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File consists of two folded folios of manuscript paper with various sketches.

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.

File consists of a manuscript score for string quartet.

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.

File consists of an autograph score and parts for Robert Manson's arrangement for string orchestra.

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.

File consists of the autograph manuscript score for Manson's second symphony and two autograph manuscript parts for flute and second oboe.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.