sheet pitches, story pitches, synopses, outlines, notes and research materials. Works in this series include, but are not limited to “Headless Valley,” “The Cheaters,” “Fall of a Prince,” and “Detachment.”
Subseries Eight: Screenwriting Projects Research Materials consists of records related to research done by White, predominantly pertaining to a potential series entitled “The Denisons of Canada.” Records in this subseries include grant applications, correspondence, a television series treatment, and a project description. It also includes a substantial amount of research materials, including books, book and journal excerpts, copies of historical records including maps, photographs, correspondence and diaries, archival finding aids, genealogical records, and bibliographies. Also included in this subseries are research files for a potential new instalment of “Peacekeepers,” set in Cyprus, in 1974, as well as research for a project entitled “Graveyard of the Pacific.”
Subseries Nine: Awards consists of awards and nominations received by White over the course of his screenwriting career. Included in this series are Gemini nomination certificates for “Striker’s Mountain,” “The Legend of the Ruby Silver,” and “Peacekeepers.” It also includes awards statuettes from the Writer’s Guild of Canada Top Ten Awards, for “Ruby Silver” and “Peacekeepers.”
Subseries Ten: Miscellaneous Files includes records labeled as miscellaneous by the creator, as well as records not easily ascribed to a particular title or production. Records in this series include correspondence, WGC project registrations for various titles, matted postcards, research clippings, a brochure for White’s production company (Kicking Horse Productions), writer’s contracts and purchase agreements, and a disc containing professional photographs of White.
Subseries Eleven: Books and Reference Materials consists of books related to White’s screenwriting career. Works in this series include “Telling It: Writing for Canadian Film and Television,” (which includes a chapter by White), and “Big Screen Country: Making Movies in Alberta.” It also includes two screenplays not written by White, a book about the Avro Arrow, and an Orenda Engines branded lighter.
Series Three: Digital Print Writing includes records related to White’s digital print writing work (including novels, novelizations, and memoirs). Included in this series is a copy of White’s novel, Crimea Sabre, as well as printing order details pertaining to this book. Also included in this series are research clippings pertaining to “Crimea Sabre.” This series also includes an essay by White about the founding of the Council of Canadians. This series also includes personal short stories, genealogical research records (including family trees, correspondence, copies of military service records, and scans of family photos), and a small amount of White’s personal materials (high school report cards, membership cards, track and field ribbons).
Series Four: Writer’s Guild of Canada includes records related to White’s work with the ACTRA Writer’s Guild as well as the Writer’s Guild of Canada, and the arrangement is largely based on the creator’s original order. Records in this series include correspondence, clippings, policy and discussion papers, policy proposals, lists of guild personnel and portfolios, meeting minutes and agendas, reports, forum and working group agendas, priorities and action items lists, speeches, and notes. It also includes a full run of “The WGC News” newsletter, as well as a run of “Canadian Screenwriter” magazines from White’s time as Guild president. Finally, this subseries includes a USB key of digital files relating to White’s time as WGC president.
Series Five: Kaslo/Kootenays and Mining includes records related to White’s time as a miner, resident of Kaslo, British Columbia, and work with the Kootenay Lake Historical Society. Records in this series include newspaper and magazine clippings and brochures pertaining to home design and home building. It also includes research and copies of archival materials pertaining to the history of mining in British Columbia. It also includes historical publications by the Geological Survey of Canada, and books pertaining to the Kootenays, including a first edition of the 1888 travelogue “A Ramble In British Columbia.”

White, Pete

80th birthday celebrations

File consists of programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs from various events celebrating John Beckwith's 80th birthday, including concerts at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music and the Institute for Canadian Music (ICM).

Other awards, tributes, and honours

File contains correspondence, programs, reviews, and photographs relating to various awards, honours, and other tributes given to John Beckwith.

General biographical material

  • OTUFM 10-I-4
  • Subseries
  • 1911, 1950-1990
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

Subseries consists of biographies of John Beckwith, family records, and other miscellany.

Biographical materials

File contains correspondence, lists of works, and promotional material.

Canadian Music Council : best performance of Canadian works

File consists of a poster advertising the "Best performance of Canadian works" award from the Canadian Music Council for the Orford String Quartet's recording Beckwith and Schafer Quartets (Melbourne Records, 1980).

University of Guelph honorary doctorate

File consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a copy of John Beckwith's convocation address at the University of Guelph (February 2, 1995), which was entitled "Will you have any musicke?".

University of Victoria honorary doctorate

File consists of correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a copy of John Beckwith's convocation address at the University of Victoria (November 27, 1999), which was entitled "Lucky Star."

Queen's University honorary doctorate

File consists of correspondence, programs, photographs, and a copy of John Beckwith's convocation address at Queen's University (May 28, 1998), which was entitled "We blanks are proud people; or, the call to semi-greatness."

Member of the Order of Canada

File includes colour photographs with Governor-General Jeanne Sauvé, correspondence, programs, and correspondence. John Beckwith was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 21, 1987.

Awards and honours

Subseries consists of records relating to honours and awards that John Beckwith received during his lifetime, including honorary doctorates from several Canadian universities, Member of the Order of Canada, and various other tributes. Records include medals, certificates, photographs from award ceremonies, related correspondence, and copies of acceptance and convocation speeches given by Beckwith.

Biographical ephemera

Series consists of records from John Beckwith's student years; scrapbooks of concerts Beckwith attended and participated in during this time; awards, tributes, and honours that he received later in his career in recognition of his many contributions to Canadian music; and other general biographical material that Beckwith collected throughout his life.

Lutz Haufschild and Stephen Brathwaite : [correspondence]

File consists of correspondence regarding and photographs of the "Heavenly Music" sculptures created by Lutz Haufschild and Stephen Brathwaite, gifted to the University of Toronto Music Library by Kathleen McMorrow and John Beckwith. The sculptures were hung at the front entrance to the Music Library when the library moved to the Rupert E. Edwards Wing. Photographs show the artwork in progress and after installation.

James Reaney and music : [talk]

File consists of John Beckwith's typescript talk, including overhead and digital illustrations, which he gave at the London Museum (November 5, 2016) as part of Words: The Literary and Creative Arts Festival. File also includes related correspondence with James Reaney and his family.

Scripts : librettos for operas and other musical works

  • OTUFM 10-G-2-140
  • File
  • August 5, 2001 - Spring 2004
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

File consists of notes, correspondence, reviews, and photographs for Scripts: Librettos for Operas and Other Musical Works by James Reaney, edited and with an introduction by John Beckwith (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2004).

In search of Alberto Guerrero

  • OTUFM 10-G-2-144
  • File
  • 1947, 1990-2010
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

File consists of correspondence regarding John Beckwith's book In Search of Alberto Guerrero (Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006). Correspondents include Luis Merino Montero, Juan Orrego-Salas, Ted Maroney, Richard Butler, Ray Dudley, Margaret Sheppard Privitello, Marilyn Brown, Kevin Bazzana, and William Aide. Correspondence includes discussions of Glenn Gould and Alberto Guerrero.

File also contains a program, photographs, and correspondence relating to the memorial concert for Alberto Guerrero in Walter Hall at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music (October 25, 1990) and other photographs of Alberto Guerrero used in Beckwith's book. Two photographs, previously framed, are autographed by Guerrero: (1) signed for Gwen Duchemin (former student); (2) photograph (ca. 1947) taken by Margaret Sheppard Privitello (former student), and signed by Guerrero (not addressed).

Composing, cycling : [community talks]

  • OTUFM 10-G-2-151
  • File
  • 2014, 2017, 2018
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

File consists of John Beckwith's lecture notes, musical examples, and photographs for a talk entitled "Composing, Cycling: Two Harmless Pursuits" given at Fairlawn (February 3, 2014); Jubilee United (November 22, 2017); and to Sprint Senior Care (March 16, 2018).

Weinzweig : essays on his life and music

  • OTUFM 10-G-2-147
  • File
  • 1990, 2006-2008
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

File consists of correspondence and notes regarding the book Weinzweig: Essays on his Life and Music (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011), co-edited by Brian Cherney and John Beckwith. File includes digital photos from the book launch event. File includes correspondence with Elaine Keillor, John Weinzweig, Rebecca Sinnaeve (Toronto Musicians' Association), Cheryl Martin (Royal Conservatory of Music), Clark Ross, Robert Aitken, and Bruce Mather.

Unheard of : memoirs of a Canadian composer

File contains research notes, correspondence, re-writes, editorial comments, press releases, and reviews for John Beckwith’s memoirs Unheard Of: Memoirs of a Canadian Composer (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012). Beckwith’s research notes include a list of important personal and professional events from 1937 to 1990, various copied correspondence, and some original correspondence from Nadia Boulanger and Beckwith’s father. File also includes correspondence from Ben Conway and William Toye and Beckwith's contract with Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the publication of the book.

A portion of Beckwith's source materials and research notes were originally stored in a vertical file folder, arranged alphabetically by subject matter. This arrangement is replicated in the folder storage of these records. Beckwith's source material included the following divisions and contents:

  1. Beckwith [family] : a copy of Beckwith Notes: Number Six (Albert C. and Edward S. Beckwith, 1907) and other genealogical records and notes on the Beckwith family, including family photographs, correspondence, newspapers clippings, marriage certificate for John L. Beckwith and Agnes F. McLeod.
  2. Children : photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and graduation programs relating to John Beckwith and Pamela Terry's children Jonathan, Robin Jane, Symon, and Lawrence.
  3. Dunn : photographs, correspondence, and research notes pertaining to Mary and George Dunn.
  4. Education : photographs, programs, and correspondence pertaining to John Beckwith's education prior to attending the University of Toronto, including programs from recitals of Gwendoline Harper's students.
  5. Photograph of Marian Scott, Helmut Kallmann, and John Beckwith at the National Library of Canada (1997).
  6. Grace [Dean McLeod White] : correspondence and notes pertaining to John Beckwith's paternal aunt.
  7. Harold [Beckwith] : photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and notes, including an interview with Michael Hutcheon, pertaining to Harold Arthur Beckwith, John Beckwith's father.
  8. Margaret [Alice Beckwith, nee Dunn] : photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence from and about John Beckwith's mother.
  9. Nuptials : photographs from weddings, anniversaries, and christenings in the Beckwith family.
  10. Pamela [Terry Beckwith] : photographs of Pamela Terry Beckwith and a transcription of her Paris diaries (1950-1952).
  11. Sisters : photographs of and correspondence with John Beckwith's sisters, Jean and Sheila, including their notes on portions of the manuscript for Unheard Of.
  12. Tree : the Beckwith family tree [oversize]
  13. Pictures and captions : two photographs and a program from the premiere performance of John Beckwith's Rhapsody for piano by Gene Gash (December 13, 1951).
  14. Works : newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding reviews of John Beckwith's compositions.

Music at Toronto : a personal account

File consists of correspondence relating to John Beckwith book Music at Toronto: A Personal Account (1995) and the preceding talks that Beckwith gave at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music in celebration of its 75th anniversary (1993). Correspondents include Helmut Kallmann, Rivi Frankle, Chan Ka Nin, Marnie Hare, David Beach, John Hamilton, Stephen Brathwaite, Bruce Minorgan, Paul Pedersen, Paul Green, Fred Clarke, Ezra Schabas, and Doreen Rao. File also includes a photograph of Sir Ernest MacMillan, Godfrey Ridout, Leo Smith, John Weinzweig, and Healey Willan (photo by Herb Nott, ca. 1942), which was used in Beckwith's book.

Canadian citizenship

  • OTUFM 10-G-2-124
  • File
  • August 22, 2000 - November 22, 2000
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

File consists of two speeches that John Beckwith gave at citizenship ceremonies (August 22-23, 2000 and November 22, 2000), as well as photographs from the ceremonies.

Festival Singers of Toronto with the Toronto Woodwind Quintet

  • OTUFM 10-G-2-037
  • File
  • March 14, 1970
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

File consists of John Beckwith's notes and the program from a concert by the Festival Singers of Toronto with the Toronto Woodwind Quintet at Hart House (March 14, 1970). Beckwith provided introductory remarks for the concert.

The Modern composer and his world

  • OTUFM 10-G-2-023
  • File
  • August 22, 1960 - December 30, 1961
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

File contains correspondence, book reviews, and three photographs by Peter Smith of the International Conference of Composers (Stratford, 1960). Included in the photographs are Murray Adaskin, John Beckwith, Luciano Berio, John Weinzweig, Oskar Morawetz, Jean-Marie Beaudet, Vagn Holmboe. The conference proceedings were published in 1961 under the title The Modern Composer and His World.

Writings and lectures

  • OTUFM 10-G-2
  • Subseries
  • 1888-2019, 1946-2019 predominant
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

Subseries consists of drafts, research notes, reviews, and correspondence relating to books, lectures, and articles written by John Beckwith. Subseries includes materials for both unpublished and published writings.

Teaching and scholarship

  • OTUFM 10-G
  • Series
  • 1888-2019, 1946-2019 predominant
  • [இதன்] பகுதியானJohn Beckwith fonds

Series consists of materials created and collected by John Beckwith in preparation for teaching select courses at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, as well as records relating to the numerous articles, lectures, book chapters, and monographs that Beckwith wrote throughout his career.

Reaney days

File consists of a program, photographs, and correspondence with James Reaney and Peter Auksi (UWO) regarding a series of performances, lectures, plays, and presentations in celebration of James C. Reaney (at the University of Western Ontario, January 23, 1992 - February 21, 1992).

Posters

Subseries consists of posters for performances of works by John Beckwith and for book launches of monographs by Beckwith. Some posters are autographed by performers. Posters include:

  • The Shivaree (Comus Music Theatre of Canada, April 3-6, 1982) [autographed by performers]
  • Musique Royale : A Festival of Music in Historic Settings [including a performance of John Beckwith's Hector by Musick Fyne, 1992]
  • Night Blooming Cereus (University of Victoria, Opera Nova, January 15-18, 1992)
  • John Beckwith (Centrediscs, CMC-CD 5897, 2003)
  • Taptoo! (University of Toronto Faculty of Music Opera Division, March 7-8, 14-15, 2003) [autographed by performers]
  • Expanding Interdisciplinarity Through Opera: Taptoo! (University of Toronto Munk Centre for International Studies, March 8, 2003)
  • Weinzweig: Essays on His Life and Music [book launch, Faculty of Music, 2011]
  • Unheard Of: Memoirs of a Canadian Composer [book launch, Faculty of Music, 2012]
  • Mapping Canada's Music: Selected Writings of Helmut Kallman [book launch, Faculty of Music, 2013].

Other concerts and events

Subseries consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, programs, reviews, scripts, posters, photographs, and other materials pertaining to various concerts and events that John Beckwith participated in as an administrator, organizer, researcher, performer, composer, and/or speaker.

Other performance records

Series consists of programs, posters, correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating to performances, concerts, and events that John Beckwith participated in as a composer, performer, speaker, administrator, researcher, and/or script writer.

Beckett songs : performance records

File consists of correspondence regarding the publication of John Beckwith's piece Beckett Songs with texts by Samuel Beckett, and sketches for a piece Quad based on Samuel Beckett's wordless scenario by the same name.

File also contains two programs from performances of John Beckwith’s “Beckett Songs” as performed by Peter Groom (baritone), and Peter Higham (guitar) at Mount Allison University (premiere performance on December 3, 2008) and, on May 24, 2011 by Doug McNaughton (voice and guitar) as part of the vocal series at the Canadian Opera Company. File also includes a photograph of Groom, Higham, and Danise Ferguson (cello) from the premiere performance.

Lines overlapping ; On the other hand… ; Blurred lines : program notes

File contains John Beckwith’s program notes, correspondence (predominantly with Vivienne Spiteri), programs, and other notes for three harpsichord pieces:

  • Lines overlapping : for banjo and harpsichord
  • On the other hand… : for solo harpsichord
  • Blurred lines : violin and harpsichord.

Crazy to kill : libretto and performance records

File includes three drafts, and correspondence with James Reaney, Anna Wagner-Ott (including her sketches for puppets), and with Guelph Festival officers. File includes reviews, photographs, notes, and other performance records for productions in Banff, Guelph, and the Toronto Masque Theatre. File also includes a card from the costume designer Sue LePage with a reproduction of the costume designs for Agatha, as played by Kimberley Barber.

File also includes performance records for other operas and compositions by John Beckwith: "Let's Hear it from Beckwith" (New Music Concerts performance in Walter Hall on September 19, 2010); Taptoo (Toronto Operetta Theatre; February 22-26, 2012); and Night Blooming Cereus (Summer Opera Lyric Theatre; July 28-August 5, 2017).

Place of meeting : text and performance records

File includes correspondence with and the text by Dennis Lee, programs, and other performance records. File includes two photographs from the 1967 performance by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Elmer Iseler and John Beckwith.

The shivaree : libretto and performance records

File includes working drafts of the libretto; correspondence with James Reaney (librettist) about changes; and letters from Istvan Anhalt, Donald Mitchell, John Barron, and Urjo Kareda. File also contains lecture notes and correspondence, including letters from Dorith Cooper and Herman Geiger-Torel, and other correspondence, photographs, programs, and reviews relating to the 1982 premiere, revisions, and later productions.

Keyboard practice : performance records

File includes correspondence, photographs, programs, and reviews relating to the 1979 premiere, other performances, and the Centrediscs recording (CMC-CD 5897).

Night blooming cereus : libretto and performance records

File contains production records, draft libretti, correspondence, and records relating to performance of the opera, including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio broadcast.

Production materials include correspondence with Peter Dwyer, Canada Council; budget drafts, contracts, and other financial documents for the 1959 Hart House production; reviews; letters from Jay [MacPherson]; "An evening with Babble & Doodle" by James Reaney (1961), which includes a history of the creation and production of the opera. File includes correspondence, the program, and a photograph from a performance of a scene from John Beckwith's Night Blooming Cereus as part of the Canadian Composers Festival at the Hartt College of Music of the University of Hartford (November 15, 1959).

File also contains publicity materials, programs, and reviews of other performances; French translation of Night Blooming Cereus; drafts and correspondence with librettist James Reaney; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commissioning documents; and other correspondence about the opera from Istvan Anhalt, Chester Duncan, Hugh Le Caine, John Roberts, and personal friends.

File also includes a set design for Night Blooming Cereus by Louis de Niverville (previously framed).

Five lyrics of the T'ang dynasty : texts and performance records

File contains correspondence, historical research notes, and a copy of John Beckwith's draft program notes for the piece. File also contains the program and photographs from the performance of this piece by Freda Antrobus, soprano and John Beckwith, piano as part of the "Toronto Concert" at the Second Annual American Music Students' Symposium at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. One of the photographs shows the Toronto delegation gathered around the piano. The group consisted of James Innes, Morry Kernerman, James Hunter, John Mair, Rowland Pack, Andrew Benac, Joseph Pach, James Pataki, Clermont Pépin, Harry Somers, Victor Feldbrill, John Coveart, Gordon Jocelyn, John Beckwith, and Freda Antrobus Ridout.

Libretti, texts, and performance records

Series consists of texts and libretti for John Beckwith’s compositions and arrangements, as well as related correspondence, programs, reviews, and other notes relating to performances and recordings of these works.

John Beckwith fonds

  • OTUFM 10
  • Fonds
  • 1888-2024, 1936-2022 predominant

Fonds consists of records created and collected by John Beckwith during his career as a composer, writer, music critic, radio broadcaster, administrator, educator, and performer. Records include sketches, drafts, and manuscripts of his compositions and arrangements, as well as programs, posters, reviews, correspondence, recordings, and other materials from premieres and other performances of his works.

Fonds also includes records relating to Beckwith's work as a radio commentator and script writer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC); music critic for the Toronto Star; professor and dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music; and writer of numerous lectures, articles, and books.

Beckwith, John

Beth Follett Papers

  • Manuscript Collection
  • 1960-2020

Including manuscripts, proofs and correspondence – related to Follett’s small press imprint, Pedlar Press, which she founded in 1997. It also includes manuscript drafts for Follett’s first published novel, Tell it Slant (Toronto: Coach House Press, 2001), as well as other professional and personal material relating to the life and work of Beth Follett.

Follett, Beth

A Celebration of Derek Healey's 80th birthday by family, friends, musicians, and all

File consists of a scrapbook compiled for Derek Healey's 80th birthday, collected and compiled by Olive Healey with support from Jacqueline Healey. It consists contributions from family, friends, colleagues, and musicians, and includes an index of contributors and their relationship to Healey. Materials include a portrait of Derek Healey by Akwesi M. Asante in charcoal and chalk, photographs, correspondence, and other memorabilia.

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