Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1968-1983 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
170 audio reels : 19 cm/sec.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Material donated to the University of Toronto Music Library by Elyakim Taussig in 1993.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Series contains audio recordings of various performances by Elyakim (Peter) Taussig and colleagues, predominantly from CBC radio broadcasts of his concerts.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Tapes were arranged into 13 categories by Elyakim (Peter) Taussig prior to their arrival at the Music Library according to type of performance, performers, and/or composers:
- Peter solo (PS)
- Peter concerti (PC)
- Peter chamber music and songs, miscellaneous (PCH)
- Beethoven at Hart [House] (B)
- Schubert, music for violin and piano (S)
- Mendelssohn at Hart [House] (M)
- Schumann at Hart (SCH)
- Camerata, miscellaneous (CAM)
- Shaw festival (SF)
- Casa Loma, Camerata (CL)
- Kathy [Kathryn Root] solo (KS)
- Kathy chamber music (KCH)
- Piano duo (DUO)
3 tapes were not numbered nor included in Taussig's index and are listed in a separate subseries "Miscellaneous recordings" (MIS).
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions of access. Physical reel-to-reel tapes are stored off-site.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital transfers of audio tapes available upon request.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Taussig's handwritten and type indices to the collection are stored separately from the audio tapes with the rest of the collection (Box 7).