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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.

Series consists of manuscript scores, parts, and sketches for original compositions and arrangements by John Beckwith.

File consists of manuscript scores and sketches for John Beckwith's "Four Conceits for piano," including the complete manuscript, earlier versions of the composition, and the master score transparencies from the Canadian Music Centre publication (1972). The collection was also titled "Four piano pieces" and an early version of the set included six—not four—conceits. Selections included in the files are:

• Bagatelle (December 1945, revised March 1947)
• Microcosm (November 1945) [not included in final set]
• Contrast (June 1947)
• Excursion no. 1 (March 1948)
• Excursion no. 2 (March 1948)
• Frolic (for Ronaldo) or Frolic I (November 1945, revised 1946) [not included in final set]
• Frolic II (January 1946) [not included in final set]
• Flower piece (June 1947) [not included in final set].

File consists of the manuscript score for a setting of a poem by F.S. Flint.

File consists of manuscript scores for a selection of songs from Twelfth Night, including "When that I was a little tiny boy"; "Come away death"; and "Hey, ho, the wind and the rain." The final set consisted of the last two songs. Texts by William Shakespeare.

File consists of the manuscript score for a setting of a poem by Ernest Dowson.

File consists of the manuscript score for a setting of a poem by Richard Hughes from The Oxford Book of Modern Verse.

File consists of manuscript score for a piano piece that John Beckwith submitted (unsuccessfully) to a contest organized by the Canadian Armed Forces Bands (ca. 1946).

File consists of a copy of the manuscript score, the ink transparency masters, and manuscript scores with the following five songs:

• The Staircase of jades (poem by Li Po.
• The Limpid river (poem by Wang Wei)
• The Inlaid harp (poem by Li Shang-Yin)
• On a rainy night (poem by Li Shang-Tin)
• Parting at a wine-shop (poem by Li Po).

File consists of the manuscript score transparencies for the Canadian Music Centre publication (1972) and a bound, annotated copy of the 1948 manuscript. The piece was commissioned by the Community Centre, Forest Hill Village, Toronto and dedicated to Pamela [Terry]. The movements are: Prelude, First Pantomime, Waltz, Second Pantomime, Polka, Dance for Two, and Round Dance.

File also includes a copy of the orchestrated version of "Music for Dancing," created by John Beckwith in Spring 1949 and the manuscript for a revised version for smaller orchestra, created by Beckwith in 1959.

File consists of a copy of the manuscript score, the manuscript score transparencies, and manuscripts individual songs. The set, with text by Edith Sitwell, included the following songs:

• Come, my Arabia
• My desert has a noble sun for a heart
• The Queen Bee sighed
• The youth with the red-gold hair.

File also includes transparencies for a fifth song "You, the Young Rainbow," which was omitted from the final version, and a manuscript score for "Two Kitchen Songs" with texts by Edith Sitwell (dated December 1949).

File consists of the ink transparency masters for the Canadian Music Centre publication (1972), including the full score and parts. File also includes an annotated copy of the uncorrected 1949 manuscript score and parts. Text by James Reaney.

File consists of the ink transparency masters for the Canadian Music Centre publication (1972), copies of the 1949 and 1950 manuscript score, and manuscript sketch material. Text by Colleen Thibaudeau.

File consists of the ink transparency masters for the Canadian Music Centre publication (1972). Text by Colleen Thibaudeau.

File consists of the ink transparency masters for the Canadian Music Centre publication (1972), an annotated copy of the 1950 manuscript score, and a copy of the out-of-print publication by Waterloo Music Company Limited (1975), and the manuscript score for a revised version (1976) transposed for medium-low voice. Text by ee cummings. The work was commissioned by Lois Marshall (1950).

File consists of the ink transparency masters for the Canadian Music Centre publication (1972) and two manuscript scores.

File consists of the manuscript score and ink transparency masters.

File consists of the ink transparency masters for a piece for solo piano.

File consists of the ink transparency masters for the score and parts, created in 1972 for publication by the Canadian Music Centre.

File consists of the ink transparency masters.

File consists of the manuscript score and ink transparency masters.

File consists of the manuscript score, ink transparencies for the 1972 Canadian Music Centre publication, and an annotated score with parts. File also includes a manuscript part for clarinet to substitute for the English horn.

File consists of the ink transparency masters for the score and parts, as well as a set of manuscript parts.

File consists of the manuscript full score and sketches, as well as a copy of the vocal score, an annotated copy of part of the full score, and a copy of the first 25 pages of the vocal score. Libretto by James Reaney.

File consists of the ink transparency masters for the score and parts.

File consists of manuscript scores for the original version (violin, clarinet, and string orchestra) and an arrangement for piano, four hands. The work was commissioned by the Faculty of Music Alumni Association.

File consists of annotated copies of the manuscript full score and a version for two pianos, four hands. The piece was dedicated to Alberto Guerrero. Mario Bernardi performed the premiere performance in Montreal (February 6, 1962) with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roland Leduc.

File consists of the ink transparency masters and a pencil manuscript for a set of six pieces for solo piano:

• Drone waltz - with interruptions
• Some like it smooth, some like it skippy
• Twice as fast, half as slow (augmentation canon) [transparencies missing]
• What goes up must come down (inversion canon)
• Minor or major?
• Two and three are five
• Canon I and Canon II [not included in final set]
• Lines and chords [not included in final set]
• Waltz [not included in final set]
• Canon variations [not included in final set]
• Free blues [not included in final set].

File consists of manuscript and ink transparency masters for each performer (piano/celeste/bells, clarinet, violin, and percussion). Poems by James Reaney.

File consists of the ink transparency masters and an annotated copy of the manuscript as well as sketches, cue sheets, parts, and a script for a performances of this song set, dedicated to Pamela [Terry]. Cue sheets for the performance include parts for guitar, recorder, trumpet, and violoncello. Texts from Ben Jonson's play Volpone:

1. Song of Nano the Dwarf
2. Mountebank song 1
3. Mountebank song 2
4. Come, my Celia.

File contains the score and parts for Beckwith's incidental music for the James Reaney play "The Killdeer," written for piano/celesta, clarinet, trumpet, violin, double bass, and percussion (2 players). The file also includes the music for "The River of Time" for unaccompanied medium voice and a handwritten chorale setting for the hymn “Blessed Name” by Ralph E. Hudson, which John Beckwith quoted in the incidental music for James Reaney's play "The Killdeer." The play aired on CBC-TV on March 7, 1961.

File contains the manuscript score and copied parts for "Twelve Letters to a Small Town," with words by James Reaney, commissioned by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio, and first broadcast on July 26, 1961 on CBC Wednesday Night. It was repeated on June 19, 1963. The manuscript score was recopied with minor revisions in January 2002.

File contains manuscript scores for full orchestra and for piano, four hands, as well as two pages of sketch material.

File consists of the manuscript score, a copy of the score, and manuscript sketches for three studies dedicated to "Jonathan."

File consists of a manuscript draft score and a photocopy of the final manuscript for a set of three traditional songs, arranged by John Beckwith for solo piano:

• Cockles and mussels
• Winter tune
• I know my love
• O can ye sew cushions? [not included in the final manuscript]
• Vive la Canadienne [not included in the final manuscript].

File consists of the manuscript score for a set of three studies dedicated to Robin Jane:

1. 4ths and 5ths
2. 2nds and 9ths
3. 3rds.

File consists of the manuscript score and ink transparency masters for the Canadian Music Centre publication (1972). File contains sketches for the rondeau, first couplet, and second couplet of John Beckwith’s “A Chaucer Suite” for contralto, tenor, and baritone. The suite consists of four movements:

1. Now welcome, somer
2. Merciles beauté
3. Compleynt to his purs
4. Gentilesse.

File consists of the manuscript scores and sketches for John Beckwith's Concertino, including the full score and piano reduction. The work was commissioned by the Vancouver branch, Royal Conservatory Alumni Association, for the Vancouver Junior Symphony.

File contains the manuscript, sketches, and copies of the full and vocal scores for Beckwith's chamber cantata "Jonah," for alto, tenor and two baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and instrumental ensemble (clarinet, horn, strings and timpani). The cantata, commissioned by the Festival Singers of Toronto, with additional texts by Jay Macpherson, consists of six movements:

1. Chorale-variations
2. The Tempest [no vocal score]
3. The Whale
4. Nineveh
5. The Gourd
6. Chorale.

File contains the master ink transparencies, an annotated copy of the transparencies, and sketches for Beckwith's composition, written for three speakers, soprano, tenor, flute, viola, piano, and percussion. Text by James Reaney.

File contains the master ink transparencies for a set of English rhymes for voice(s), with optional piano accompaniment, dedicated to "Simon":

1. Gregory Griggs
2. The Man of Thessaly
3. The North wind doth blow
4. Doctor Foster
5. How many miles to Babylon?
6. Old chairs to mend
7. There was once a fish
8. Robinson Crusoe
9. The Blue fly and the bee
10. Splash!

File contains the tone rows used in Beckwith's orchestration, sketches, the manuscript score, and an annotated copy of the score. Trumpets of Summer, with text by Margaret Atwood, was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for the Shakespeare quadricentennial (1964) and was written for male speaker, SATB soloists, SATB chorus, and instrumental ensemble (flute, bassoon, trumpet, percussion, harp, and violoncello).

File contains sketches and notes for an electronic music compositions with percussion that John Beckwith composed at the University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio (UTEMS), completed June 28, 1965.

File contains the master score transparencies, manuscript parts, and annotated copies of the score with inserted scripts for "The Line Across," the first part of the radio collage Canada Dash, Canada Dot. The collage, with text by James Reaney, is written for soprano, alto, baritone, and bass soloists; four speakers; and instrumental ensemble (flute/piccolo, trombone, percussion, piano/celeste, violin, and double bass/mandolin). Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

File contains the master score transparencies, manuscript parts, and a manuscript score for "Traveler," an excerpt for voice, piano, and drums from "The Line Up and Down." "The Line Up and Down" is the second part of the radio collage Canada Dash, Canada Dot for two speakers and instrumental ensemble (clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano, violin, and double bass) with text by James Reaney. Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

File contains the master score ink transparencies for a work commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with text by James Reaney. "Canada Dot" was the third part of the collage trilogy Canada Dash, Canada Dot for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass soloists; 4 speakers; and instrumental ensemble (flute/piccolo, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano/celeste, violin, viola, and double bass).

File consists of the master score transparencies for a work for SATB chorus with keyboard for rehearsal only. The work uses texts by David Willson and is dedicated to James Reaney. It was commissioned by Waterloo Lutheran University for the University Chorus, conducted by Walter Kemp. The music is based on two early-19th-century hymn tunes transcribed by Keith MacMillan: Wells and Armley.

File contains sketches, the master manuscript score created in 1972 for the Canadian Music Centre, manuscript vocal score, and parts for speaker, tenor, male blues singer, SATB, and orchestra. Text by Dennis Lee. The work was commissioned by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Canadian Music Centre under a grant from the Centennial Commission (1967).

File consists of the manuscript full score, sketches, and ink transparency masters for two versions of the vocal score: the original version with two acts and the revised 1982 version with a prologue. The libretto is by James Reaney. File also includes the complete set of masters for the full score, including a pencil manuscript of the prologue addition, and orchestral parts.

File contains sketches, the manuscript score, and two annotated copies of the final score for harpsichord, 7 violins, 3 violas, 2 violoncellos and 1 double bass. The work was commissioned by the Vancouver Festival Society in the Centennial Year of Canadian Confederation (1967).