File 008 - Music for dancing : seven pieces for piano duet

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OTUFM 10-A-008

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Music for dancing : seven pieces for piano duet

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  • 1948, 1959, 1972 (Creation)

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1 ms. score (39 p.) : ink transparencies + 2 ms. scores (39, 61 p.) : copies with pencil additions + 1 ms. score (116 p.) : pencil, ink

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(1927-2022)

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John Beckwith (1996)

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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.

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      1.2 - 78364 rbsc, 1.2 - 78365 rbsc, 1.2a - 78366 rbsc, 1.2a - 78394 rbsc

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