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Series consists of files on individual Canadian composers, comprising of programs, copies of newspaper clippings, and photographs.

File consists of a photograph of Luigi von Kunits by the Van Eeden Studio (Toronto) and a photograph of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with von Kunits conducting (ca. 1923-1931). The file also contains the following score:

• Souvenir de Moscou : op. 6 : for violin and piano by Henri Wieniawski (Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, [191-?]), with annotations and autograph by Kunits
• Kunits' cadenza to Brahms' Violin Concerto, op. 77 (handwritten, "property of [Eugene] Kash")
• Popular Songs : transcription by Kunits (containing "Scenes that are brightest"from Maritana by W.V. Wallace, transcribed for [solo violin?] and piano).

File contains photographs of Canadian musicians, many of which are signed, and most of which are not dated: John Beckwith (photo by Robert Lansdale); S. C. Eckhardt-Gramatté with string quartet including Peggie Sampson and Victor Feldbrill; Herman Geiger-Torel; Irene Jessner; Greta Kraus; Sir Ernest MacMillan (2 photographs); Lois Marshall (2 photographs); Oskar Morawetz; Charles Peaker; Redferne Hollinshead; Hart House String Quartet (left to right, Milton Blackstone, Geza de Kresz, Boris Hambourg, Harry Adaskin; dedicated "To Lou Taube, 1937").

Item is a publicity photograph of the American-Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman, taken by Christian Steiner and distributed by ICM Artists Ltd., New York.

Item is a publicity photograph of an operatic scene taken at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Italy by Luciano Romano.

Item includes a typed biography for Gianna Rolandi. The photograph was taken by Christian Steiner and distributed by Columbia Artists Management Inc., New York.

Item is a publicity photograph of baritone Gaétan Laperrière as Count Almaviva and soprano Harolyn Blackwell as Susana in the 1991 Canadian Opera Company production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro at the O'Keefe Centre (June 14, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 1991).

Item is a publicity photograph of Judith Forst as Preziosilla (centre) in the new Canadian Opera Company production of Verdi's La Forza del Destino at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (September 17, 20, 22, 25, 28, 30, and October 3, 1987).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Harolyn Blackwell in he Canadian Opera Company debut as Sister Constance; American soprano Carol Vaness as Madame Lidoine in her Company debut; and Quebec mezzo-soprano Odette Beaupré as Mother Jeanne in the 1985-1986 season production of Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites at the O'Keefe Centre (April 11, 15, 17, 20, 23, 26, 1986).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Donna Brown as Servilia, mezzo-soprano Jean Stlwell as Annio, and mezzo-soprano Susan Quittmeyer as Sesto in the 1991 Canadian Opera Company production of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto (June 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, and 21, 1991).

Item is a publicity photograph of tenor Richard Margison as Tito Vespasiano, mezzo-soprano Susan Quittmeyer as Sesto, and mezzo-soprano Jean Stilwell as Annio in the 1991 Canadian Opera Company production of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito at the Elgin THeatre in Toronto (June 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, and 21, 1991).

Item is a publicity photograph of mezzo-soprano Enid Hartle as Filipyevna and soprano Carol Vaness as Tatyana in the 1990 Canadian Opera Company production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (September 29, October 2, 4, 7, 10, and 12, 1990).

Item is a publicity photograph by Gary Beechey of BDS Studios, Toronto.

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Mari Anne Haggander as Lisa in the 1988 Canadian Opera Company production of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades (October 8, 12, 14, 17, 20, and 23, 1988).

Item is a publicity photograph of tenor Raul Gimenez as Count Almaviva and soprano Patricia Schuman as Rosina in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (September 29, 30, October 3, 4, 7, 10, 12, 13, and 15, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of baritone Patrick Timney as Ulisse in the Canadian Opera Company's 1989 production of Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at the Texaco Opera Theatre and The Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre (February 25, 27, March 1, 3, and 5, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of tenor Laurence Dale as Tamino and soprano Ruth Ann Swenson as Pamina in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, and 23, 1989).

File consists of programs and posters for concerts featuring works by Oskar Morawetz, and copies of newspaper articles, correspondence, and programs. The file includes copies of letters from Coretta Scott King, regarding the Morawetz's compositions written in tribute to her husband Martin Luther King, Jr.; from Rose Kennedy regarding Morawetz's composition written in memory of her son John F. Kennedy; from Edward Johnson regarding the dedication of Morawetz's composition "Land of Dreams"; and from Otto Frank regarding the premiere of Morawetz's "From the Diary of Anne Frank." A copy of the vocal score for "From the Diary of Anne Frank" is also included in the file, with a handwritten dedication from the composer to Jean Lavender, inscribed "with best wishes and many thanks for building the Music Library at the Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto."

The file also includes the following photographs:

• Sergei Prokofiev and Mstislav Rostropovich (autographed in 1972 by Rostropovich; photo from 1952)
• Oskar Morawetz and Mstislav Rostropovich
• Otto Frank (with dedication dated 1972 to Morawetz)
• Oskar Morawetz and Zubin Mehta
• Martin Luther King and family (with dedication to Morawetz)

Item is a publicity photograph of tenor Ermanno Mauro as Canio in the 1991 Canadian Opera Company production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 6, 11, 14, 17, 19, 22, and 25, 1991).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Leona Mitchell as Amelia and tenor Taro Ichihara as King Gustavus III in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (September 22, 27, October 2, 5, 8, 11, and 14, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of baritone Robert Milne as Antinoo, mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Prata as Penelope, baritone Christopher Coyea as Iro and (background) tenor Keith Boldt as Pisandro in the Canadian Opera Company's 1989 production of Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at the Texaco Opera Theatre and The Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre (February 25, 27, March 1, 3, and 5, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Ruth Ann Swenson as Pamina an the three Genii (left to right) Gabriel Radford, Curtis Eisenberg, and Bronwen Low in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, and 23, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Aprile Millo as Maddalena and tenor Ermanno Mauro in the title role in the Canadian Opera Company premiere of Giordano's Andrea Chenier at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 5, 8, 13, 16, 18, and 21, 1989).

File consists of press and publicity photographs collected by Giuliana Gattoni, a freelance ballet and opera critic in Toronto in the 1980s and early 1990s. Most of the photographs are of Canadian Opera Company productions. The file also includes some photographs of Canadian musicians, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and some photographs of festivals in Italy, including the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto and some performances at the Arena Sferisterio in Macerata.

Item is a publicity photograph from Henry IV, Part Two, the second production in a season of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare," which aired on BBC 2 on Sunday, December 16, 1979.

Item is a publicity photograph of the French pianists sitting at a piano. The photograph was taken by Cynthia Hampton and distributed by ICM Artists Ltd., New York.

Item is a publicity photograph of the Canadian pianist Louis Lortie, distributed by Shaw Concerts. Inc., New York.

Item is a publicity photograph of the Amercan-Soviet pianist Bella Davidovich.

Item is a publicity photograph of the Canadian conductor Andrew Davis, taken by Brian Pickell.

item is a photograph of the Canadian chamber orchestra I Musici de Montréal, taken by Giamcarlo Baroni of Milan and distributed by Kazuko Hillyer International, Inc., New York.

item is a photograph of the guest artist Mikhail Rudy and guest conductor Kurt Sanderling, rehearsing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Item is a publicity photograph that accompanied the announcement of Brian Dickie of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera becoming General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, effective January 1, 1989.

Item is a publicity photograph of tenor Laurence Dale as Tamino and soprano Ruth Ann Swenson as Pamina in the 1989 Canadian Opera Company production of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (April 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 1989).

Item is a publicity photograph of soprano Nancy Gustafson as Violetta Valéry and tenor Jorge Lopez-Yanez as Alfredo Germont in the Canadian Opera Company's production of Verdi's La traviata at the O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (September 20, 25, 28, 30, October 3, 5, 8, 10, and 13 (matinée), 1991).