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Reference code
OTUFM 10-A-008
Title
Music for dancing : seven pieces for piano duet
Date(s)
- 1948, 1959, 1972 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
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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Name of creator
(1927-2022)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John Beckwith (1996)
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Scope and content
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