Identity area
Reference code
OTUFM 10-A-038
Title
Jonah : chamber cantata for chorus, four soloists, and instruments
Date(s)
- 1963 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 ms. score (35, 4, p.) : pencil + 1 ms. score (41 p.) : copies + 1 ms. vocal score (8, 9, 13, 8 p.) : copies
Context area
Name of creator
(1927-2022)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John Beckwith (1990)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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:
- Chorale-variations
- The Tempest [no vocal score]
- The Whale
- Nineveh
- The Gourd
- Chorale.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English and Latin
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Former identifiers
3.29 - 78411 rbsc, 3.29 - 78412 rbsc, 3.29 - 78413 rbsc
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Macpherson, Jean Jay (Subject)