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Norma Beecroft fonds.
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NORMA BEECROFT fonds ACCESSION NO. : 743/03.8
The Norma Beecroft Fonds Accession No. 743/03.8
REEL TO REEL TAPES ........................................................................................................................ 2
Major influences in today’s music ............................................................................................... 5
Scripts for Passage of the 20th century: (radio series hosted by N. Beecroft on CJRT-FM, Toronto) ..................................................................................................................................... 10
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REEL TO REEL TAPES (7-1/2 ips, 27 cm reels, ca. 60 min.)
[Note: many of these tapes are stored on the reels “tail first” (ie. backwards) to avoid “bleeding”; they must be fast forwarded onto a take-up reel to be listened to]
Passage of the 20th century:
(radio series hosted by N. Beecroft on CJRT-FM, Toronto)
The legacy of Igor Stravinsky, part one January 28, 1993 1.1
The legacy of Igor Stravinsky, part two February 4, 1993 1.2
The Viennese school March 4, 1993 1.3
The American scene March 18, 1993 1.4
Impressionism and the French school March 25, 1993 1.5
Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni
April 1, 1993 1.6
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Italy - early 20th century (The Italian connection)
April 8, 1993 2.1
The world of Bela Bartok April 15, 1993 2.2
The miniatures of Anton Webern April 22, 1993 2.3
The new generation (European music following the Second World War)
April 29, 1993 2.4
Young Poland group of composers May 6, 1993 2.5
Modern music in Scandinavia May 13, 1993 2.6
English contemporary music May 20, 1993 3.1
New musical resources, part one June 10, 1993 3.2
New musical resources, part two June 17, 1993 3.3
New musical resources, part three June 24, 1993 3.4
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Our musical heritage, part one July 1, 1993 3.5
Our musical heritage, part two July 8, 1993 3.6
Orchestral music in Canada, part one July 15, 1993 4.1
Orchestral music in Canada, part two July 22, 1993 4.2
Orchestral music in Canada, part three July 29, 1993 4.3
A tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan, part one August 5, 1993 4.4
A tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan, part two August 12, 1993 4.5
New techniques for writing for string instruments
August 19, 1993 4.6
New music for woodwinds and brass instruments
August 26, 1993 5.1
Percussion Instruments September 2, 1993 5.2
New sounds in the concert hall September 9, 1993 5.3
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Major influences in today’s music
Gyorgy LigetiOctober 7, 1993 5.4
Iannis Xenakis October 14, 1993 5.5
Witold Lutoslawski October 21, 1993 5.6
Henryk Gorecki October 28, 1993 6.1
The Minimalists November 4, 1993 6.2
Elliott Carter November 11, 1993 6.3
Arne Nordheim November 18, 1993 6.4
Conclusion (“lesser lights”) November 25, 1993 6.5
Choral music of Benjamin Britten and Thomas Jennefelt
December 9, 1993 6.6
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Music of Poland’s Krzysztof Penderecki December 16, 1993 7.1
Seasonal music by Olivier Messiaen and Healey Willan
December 23, 1993 7.2
Music by R. Murray Schafer, Nancy van de Vate and Sven-David Sandström
December 30, 1993 7.3
New voices from Sweden January 6, 1994 7.4
Northern Landscapes January 13, 1994 7.5
The legacy of Colin McPhee January 27, 1994 7.6
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary music, part one
February 17, 1994 8.1
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary music, part two
February 24, 1994 8.2
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary music, part three
March 3, 1994 8.3
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary March 10, 1994 8.4
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music, part four
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary music, part five
March 17, 1994 8.5
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary music, part six
March 24, 1994 8.6
New music in Russia March 31, 1994 9.1
Italy today, part one April 7, 1994 9.2
Italy today, part two April 14, 1994 9.3
Italy today, part three April 28, 1994 9.4
Music by Canadian composers performed by I Musici de Montreal
May 5, 1994 9.5
Music by Canadian composers performed by the Esprit Orchestra of Toronto
May 12, 1994 9.6
The music of George Crumb May 19, 1994 10.1
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Minimalist music by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen
May 26, 1994 10.2
Symphony by Russian composer Edison Denisov
June 2, 1994 10.3
The world of Alfred Schmittke June 9, 1994 10.4
Homage to Bruno Maderna June 16, 1994 10.5
Music of the Magical Realism - Denys Bouliane
June 23, 1994 10.6
Music from Latin America played by Cuarteto Latino Americano
June 30, 1994 11.1
Music from Latin America July 7, 1994 11.2
Tribute to Witold Lutoslawski July 14, 1994 11.3
Prize Winners of the First 20th Century Competition for Young Polish Performers, Warsaw, 1992
July 21, 1994 11.4
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Music of Japan’s Toru Takemitsu July 28, 1994 11.5
New music for the flute played by Pierre-Yves Artaud
August 4, 1994 11.6
Recent music for the trumpet August 11, 1994 12.1
Music by John Adams August 18, 1994 12.2
Symphony No. 7 by Hans Werner Henze August 25, 1994 12.3
Music of three Canadian female composers: Linda Bouchard, Ann Southam and Alexina Louie
September 1, 1994 12.4
Music for viola, cello and double bass September 8, 1994 12.5
Music by Henryk Gorecki, Aribert Reimann and Gavin Bryars
September 15, 1994 12.6
New music from Belgrade October 27, 1994 13.1
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New music from France, part one November 3, 1994 13.2
New music from France, part two November 10, 1994 13.3
Scripts for Passage of the 20th century: (radio series hosted by N. Beecroft on CJRT-FM, Toronto)
Our musical heritage, program 1
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
- includes press release about the series
- also includes fragment of Earle Toppings introduction of Norma Beecroft as host of series
January 7, 1993
November 2, 1992
13.4
A tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 14, 1993 13.5
Canadian Composer Retrospective Week: the life and music of Murray Adaskin
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 21, 24, 1993 13.6
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The legacy of Igor Stravinsky, parts 1 and 2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 28,
February 4, 1993
13.7
The Viennese school
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
March 4, 1993 13.8
John Weinzweig at 80
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
- includes press release about programme
March 11, 1993
February 11, 1993
13.9
The American scene
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
March 18, 1993 13.10
Impressionism and the French school
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
March 25, 1993 13.11
Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni
- typescript (computer printout) with
April 1, 1993 13.12
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holograph revisions
The Italian connection (Italy-early 20th century)
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
April 8, 1993 13.13
The world of Bela Bartok
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
- includes duplicate copy of script
April 15, 1993 13.14
The miniatures of Anton Webern
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
April 22, 1993 13.15
The new generation (European music following the Second World War)
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
April 29, 1993 13.16
Young Poland group of composers
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
May 6, 1993 13.17
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Modern music in Scandinavia
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
May 13, 1993 13.18
English contemporary music
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
May 20, 1993 13.19
New musical resources, parts one, two, three
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
June 10, 17, 24, 1993 13.20
Orchestral music in Canada, parts one, two, three
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
July 15, 22, 29, 1993 13.21
A tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions rewrites of introduction and conclusion for programs one and two of A tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan originally broadcast January 7 and 14, 1993
- includes original script for program two (typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions)
August 5, 12, 1993 13.22
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New techniques for writing for string instruments
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
August 9, 1993 13.23
New music for woodwinds and brass instruments
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
August 26, 1993 13.24
Percussion instruments
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
September 2, 1993 13.25
New sounds in the concert hall
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
September 9, 1993 13.26
Major influences in today’s music:
Gyorgy Ligeti (program 1)
Iannis Xenakis (program 2)
Witold Lutoslawski (program 3)
Henryk Gorecki (program 4)
October 7, 1993
October 14, 1993
October 21, 1993
October 28, 1992
14.1
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The Minimalists (program 5)
Elliott Carter (program 6)
Arne Nordheim (program 7)
Conclusion (program 8)
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
November 4, 1993
November 11, 1993
November 18, 1993
November 25, 1993
Choral music of Benjamin Britten and Thomas Jennefelt
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
December 9, 1993 14.2
Music of Poland’s Krzysztof Penderecki
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
December 16, 1993 14.3
Seasonal music by Olivier Messiaen and Healey Willan
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
December 23, 1993 14.4
Music by R. Murray Schafer, Nancy van de Vate and Sven-David Sandström
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
December 30, 1993 14.5
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New voices from Sweden
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 6, 1994 14.6
Northern landscapes
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 13, 1994 14.7
Canadian composer retrospective: the life and music of Violet Archer
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 20, 1994 14.8
The legacy of Colin McPhee
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 27, 1994 14.9
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary music, parts one-six
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
February 17, 24,
March 3, 10, 17, 24, 1994
14.10
New music in Russia
- typescript (computer printout) with
March 31, 1994 14.11
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holograph revisions
Italy today, parts one, two, three
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
April 7, 14, 28, 1994 14.12
Music by Canadian composers performed by I Musici de Montreal
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
May 5, 1994 14.13
Music of Canadian composers performed by the Esprit Orchestra of Toronto
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
May 12, 1994 14.14
The music of George Crumb
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
May 19, 1994 14.15
Minimalist music by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
May 26, 1994 14.16
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Symphony by Russian composer Edison Denisov
- typescript (computer printout)
June 2, 1994 14.17
The world of Alfred Schnittke
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
June 9, 1994 14.18
Homage to Bruno Maderno
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
June 16, 1994 14.19
Music of the magical realism - Denys Bouliane
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
June 23, 1994 14.20
Music from Latin America played by the Cuarteto Latino Americano
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
June 30, 1994 14.21
Music from Latin America
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
July 7, 1994 14.22
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Tribute to Witold Lutoslawski
- typescript (computer printout)
July 14, 1994 14.23
Prize winners of the First 20th Century Competition for Young Polish Performers, Warsaw, 1992
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
July 21, 1994 14.24
Music of Japan’s Toru Takemitsu
- typescript (computer printout)
July 28, 1994 14.25
New music for the flute played by Pierre-Yves Artaud
- typescript (computer printout)
August 4, 1994 14.26
Recent music for the trumpet
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
August 11, 1994 14.27
Music by John Adams
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
August 18, 1994 14.28
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Symphony No. 7 by Hans Werner Henze
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
August 25, 1994 14.29
Music of three Canadian female composers: Linda Bouchard, Ann Southam, Alexina Louie
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
September 1, 1994 14.30
Music for viola, cello and double bass
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
September 8, 1994 14.31
Music by Henryk Gorecki, Aribert Reimann, and Gavin Bryars
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
September 15, 1994 14.32
The Schola Cantorum of Stuttgart, programs 1 and 2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
September 29,
October 6, 1994
14.33
Greek, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage
- typescript (computer printout) with
October 13, 1994 14.34
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holograph revisions
Music by Netherlands composers Peter Schat, Ton de Leeuw and Jacob ter Veldhuis
- typescript (computer printout)
October 20, 1994 14.35
New music from Belgrade
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
October 27, 1994 14.36
New music from France, parts 1-3
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
November 3,
November 10,
November 17, 1994
14.37
Music of two prize winners of the 1993 Borges International Electroacoustic Competition: Francesca Ancarola (Brazil) and Pedro Paulo Pedroso (Cuba)
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
November 24, 1994 14.38
Different worlds of women: Linda Bouchard, Sofia Bubaidulina and Adriana Hölszky
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
December 8, 1994 14.39
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Finland today, parts 1 and 2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
December 15, 22, 1994
14.40
New music from Poland
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
December 29, 1994 14.41
Music by Britain’s Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 5, 1995 14.42
Music from Montreal featuring Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, parts 1-3
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 12, 19, 26, 1995
14.43
The music of André Prévost
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
February 9, 1995 14.44
Electroacoustic music in Canada today, parts 1-3
- typescript (computer printout) with
February 23,
March 2, 9, 1995
14.45
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holograph revisions
The Hemispheres Orchestra
- typescript (computer printout)
March 16, 1995 14.46
South of the border, parts 1 and 2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
March 23, 30, 1995 14.47
Music from the du Maurier Arts Ltd. New Music Festival (1993)
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
April 6, 1995 14.48
Music for Easter
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
April 13, 1995 14.49
Music from Spain
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
April 20, 1995 14.50
Introduction to Magnus Lindberg
- typescript (computer printout) with
April 27, 1995 14.51
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holograph revisions
The U.K. music scene, parts 1 and 2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
May 4, 11, 1995 14.52
Symphony Nos. 3 and 4 by Witold Lutoslawski
May 18, 1995 14.53
The music of Kaij Saariaho
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
May 25, 1995 14.54
The incomparable Rivka Golani
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
June 8, 1995 14.55
Music by Isang Yun
- typescript (computer printout)
June 15, 1995 14.56
Music by Alberta composers: Violet Archer, Allen Bell, Robert Rosen, Malcolm Forsyth
- typescript (computer printout)
June 22, 1995 14.57
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The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra - piano concertos
- typescript (computer printout)
June 29, 1995 14.58
The music of Lepo Sumera
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
July 6, 1995 14.59
Introducing Giya Kancheli
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
July 13, 1995 14.60
Music by Norwegian composers Arne Nordheim and Rolf Wallin
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
July 20, 1995 14.61
The introspective Philip Glass
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
July 27, 1995 14.62
Music from Spain
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
August 3, 1995 14.63
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Recent music by Krzysztof Penderecki from a gala concert celebrating his 60th birthday in 1993
August 10, 1995 14.64
Music by Russian composer Sophia Gubaidulina
- typescript (computer printout)
August 17, 1995 14.65
Music by France’s Henri Dutilleux and Olivier Messiaen
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
August 24, 1995 14.66
Words and music from Robert Aitken, flutist
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
August 31, 1995 14.67
Celebration of 1995 Jean A. Chalmers National Music Award winners, parts 1 and 2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
September 7, 14, 1995 14.68
Lithuanian music today
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
September 21, 1995 14.69
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Music by Icelandic composers
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
October 5, 1995 14.70
The music of Gerald Barry
- typescript (computer printout)
[October 12, 1995?] 14.71
The music of James MacMillan
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
October 19, 1995 14.72
Music from Forum 93, the Second International Festival for Composers under 30 created by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and the Faculty of Music, University of Montreal
- typescript (computer printout)
October 26, 1996 14.73
Music by György Ligeti
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
November 2, 1995 14.74
Recent music by Henryk Gorecki
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
November 9, 1995 14.75
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The string quartets Wolfgang Rihm
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
November 16, 1995 14.76
The universe symphony by Charles Ives
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
November 23, 1995 14.77
The music of John Cage and Elliott Carter
- typescript (computer printout)
November 30, 1995 14.78
The Italian influence of Luigi Dallapiccola and Bruno Maderna
- typescript (computer printout)
December 7, 1995 14.79
Music by women composers of the former Soviet Union: Sofia Gubaidulina and Galina Ustvolskaya
- typescript (computer printout)
December 14, 1995 14.80
Music by Murray Schafer and James MacMillan
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
December 21, 1995 14.81
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A tribute to Isaac Stern on his 75th birthday
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
December 28, 1995 14.82
A tribute to France’s Andre Jolivet and Henri Dutilleux
- typescript (computer printout)
January 4, 1996 15.1
The world of Italian composer Luciano Berio
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
January 11, 1996 15.2
Music performed by the Arditti String Quartet
- typescript (computer printout)
January 18, 1996 15.3
Music of Mauricio Kagel
- typescript (computer printout)
January 25, 1996 15.4
Music for the oboe by five Canadian composers written for Lawrence Cherney
- typescript (computer printout)
February 1, 1996 15.5
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Composers from Serbia, parts 1 and 2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
February 8, 15, 1996 15.6
Music by British composers George Benjamin and Harrison Birtwistle
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
February 22, 1996 15.7
Concerto for violin and orchestra by George Rochberg and cello concerto by Krzynstof Penderecki
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
February 29, 1996 15.8
Three polish composers: Grazyna Bacewicz, Elzbieta Sikora, Hanna Kulenty
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
March 7, 1996 15.9
Music by Quebec’s younger generation of composers
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
March 14, 1996 15.10
Art and Science March 21, 1996 15.11
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- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Lafayette String quartet playing the music of Murray Adaskin on the occasion of his 90th birthday
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
March 28, 1996 15.12
CJRT-FM program guides
- 13 items
- printed material
- include listings for Passage of the 20th Century series
January 1994
November-December 1994
January-April 1995
June-September 1995
November-December 1995
15.13
NORMA BEECROFT fonds ACCESSION NO.: 845/08.6
The Norma Beecroft Fonds Accession NO. 845/08.6
CORRESPONDENCE .......................................................................................................................... 2
CORRESPONDENCE SUBJECT FILES – GENERAL ............................................................................. 13
CORRESPONDENCE SUBJECT FILES – BY TITLE OF COMPOSITION ................................................ 15
MANUSCRIPTS ............................................................................................................................... 27
Lectures ..................................................................................................................................... 27
Radio Scripts .............................................................................................................................. 28
Music ......................................................................................................................................... 35
PROPOSALS .................................................................................................................................... 40
CONFERENCES, COMMITTEES, WORKSHOPS ................................................................................ 41
ABOUT NORMA BEECROFT ............................................................................................................ 42
Early education .......................................................................................................................... 42
Other ......................................................................................................................................... 43
NORMA BEECROFT SOUND INC. .................................................................................................... 43
AUDIO VISUAL ............................................................................................................................... 44
Reel to Reel Tapes (27 cm) ........................................................................................................ 44
Reel to Reel Tapes (17.5 cm) ..................................................................................................... 44
DAT Tapes .................................................................................................................................. 46
Videocassettes ........................................................................................................................... 46
MISCELLANEOUS ........................................................................................................................... 47
Printed Material ........................................................................................................................ 47
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CORRESPONDENCE
_____, Catherine November 10, 1981 1.1
_____, Janet January 9, 1981-
April 4, 1982
1.2
_____, Julian July 5, 1994-August 1, 1994
1.3
_____, Murray October 14, 1982 1.4
Adaskin, Murray & Dorothea January 22, 1994-
April 14, 1996
1.5
Aitken, Robert December 10, 1980-
[after June 30, 2003]
1.6
American Federation of Musicians April 29, 1996 1.7
Archer, Violet May 17, 1994 1.8
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Arts & Communications Counselors April 29, 1983 1.9
B_____, Jessie January 27, 1997 1.10
Babukhian, Aram October 24, 1981-
March 8, 1982
1.11
Banff Centre. National Choreographic Seminar February 2, 1980-
June 1980
1.12
Beatty, Patricia October 26, 1981 1.13
Beckwith, John
- includes article The “Ruptures” debate : what would Garant have thought originally presented as a paper at Serge Garant colloquium, Montreal, October 26, 1996, and Sherbrooke, November 2, 1996
November 22, 1996 1.14
Beecroft, Chas February 26, 1996 1.15
Beecroft, Eric & Dee October 18, 1980-
October 1, 1996
1.16
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Beecroft, Norma
- greeting cards and letters to/from unidentified individuals
December 26, 1981-
December 12, 1998
1.17
Bell, Donald January 21, 1980-
April 21, 1980
1.18
Bisson, Sophie [19--] 1.19
Bondurant, Nancy October 21, 1996-
January 10, 1997
1.20
Bouchard, Linda October 17, 1981 1.21
Bryan, W. G. August 30, 1979 1.22
Canada Council. Music Division May 28, 1980-
December 9, 1994
1.23
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation April 14, 1970-
January 10, 2005
1.24-1.25
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Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) June 19, 2002-
June 30, 2002
1.26
Canadian League of Composers December 7, 1951-
July 1991
1.27-2.1
Canadian Music Centre December 14, 1956-
February 21, 2005
2.2-2.3
Canadian Music Council October 1975-
May 1982
2.4
Canadian Who’s Who 1981-August 11, 1987 2.5
CAPAC (Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada Limited)
March 30, 1962-
June 12, 1985
2.6-2.7
CJRT-FM (Radio Station : Toronto, Ontario) October 15, 1992-
January 22, 1996
2.8-2.10
Colleran, William November 1994- 2.11
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September 17, 1995
Comus Music Theatre of Canada March 8, 1992 2.12
Dahlstrom, Helen April 15, 1982-
April 27, 1982
2.13
Dalhousie University. Library December 28, 1976 2.14
Dance Works June 8, 1981-
August 24, 1981
2.15
Dickerson, Doug December 1997 2.16
Eisma, Will September 11, 1980-
November 8, 1981
2.17
First National Congress on Women in Music November 18, 1980-
March 9, 1981
2.18
Front, Theodore May 4, 1977 2.19
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Ghent, Emmanuel November 14, 1978 2.20
Guild of Canadian Film Composers October 31, 1979 2.21
Hannah & Herbert Aitken Foundation February 19, 1996 2.22
Hemispheres Music Projects January 12, 1995 2.23
House, Christopher December 1, 1981 2.24
International Biographical Centre August 30, 1995-
October 9, 1995
2.25
International League of Women Composers [198- or 199-] 2.26
Jones, Keith June 22, 1981-
December 30, 1982
2.27
Lee, Hope December 4, 1994 2.28
Lomax, Carolyn D. November 13, 1978- 2.29
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August 29, 1982
Mallett, Jane 1996 3.1
Martinson, Roger August 4, 1976-
April 23, 1995
3.2
Matejcek, Jan August 31, 1965-
March 29, 1994
3.3
Mather, Bruce [December 1981]-
January 2, 1995
3.4
MCA Music February 4, 1984-
June 26, 1987
3.5
MCA Music Canada June 29, 1972-
February 17, 1984
3.6-3.7
Mitchell, Shilo March 31, 1995 3.8
National Arts Centre May 7, 1980- 3.9
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July 17, 1980
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
[1996] 3.10
New Music Concerts
February 27, 1987-
February 7, 1996
3.11
Notehead December 2, 1994 3.12
Ontario Arts Council September 16, 1981-
December 1, 1995
3.13
Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. Special Committee for the Arts
June 7, 1983-
August 30, 1983
3.14
Peter McKee Music Co. May 3, 1968 3.15
Queen’s University. Douglas Library August 2, 1979-
December 28, 1979
3.16
Rea, John November 9, 1981 3.17
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Romito, Maurizio May 2, 1994-
November 24, 1995
3.18
Saint-Marcoux, Micheline Coulombe March 17, 1981 3.19
Samuel Harrison and Company January 4, 1994 3.20
Schafer, R. Murray March 1979 3.21
Schulman, Michael June 1, 1995 3.22
Simon Fraser University Centre for the Arts January 29, 1982 3.23
Siwe, Thomas March 6, 1996-
March 9, 1997
3.24
SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada)
November 1993-
August 2, 1996
3.25
SOCAN Foundation December 6, 1995-
May 29, 1996
3.26
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Société Québécoise de Recherche en Musique October 25, 1996-
September 4, 1997
3.27
Terminal City Dance February 25, 1982-
September 17, 1982
3.28
Toronto Heliconian Club February 22, 1994-
March 21, 1994
3.29
Toronto Musicians’ Association March 4, 1996-
April 19, 1996
3.30
Toronto Symphony Orchestra November 22, 1995 3.31
Toronto. Parks & Culture October 4, 1995-
December 7, 1995
3.32
Turner, Helen & Jean August 13, 1995-
August 23, 1996
3.33
Turner, Morton & Edna August 14, 1995- 3.34
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November 28, 1995
Université de Sherbrooke. École de musique September 18, 1996-
October 30, 1996
3.35
Université Laval. Service des Aprovisionnements
January 14, 1978-
April 16, 1979
3.36
University of British Columbia. School of Music
September 5, 2003-
September 10, 2003
3.37
University of Calgary November 28, 1995-
August 20, 1997
3.38
University of Toronto. Computer Systems Research Group
January 20, 1983 3.39
University of Western Ontario. Faculty of Music. Theory and Composition Department
April 18, 1979 3.40
Von Wichert, Paul November 11, 2002 3.41
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Walshe, Robert December 1, 1977-
January 4, 1982
3.42
Weinzweig, Helen & John [19--]-October 26, 1983
3.43
Who’s Who of Canadian Women July/August 1995 3.44
Xenakis, Iannis January 1, 1981-
January 3, 1982
3.45
York University. Faculty of Fine Arts. Department of Music
February 26, 1982-
October 7, 1997
3.46
CORRESPONDENCE SUBJECT FILES – GENERAL
1972 European Trip April 27, 1972-
September 29, 1972
3.47
Ad Hoc Music Group – External Affairs March 6, 1978-
May 26, 1978
3.48
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Banff [Centre] – 1985 May 8, 1985-
[December] 1985
3.49
Beecroft/Maki Productions
• Canada Council Explorations Application & Resubmission
• Laidlaw Foundation
• Letters
• OAC Applications
• OAC First Projects : Film and Video
• Partnership & Trustee
• Technical Data
January 9, 1991-
November 4, 1993
3.50-4.3
Canada Council – 1989-90 Grant September 30, 1988-
August 28, 1990
4.4
Canada Council Senior Arts Application November 4, 1977-
October 30, 1979
4.5
CAPAC Musical Portraits – 1985 Series
- includes ‘cue sheets’ for 23 tapes
September 5, 1985-
June 5, 1987
4.6
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Fundraising CJRT [Radio Station : Toronto, Ontario]
February 2, 1993-
June 4, 1993
4.7
ISCM [International Society for Contemporary Music] [Canadian Music Council]
August 25, 1977-
January 8, 1980
4.8
North York School System 1968-1970 4.9
Royal Conservatory of Music – Electronic Music Studio 1986
March 20, 1986-
April 21, 1986
4.10
CORRESPONDENCE SUBJECT FILES – BY TITLE OF COMPOSITION (Files include a variety of correspondence, programmes, news clippings and reviews)
11 and 7 for 5+
- for brass quintet and 2 channel tape
- commissioned by the CBC for the Guelph
Spring Festival, May 3, 1975, and the
May 3, 1975-
November 1, 1994
5.1
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Canadian Brass
Amplified string quartet with tape
- commissioned by Centrediscs Canadian Music Centre Music Gallery with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council, 1990
- premiere: November 27, 1994, New Music Concerts, Accorde String Quartet
- Centredics recording Canadian Composers Portraits: Norma Beecroft nominated for a 2004 Juno Award in the category “Classical Composition of the Year” for this piece
October 10, 1989-
February 11, 2004
5.2
Cantorum vitae
- for flute, cello, 2 pianos, 1 percussion, 4 channel tape
- commissioned by the Vancouver contemporary music group Days, Months and Years to Come with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: March 1, 1981, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
January 25, 1980-
June 16, 1984
5.3
Consequences for 5
- commissioned by the Canadian Electronic Ensemble for pianist Karen Kieser and the
December 14, 1976-
May 2, 2005
5.4
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other four members of the ensemble, with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: April 21, 1977, St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto, Ontario
Collage ‘76
- for flute, oboe, horn, cello, double bass, harp, piano, 3 percussion, 2 channel tape
- commissioned by New Music Concerts with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council for the group’s 1976 Spring tour of Europe and Scandinavia
- consists of the superimposition of two works, Piece for Bob and 11 & 7 for 5+, with fragments from other of N. Beecroft’s instrumental works from the previous decade
- premiere: Toronto Arts Productions’ Canadian Sound Festival, New Music Concerts Ensemble, May 15, 1976, Walter Hall, Toronto, Ontario
August 18, 1976-
[1977]
5.5
Collage ‘78
- for solo bassoon, piano, 2 percussion, 2 channel tape
- commissioned by Music Inter Alia with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: November 13, 1978, Winnipeg
August 18, 1977-
June 18, 1982
5.6
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Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Contrasts for six performers
- for oboe, viola, xylorimba, vibraphone, percussion, harp
- composed at the request of German oboist Lothar Faber
- premiere: October 5, 1962, Contemporary Music Festival, Terza Settimana di Nuova Musica, Palermo, Sicily
April 3, 1962-
October 20, 1979
5.7
The dissipation of purely sound
- radiophonic opera for tape and time-warp in three simultaneous sections, with text by Sean O’Huigin
- commissioned by CKLN Radio Inc. with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council
- premiere: March 21, 1988, CKLN radio broadcast, ‘Transfigured Night’
July 27, 1987-
[2000]
5.8
Elegy and Two went to sleep
- for soprano, flute, 1 percussion and 2 channel tape, with text by Leonard Cohen
- commissioned by Ten Centuries Concerts for performance during Canada’s Centennial Year (1967) with the assistance of the Centennial Commission
April 12, 1966-
August 15, 2004
5.9
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- premiere: March 5, 1967, Ten Centuries Concerts (Mary Morrison, soprano, and Robert Aitken, flute), Edward Johnson Building, Toronto, Ontario
Evocations : Images of Canada
- for digital synthesizer
- commissioned by CBC
- premiere: June 28, 1992, CBC FM broadcast ‘Two New Hours’
July 4, 1992-
July 7, 1992
5.10
Face-á-face
- for 2 amplified bass flutes and percussion
- commissioned by CJRT-FM Radio Station with the assistance of the Laidlaw Foundation and the Ontario Arts Council for New Music Concerts and for the Canadian Composer Retrospective on N. Beecroft broadcast on CJRT-FM in February 1995
- premiere: November 27, 1994, New Music Concerts’ Norma Beecroft : a portrait, past, present and future, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
January 11, 1994-
February 13, 1995
5.11
Fantasy for strings November 20, 1985-
December 31, 1986
5.12
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Fish on!
- musical film score commissioned by TV Ontario for television series
- includes music cue sheets for the 13 programs of the series
September 15, 1984-
June 23, 1986
5.13
From dreams of brass
- for narrator, solo soprano, mixed chorus and electronic music
- text by Jane Beecroft
- premiere: February 20, 1966, CBC broadcast ‘Concerts from Two Worlds’
February 15, 1966-
October 20, 1978
5.14
Hedda
- for orchestra, harp, piano, strings, 1 percussion, 2 channel tape
- commissioned by National Ballet of Canada for ballet based on Hedda Gabler, choreographed by James Kudelka
- premiere: February 23, 1983, O’Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario
August 4, 1980-
March 13, 1983
6.1-6.2
Hemispherics
- for flute, double sax, clarinet, tenor sax, baritone sax, bassoon, trumpet, trombone,
February 17, 1990 6.3
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guitar, piano, double synthesizer, 2 percussion and strings
- commissioned by the Music Gallery for the Hemispheres Orchestra with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: February 17, 1990, Toronto, Ontario
The hollow men
- choral work, text by T.S. Eliot
October 2, 1978 6.4
Images 1986
- for woodwind quintet
- commissioned by the York Winds with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council
- premiere: November 27, 1994, New Music Concerts’ Norma Beecroft : a portrait, past, present and future, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
April 1983-
October 18, 1994
6.5
Improvvisazioni Concertanti No. 1
- for solo flute, orchestra, brass, timpani, 4 percussion, harp, strings
- premiere: May 1961, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Rome, Italy
April 13, 1964-
December 10, 1976
6.6
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Improvvisazioni Concertanti No. 2
- for timpani, 1 percussion, strings
- commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra
- premiere: April 21, 1971, Ottawa, Ontario
May 15, 1970-
February 21, 2005
6.7
Jeu II
- for electronically processed solo flute, solo viola and digital tape
- commissioned by New Music Concerts with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: April 13, 1985, Walter Hall, Toronto, Ontario
December 26, 1982-
March 23, 2004
6.8
Jeu III
- for solo viola and 2 channel tape
- commissioned by Rivka Golani with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council
- premiere: January 29, 1989, Toronto Heliconian Club, Toronto, Ontario
April 29, 1985-
December 29, 2002
6.9
Jeu IV (Mozart)
- for solo fortepiano, instrumental ensemble and tape
- commissioned by New Music Concerts
July 25, 1990-
February 13, 1991
6.10
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with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: January 27, 1991, New Music Concerts’ Mozart Birthday Celebration, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
Jeu de Bach
- for orchestra and four channel tape
- commissioned by the Bach 300 Festival, CentreStage Music
- premiere: March 8, 1985, Bach 300 Birthday Celebration Opening Gala, Bach Festival Orchestra, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario
July 16, 1984-
June 12, 1985
6.11
The living flame of love
- for SATB a capella, text of St. John of the Cross
- commissioned by the Waterloo Lutheran University Choir
- premiere: February 26, 1968, Waterloo Lutheran University, Waterloo, Ontario
May 25, 1967-
October 15, 1988
6.12
A Midsummer night’s dream
- tape portion of Harry Somers’ score for Stratford Shakespearean Festival production, June 10-October 27, 1984
February 7, 1984-
May 31, 1984
7.1
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Ontario variation
- commissioned by Jack Behrens, Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario, with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council
August 29, 1979-
April 3, 1981
7.2
Piece concertante #1
- for orchestra
- commissioned by the Charlottetown Summer Festival 1966 for the Atlantic Orchestra
- premiere: August 14, 1966, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
February 21, 1966-
October 27, 1969
7.3
Piece for Bob
- for flute(s) and 2 channel tape
- commissioned by CBC Radio, written for flutist Robert Aitken
- premiere: September 29, 1975, New Music Concerts, World Music Week, Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
May 27, 1975-
February 4, 1987
7.4
Quaprice
- for solo horn, 1 percussion, 2 channel tape
- commissioned by James MacDonald, horn,
October 17, 1978
May 23, 1982
7.5
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with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: February 29, 1980, Second Annual International Electronic Music Festival, CCMC Music Gallery, Toronto
Rasas I
- for flute, harp, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1 percussion
- commissioned by Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec
- premiere: January 9, 1969, SMCQ Ensemble, Théâtre Maisoneuve, Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec
August 29, 1968-
January 1983
7.6
Rasas II
- for contralto, flute, guitar, electric organ, harp, 2 percussion and 4 channel tape
- commissioned by CBC Radio
- premiere: February 17, 1973, MacMillan Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
May 1, 1969-
March 19, 1976
7.7
Rasas III
- for soprano, flute, trombone, piano, 1 percussion and 2 channel tape
- commissioned by New Music Concerts
- premiere: January 19, 1974, Edward
January 21, 1974-
April 28, 1977
7.8
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Johnson Building, Toronto, Ontario
Three impressions from ‘Sweetgrass’
- for SATB, piano, double percussion with text by Wayne Keon
- commissioned by the Ontario Choral Federation with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: September 3, 1973, Ontario Youth Choir, Lakefield College School, Peterborough, Ontario
February 23, 1973-
October 2, 1978
7.9
Toronto Dance Theatre commission
- modern dance score
- commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre with assistance from the Ontario Arts Council
- premiere: March 23, 1983, St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Ontario
November 9, 1981-
April 1983
7.10
Tre Pezzi Brevi
- for flute and harp or guitar or piano
- premiere: May 1961, Seconda Settimana Internationale Nuova Musica, Palermo, Sicily
[1961]-
August 10, 2004
7.11
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Troissonts
- for solo viola, 2 percussion and 2 channel tape
- commissioned by Rivka Golani with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: November 6, 1982, New Music Concerts, Walter Hall, Toronto, Ontario
August 10, 1980-
May 31, 2003
7.12
Undersea fantasy
- electronic music
- commissioned by Ledo Productions for Sea Creatures of Canada Puppet Show for Expo ‘67
November 28, 1966-
[1967]
7.13
MANUSCRIPTS
Lectures
Historical perspectives on music and technology : [lecture]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions, typescript (computer printout) drafts (2) of Alan Lessem Memorial Lecture delivered at York University, Toronto, Ontario, March 20, 1997
- includes flyer for Graduate Colloquium in
[before March 20, 1997]
8.1
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Music lectures for Winter 1997
Serge Garant and New Music Concerts : [lecture]
- research material (photocopy) on Serge Garant from various sources
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions, typescript (computer printout) drafts (3) of lecture delivered at Serge Garant (1929-1986), figure marquante de la modernité au Québec, Colloque 1996, Association pour L’Avancement de la Recherche en Musique du Québec, Montréal, Québec, October 26, 1996
- variant title In memoriam Serge Garant on 2 drafts
- 2 brochures and program notes for Colloque 1996
- typescript (computer printout) revised version of lecture published in Les Cahiers de la Société Québécoise au Recherche en Musique, v. 1, no. 1-2, December 1997, p. 55-58
1996-1997 8.2-8.3
Radio Scripts
Barbara Pentland documentary: [radio script] 1942-1981 8.4
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- correspondence (April 9, 1979-June 9, 1981), primarily between N. Beecroft and B. Pentland regarding the documentary
- holograph and typescript lists of works by B. Pentland from various sources
- photocopies of reviews and biographical material relating to B. Pentland
- holograph notes from N. Beecroft’s interviews with various people about B. Pentland, including tape cues
- typescript (photocopy) with holograph revisions radio script for broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, November 11, 1979
Bruce Mather documentary : [radio script]
- holograph notes on B. Mather and tape cues for interviews with various individuals
- typescript radio script for broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, July 2, 1978
1978 8.5
Canadian composer retrospective : documentary on Violet Archer : [radio script]
- correspondence (June 11, 1993-March 21, 1994), primarily between N. Beecroft and V. Archer regarding the documentary
- research material on V. Archer including her CV, lists of her compositions including
1989-1994 8.6
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information from CBC Radio Archives, Edmonton Radio Arts and Canadian Music Centre, and 3 articles about her
- miscellaneous holograph notes including notes on interviewees for documentary
- on air promos, press release and playlists of V. Archer’s music for Archer perspective week on CJRT-FM Radio, January 17-23, 1994
- typescript with holograph revisions script of documentary broadcast January 10, 1994
- SEE ALSO 768/04.18, 13.5-14.1, for additional material including tapes of documentary
Gilles Tremblay documentary : [radio script]
- correspondence (June 29, 1978-May 8, 1979) between N. Beecroft, G. Tremblay and various individuals interviewed for the documentary
- brochure and articles on G. Tremblay
- holograph notes relating to G. Tremblay’s biography and compositions, interviews and tape cues
- typescript with holograph revisions radio script for broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, December (?), 1978
1964-1979 8.7
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Harry Freedman documentary : [radio script]
- news clippings (photocopy) about H. Freedman and his work
- holograph notes including biographical information on H. Freedman, list of interviewees, questions for interviews, music, structure of the documentary and tape cues
- typescript with holograph revisions radio script for broadcast on CBC Radio’s Music of Today, September 13, 1977
1952-1977 8.8-8.9
Harry Somers documentary : [radio script]
- news clippings and articles (photocopy) about H. Somers and his work
- news clippings and articles (photocopy) about the opera Louis Riel, music by H. Somers
- correspondence, H. Somers’ comments on his music, holograph notes on H. Somers and his music, interview questions, tape cues
- typescript with holograph revisions cue sheets
- typescript with holograph revisions drafts of script, possibly for Radio Canada International’s Anthology of Canadian Music devoted to H. Somers
- typescript with holograph revisions radio
[1946]-[1970] 9.1-9.3
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script for broadcast on CBC Radio’s Tuesday Night
Jean Coulthard anthology : [radio script]
- research material including correspon-dence, biographical notes on J. Coulthard, possible interviewees, list of chamber music by J. Coulthard after 1980 in the library of the Canadian Music Centre for documentary for Radio Canada International’s Anthology of Canadian Music devoted to J. Coulthard
- typescript with holograph revisions account of her life by J. Coulthard written March 29, 1979
1979-[198-] 9.4
John Beckwith documentary : [radio script]
- letters from N. Beecroft to various individuals regarding interviewing them for documentary
- brochure, news clippings and articles (photocopy) about J. Beckwith
- holograph notes about J. Beckwith, his music, possible interviewees, questions and tape cues
- typescript with holograph revisions radio script for broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, May 4, 1980
1949-1980 9.5
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John Weinzweig anthology : [radio script]
- news clippings and articles (photocopy) about J. Weinzweig
- typescript ‘notes’ on J. Weinzweig prepared by the CBC (includes original French and English translation)
- holograph notes including background information, interview questions and tape cues for documentary for Radio Canada International’s Anthology of Canadian Music devoted to J. Weinzweig broadcast in 1978 [?]
1949-[1978] 9.6
The life and music of Claude Debussy : [radio script]
- typescript (computer printout?) with holograph revisions scripts for 8 part series broadcast on CJRT-FM Radio (Toronto, Ont.) July 21-September 8, 1993
June 28, 1993-
August 23, 1993
9.7
A night at the opera : C.A. Debussy, Pelleas et Melisande : [radio script]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft of script for broadcast on CJRT-FM (Toronto, Ont.) September 10, 1993
[before September 10] 1993
9.8
[Norma Beecroft in conversation with Gabriel Charpentier and Norman La Charité] : [radio
[before July 1] 1979 9.9
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script]
- typescript with holograph revisions script featuring N. Beecroft on Part two introducing three chamber operas by Gabriel Charpentier and Norman La Charité
- broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, July 1, 1979
Passage of the 20th Century : New musical resources Part 1 : [radio script]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph annotations fragment and complete draft
- broadcast on CJRT-FM (Toronto, Ont.), June 10, 1993
[before May 25] 1993 9.10
Passage of the 20th Century : A tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan, part one : [radio script]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions ‘rewrites for Macmillan tribute’
- broadcast on CJRT-FM (Toronto, Ont.), July 19, 1993
[before July 19] 1993 9.11
R. Murray Schafer documentary : [radio script]
- research material including concert programmes, articles by and about R. M.
1962-1978 9.12-9.13
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Schafer
- holograph notes relating to R.M. Schafer’s background, his work, interview questions, possible interviewees and tape cues
- typescript with holograph revisions script for broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, April 16, 1978
Music
Amplified string quartet with tape
- holograph notes relating to tape part
- ‘score’ for tape with attached post-it note to “Jim & Sands Quartet” from N. Beecroft - 5 p.
- pencil score for quartet - 5 p.
1992 10.1
Cantorum vitae
- holograph notes and sketches
- pencil score - 14 p. (oversize)
- tape chart - 6 p. (oversize)
1980-1981 10.2
The dissipation of purely sound : an opera for tape and time warp in three simultaneous parts
- typescript (computer printout) text by Sean
[1988] 10.3
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O’Huigin
- typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) of S. O’Huigan’s text with N. Beecroft’s holograph annotations relating to the tape ‘score’
Evocations : images of Canada
- photocopies of ethnic folksongs from various unidentified sources
- holograph notes
- holograph tape charts and tape cues
- pencil score - 4 p.
[1991] 10.4
Face-à-Face
- pencil score - 6 p. on 4 leaves
[1994] 10.5
Fish on!
- holograph notes, mainly from various recording sessions
- typescript cue sheets for 13 tapes
- score for steel guitar - 4 p.
- tape chart for guitar - 2 p. (oversize)
1985 10.6
Fugue for string quartette September 1955 10.7
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- ink score - 4 p. on 2 l.
Jeu II
- holograph notes from recording sessions for flute (Robert Aitken) and viola (Rivka Golani)
[1985] 10.8
Jeu IV
- photocopies of 2 Mozart works from unidentified sources
- holograph notes
- tape chart - 6 p.
- pencil score - 3 p. on 2 leaves
[1991] 10.9
The living flame of love
- holograph, typescript text from the poems of St. John of the Cross
- typescript (carbon copy) corrections to first proofs sent to Waterloo Music Company – 3 p. - includes 3 additional carbon copies
June 10, 1968 10.10
MacBeth
- typescript equipment lists, production, recording and studio schedules, cue sheets
- holograph recording sessions notes, sound
1983 10.11-10.14
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synopsis and miscellaneous notes
- photocopy of text of MacBeth from an unidentified published source with holograph cue markings
- typescript Stratford 1983 season production and performance schedule, holograph (photocopy) complete list of sound cues, source material and sound cues data
- tape charts - 39 p. (oversize)
- playbill for MacBeth and review from Globe and Mail, June 17, 1983
- production of the electronic music for 1983 Stratford Festival production of MacBeth was a collaborative effort between N. Beecroft, composer Harry Somers and recording engineer Ron Lynch
- SEE 768/04.18, 3.1-7.2, for master tapes
A midsummer night’s dream
- miscellaneous holograph notes and cue sheets
- music production schedule, time sheet
- photocopy of text of A midsummer’s night dream from The Arden Shakespeare edition with holograph cue markings
- synopsis of music cues
- score (by Harry Somers) - 11 p.; tape charts
1984 10.15-10.17
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- 10 p. (oversize)
- production of the electronic music for 1983 Stratford Festival production of A midsummer night’s dream was a collaborative effort between N. Beecroft, composer Harry Somers and recording engineer Ron Lynch
- SEE 768/04.18, 7.3-11.3, for master tapes
Movement for woodwinds and brass
- ink parts score - 21 p. on 13 l.
- ink full score - 9 p. on 3 l.
- premiere: July 30, 1958, Tanglewood, Lenox, Mass., conducted by Victor Di Bello
March 1956 10.18
Notturno for violin and piano
- ink score - 5 p. on 2 l.
March 1955 10.19
Ontario variation
- pencil sketches - 3 p.
- tape charts - 6 p.
[1980] 10.20
Quaprice
- holograph notes, pencil and ink sketches
[1979] 10.21
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- tape charts - 3p., score fragment - 4 p. (oversize)
Toronto Dance Theatre Commission
- holograph notes including tape cues
- holograph music sketch labelled “source material” and “Christopher’s House” (possible title?) - 1 p.
- tape charts, one labelled “Pc. For Christopher” - 5 p. and the other, “The dream” - 6 p. (oversize)
1982-1983 10.22
Tre pezzi brevi
- ink score - 3 p. (2 c.) (oversize)
1961 10.23
Unidentified sketch
- holograph notes labelled ‘piano in score’
- holograph music sketch – 1 p.
[19--] 10.24
PROPOSALS
RCI – Canada Council recording proposal
- correspondence, applications and brochures relating to applications for financial
1980-1985 11.1
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assistance for recording works of Canadian music
SOCAN proposal
- holograph notes, Music Canada proposal, N. Beecroft’s curriculum vitae, completed SOCAN Foundation application
1995 11.2
Videotaping proposals – NMC
- holograph notes, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture blank and completed applications forms for project grants, correspondence, financial statements and other information about New Music Concerts
1984-1987 11.3
CONFERENCES, COMMITTEES, WORKSHOPS
20 Years and After – Canadian League of Composers 20th Birthday Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
February 19-21, 1971 11.4
Canadian League of Composers Recording Seminar/Workshop: How to Get More Canadian Music Recorded and Sold
May 24, 1980 11.5
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Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee for Media Arts
1983 11.6
International Symposium on the Problematic of Today’s Music Notation, Rome, Italy
October 23-26, 1972 11.7
National Choreographic Seminar, Banff Centre for Continuing Education, Banff, Alberta
June 2-21, 1980 11.8
ABOUT NORMA BEECROFT
Early education
University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music – Exams
- some items include holograph annotations by N. Beecroft
1947-1955 11.9
University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music – Exercise Books
(1950-1957?) 11.10
Academy of St. Cecilia, Rome, Italy – papers
- Movements for piano and orchestra : Igor Stravinsky; Don Giovanni : Drama
May 1961 11.11
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Giocoso in due atti di Wolfgang A. Mozart
Other
Beecroft, Norma. Miscellaneous news clippings and articles mentioning N. Beecroft
1986-1995 11.12
Beecroft, Norma. Resumés 1991-1994 11.13
New Music Concerts. Season brochure and programme for Norma Beecroft : a portrait, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, November 27, 1994
- includes program notes by N. Beecroft
November 27, 1994 11.14
NORMA BEECROFT SOUND INC.
Incorporation documents, shares and share register book, statement and seal
1981-1990 12.1
Celtic Arts recording [Lots of Fun at Finnegans Wake]
1982 12.2
RCI Levin/Rosen recording [Crossroads and 1981-1982 12.3
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Meditation]
Account book 1981-1988 12.4
AUDIO VISUAL
Reel to Reel Tapes (27 cm)
Music in the cold [R. Murray Schafer], Tape 1: Master with sounds (Rejects)
[1977 or after] 12.5
Bruce Mather: Master voice tracks; Mather - tape 1; Bruce Mather - tape 2
- probably for Bruce Mather documentary broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, July 2, 1978
[1978] 12.6-12.8
York U. Lessem Lecture cues [Historical perspectives on music and technology, Alan Lessem Memorial Lecture delivered at York University, Toronto, Ontario, March 20, 1997]
1997 12.9
Reel to Reel Tapes (17.5 cm)
Karel [Husa?] [19--] 13.1
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Freedman - July 17 [Harry Freedman Anthology – RCI – broadcast on Thursday Music, July 17, 1969]
[1969] 13.2
Freedman Archive Material – Material on Harry Freedman for Karen Kieser and Norma Beecroft via David Jaeger [for Harry Freedman documentary broadcast on CBC Radio’s Music of Today, September 13, 1977]
- includes 3 p. holograph notes on CBC stationary regarding dubbing cues – “dbd Apr 4/77”
1977 13.3
Iannis Xenakis. Paths leading to diversified systems of compositions. Lecture, Faculty of Music, [University of Toronto], Walter Hall
July 6-7, 1977 13.4-13.7
Mather – Master Interview
- probably for Bruce Mather documentary broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, July 2, 1978
[1978] 13.8-13.11
Choreographic Seminar [Banff Centre, Banff Alberta]
June 1980 13.12-13.14
Tchaikovsky variations; Mandala: a) analysis material b) African piano; Mandala - 1st mix
[June 1980] 14.1-14.2
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(tape 1)
Tchaikovsky variations; Mandala tape - 2nd mix (tape 2)
- probably from the National Choreographic Seminar - see notes in 11.8
Unidentified tape [19--] 14.3
DAT Tapes
Violet Archer – Morning Musik and Retro
- includes 2 typescript pages listing V. Archer compositions played on DAT 1 and DAT 2
- holograph annotation on original plastic bag: “Archer retro var. pcs. & Documentary”
January 1994 14.4-14.6
Videocassettes
[National] Choreographic Seminar, Banff, Alberta. Composer/ Choreographer Collaborations – Norma Beecroft
June 2-21, 1980 14.7-14.8
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MISCELLANEOUS
Canadian composers
- reference/research file on various Canadian composers, arranged alphabetically
[1960s-1980s] 15.1
Miscellaneous items collected by N. Beecroft including concert programmes, news clippings, list of contemporary music organizations and sample contract
1966-1994 15.2
Music of Today, CBC-FM - playlists October 1, 1969-
October 10, 1976
15.3-15.4
Printed Material
Les Cahiers de L’ARMuQ, no. 16 & 17 June 1995, June 1996 15.5-15.6
Canadian Association for Electro-Acoustic Music News Letter, vol. I, no. 1
May 1983 15.7
Canadian Music Educators’ Association News Letter, no. 45
December 1979 15.8
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Circuit : Revue Nord-Américaine de Musique du XX Siècle : Serge Garant, vol. VII, no. 2
1996 15.9
CJRT-FM Inc. – Annual Reports 1991-1995 15.10
CJRT-FM Program Guide March 1993-
October 1994
15.11-15.22
ISCM World Music Days 1984 15.23
New Music Concerts – First International Tour – Final Report
1976 15.24
NORMA BEECROFT fonds ACCESSION NO. : 437/88.18
The Norma Beecroft Fonds Accession No. 437/88.18
NORMA BEECROFT fonds ACCESSION NO. : 437/88.18
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Ten Centuries of Concerts
- correspondence; mailing lists; financial; clippings; programmes; sheet music; miscellaneous
1.4
Tapes
Music of Today
- correspondence; mailing lists; programmes
4-7
Miscellaneous clippings; correspondence 8
Miscellaneous files; programmes 9
10-11
NORMA BEECROFT fonds ACCESSION NO.: 518/92.16
The Norma Beecroft Fonds Accession No. 518/92.16
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Material for RASAS III 1.1
Sketches RASAS I 1.2
The Dissipation of Purely Sound 1.3
Student material 1.4
Sketches for ‘Accordion Play’ 1.5
Improvvisazioni Concertanti No. 2 - sketch 1.6
Miscellaneous mss, notes (some related to RASAS; also The living flame of love; Fantasy for Strings)
1.7
CBC Commission Instrumentation, 1970 2.1
The Hollow Men (T.S. Eliot) 1956 - pencil sketch and correspondence
2.2
‘Structures’ for Speaker, Chorus, Electronic music and orchestra
2.3
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Miscellaneous ms pages (including Structures; Concerto for Bob; Consequences for 5; CEE commission)
2.4
6 Permutations on 0* 2.5
11 & 7 For 5+ - sketches 2.6
Three impressions from “Sweetgrass” 2.7
Jeu III 3.1
Images 3.2
Jeu II 3.3
Quaprice 3.4
Collage ‘78 - sketches and notes 3.5
Hedda 3.6
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Hemispherics 1990 3.7
REEL TO REEL TAPES:
Beecroft - Anthology interview 4.1
RC1 - Beecroft/Kieser interview 4.2
Somers 4.3-5
Schafer documentary 4.6-4.7
Barbara Pentland - RC1 Anthology 4.8
Somers RC1 mix material 4.9
Beckwith 4.10
Freedman documentary 4.11
Pentland documentary 4.12-4.13
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Schafer 4.14
Scherchen 5.1
Maderna ‘65 5.2
Xenakis - York University Presentation 5.3-5.4
Reginald Godden
1) Victory loan show
2) Studies in line
3) Bridal suite
5.5
Pierre Boulez 5.6
Maderna 5.7
John Weinzweig 5.8-5.10
Lutoslawski interview 5.11
Schafer “Music in the cold” 5.12
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Pentland 5.13
Bengt Hambraeus 5.14
Beckwith documentary (2 of 2) 6.1
Somers 6.2
Jean Coulthard 6.3
Harry Freedman 6.4
Tremblay documentary 6.5
RC1 Anthology - Morawetz 6.6
Freedman documentary
1) Gilles Lefebvre (Paris)
2) Harvey Hart (Toronto)
6.7
Beckwith...tape 2-3 6.8-6.9
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Somers 6.10
Mather documentary 6.11-6.12
NORMA BEECROFT fonds ACCESSION NO.: 729/02.16
The Norma Beecroft Fonds Accession No. 729/02.16
SOUND RECORDINGS .................................................................................................................................... 2
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SOUND RECORDINGS
Reel-to-reel audiotapes:
11 and 7 for 5+
- master electronic cues 15 ips
- 7-1/2 ips dub of electronic cues from master
[1975] 1.1-1.2
Cantorum vitae
- master 2 channel of electronic part 7-1/2 ips
1980 1.3
Collage ‘76
- electronic cues at 15 ips - master
- filtered to reduce tape hiss - electronic cues at 15 ips
1982 1.4-1.5
Collage ‘78
- 2 electronic cues, master mix at 7.5 ips
1978 1.6
The dream
- 15 ips master of ballet score
[19--] 1.7
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commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre, but never performed
From dreams of brass
- original ½” tape cues on 4-track, three tracks only used
- 3-track reduction of above of 7 electronic cues
- 2-track stereo reduction of electronic cues, 15 ips
- 2-track stereo reduction of 7 electronic cues, 7-1/2 ips
1965 2.1-2.4
Hedda: a ballet score for orchestra and tape, commissioned by the National Ballet of Canada
- master 8 channel ½” of electronic part
- master 8 channel ½” of original voice collages
- safety copy ¼” stereo of master electronic score
1982-1983 2.5-4.3
- 1/4” copy or electronic tape, 15 ips, for hall acoustic check
- ¼” master of reduced orchestra score with electronic tape - for rehearsal purposes
- ¼” safety copy of reduced score (5)
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- ¼” master of electronic portion of score
- ½” master of electronic portion of score, eq’d with time code
- ½” master of electronic portion of score with time code - performance tape
Jeu II
- ½” tape of original flute and viola collages, plus processed flute
- ¼” viola collages, master 6 track pre mix, plus analog master 6 track (from digital)
- ¼” rehearsal tape with partial flute and viola tracks, 15 ips
[1985] 4.5-5.1
Jeu II
- 30 ips copy of electronic tape from digital
- 15 ips copy NAB from digital
- original digital master of electronic tape
1985 5.2-5.4
Jeu de Bach
- ½” master of electronic cues - performance tape, DBX encoded, recorded on Teac 80-8 tracks 3-6 only used
- 15 ips stereo reduction from master tape
1985 5.5-6.2
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of electronic cues
- 4 channel ¼” of electronic cues(?)
- master 8 channel of original material (Note: this tape is in pancake form - take care in use, as this means it is not secured on a metal reel)
Piece for Bob
- ¼” master of electronic cues, 15 ips
- 3 electronic cues, filtered dynamically and eq’d in December ‘82 - 15 ips, with leader
1982 6.3-6.4
Quaprice
- ¼” electronic cues Master - 15 ips
- ¼” 2nd generation safety copy of electronic cues
1979(?) or
1980(?)
6.5
Rasas II
- master ½” tape of 6 electronic cues, 4 channel, 15 ips
- master electronic cues on ¼” tape - 15 ips
- 5 electronic cues on ¼” tape, revised version 1975, 15 ips
1973-1975 7.1-7.3
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Rasas III
- ¼” master of 7 electronic cues, 15 ips
1974(?) 7.4
Two went to sleep
- ¼” tape of electronics portion, mix 3, 15 ips
- ¼” electronic portion, eq’d and filtered
1980 7.5-7.6
Undersea fantasy
- electronic score commissioned by Dora and Leo Velleman, puppeteers, for Expo ‘67, 7-1/2 ips
1967 7.7
NORMA BEECROFT fonds ACCESSION NO.: 768/04.18
The Norma Beecroft Fonds Accession No. 768/04.18
Textual material relating to Passage of the 20th century radio series hosted by N. Beecroft on CJRT-FM, Toronto ............................................................................................................................ 2
REEL TO REEL TAPES (27 CM) .......................................................................................................... 3
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Textual material relating to Passage of the 20th century radio series hosted by N. Beecroft on CJRT-FM, Toronto
A tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan
- research material
[1992]-October 20,
1992
1.1
Canadian Composer Retrospective Week: the life and music of Murray Adaskin
- correspondence and research material
- typescript (computer printout) script of documentary which aired January 21 and 24, 1993
August 17, 1992-
February 7, 1993
1.2-1.3
The legacy of Igor Stravinsky
- photocopy of entry on I. Stravinsky from an unidentified source
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments of scripts for parts 1 and 2
January 28,
February 4, 1993
1.4
John Weinzweig at 80
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph annotations script fragment
February 10, 1993-
March 11, 1993
1.5
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- letter, programs and news releases regarding J. Weinzweig retrospectives
CJRT-FM program guide
- includes advertising and listings for Canadian Composers Retrospective on N. Beecroft
- includes additional copy
February 1995 1.6
REEL TO REEL TAPES (27 CM)
[NOTE: many of these tapes are stored on the reels “tail first” (ie. backwards) to avoid “bleeding”; they must be fast forwarded onto a take-up reel to be listened to]
- tapes produced by Norma Beecroft Sound Inc., an offshoot of N. Beecroft’s work in recording, both personal and for the CBC
Master tapes of Meditation #1 by Robert Rosen and Crossroads by Greg Levin
- includes tapes labelled “Reject takes” and “safety copy”
[1982], April 19,
1982-June 6, 1982
1.7-2.6
Master tapes for 1983 Stratford Festival production of MacBeth; the production of the
1983 3.1-7.2
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electronic music was a collaborative effort between N. Beecroft, composer Harry Somers and recording engineer Ron Lynch
- includes tapes labelled “source” material (birds, supernatural, men, crowds, bells) (8)
- 6 tapes labelled “Harry Somers” which include “close miking” and “ambient miking”
- includes one unlabelled tape in CBC box
Master tapes for 1984 Stratford Festival production of A midsummer night’s dream; the production of the electronic music was a collaborative effort between N. Beecroft, composer Harry Somers and recording engineers Ron Lynch and S. Morris
- includes 1 tape labelled “source material”, 3 tapes labelled “working tape”, 3 tapes labelled “x safety”, and 5 tapes with cues
1984 7.3-11.3
Background music produced by N. Beecroft
Sound on commission from TV Ontario for 13 week series Fish on
1985 11.4-11.6
Master tapes for Bloomsday recording released on Aquitaine label; recorded at a New Music Concerts event featuring John Cage, Treasa O’Driscoll, Joe Heaney and other Irish performers (per N. Beecroft by email, October
1982 12.1-13.2
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7, 2004)
- includes program for A James Joyce Centenary Festival presented by Celtic Arts of Canada, January 28-February 9, 1982 - concert titled Lots of fun at Finnegan’s Wake
- includes 5 tapes labelled “Finnegan’s Wake concert” – live concert at Convocation Hall, 2 tapes labelled Bloomsday record and 2 labelled “Finnegan’s Wake”
- final tape labelled “Rejects” and “Prog. 3. Maderna”
Canadian Composer Retrospective: Documentary on Violet Archer produced for CJRT-FM, Toronto
- includes script
January 20, 23, 1994 13.5-14.1
Passage of the 20th century:
(radio series hosted by N. Beecroft on CJRT-FM, Toronto) (SEE 743/03.8 for scripts of these programs)
Music from Montreal featuring Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (part 2?)
January 19, 1995 14.2
Lithuanian music today September 21, 1995 14.3
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Music by Icelandic composers October 5, 1995 14.4
The music of Gerald Barry(?) October 12, 1995 14.5
The Italian influence of Luigi Dallapiccola and Bruno Maderna
December 7, 1995 14.6
Music of Mauricio Kagel January 25, 1996 15.1
Composers from Serbia (part 2?) February 15, 1996 15.2
Lafayette String Quartette playing the music of Murray Adaskin on the occasion of his 90th birthday
March 28, 1996 15.3
P a g e | 1
Tapes in the Norma Beecroft fonds
Accession No: 729/02.16 ................................................................................................................. 2
SOUND RECORDINGS ................................................................................................................... 2
Accession No: 768/04.18 ................................................................................................................. 6
REEL TO REEL TAPES (27 CM) ...................................................................................................... 6
P a g e | 2
Accession No: 729/02.16
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
SOUND RECORDINGS
Reel-to-reel audiotapes:
11 and 7 for 5+
- master electronic cues 15 ips
- 7-1/2 ips dub of electronic cues from master
[1975] 1.1-1.2
Cantorum vitae
- master 2 channel of electronic part 7-1/2 ips
1980 1.3
Collage ‘76
- electronic cues at 15 ips - master
- filtered to reduce tape hiss - electronic cues at 15 ips
1982 1.4-1.5
Collage ‘78
- 2 electronic cues, master mix at 7.5 ips
1978 1.6
The dream
- 15 ips master of ballet score commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre,
[19--] 1.7
P a g e | 3
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
but never performed
From dreams of brass
- original ½” tape cues on 4-track, three tracks only used
- 3-track reduction of above of 7 electronic cues
- 2-track stereo reduction of electronic cues, 15 ips
- 2-track stereo reduction of 7 electronic cues, 7-1/2 ips
1965 2.1-2.4
Hedda: a ballet score for orchestra and tape, commissioned by the National Ballet of Canada
- master 8 channel ½” of electronic part
- master 8 channel ½” of original voice collages
- safety copy ¼” stereo of master electronic score
1982-1983 2.5-4.3
- 1/4” copy or electronic tape, 15 ips, for hall acoustic check
- ¼” master of reduced orchestra score with electronic tape - for rehearsal purposes
- ¼” safety copy of reduced score (5)
- ¼” master of electronic portion of score
- ½” master of electronic portion of score, eq’d with time code
P a g e | 4
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- ½” master of electronic portion of score with time code - performance tape
Jeu II
- ½” tape of original flute and viola collages, plus processed flute
- ¼” viola collages, master 6 track pre mix, plus analog master 6 track (from digital)
- ¼” rehearsal tape with partial flute and viola tracks, 15 ips
[1985] 4.5-5.1
Jeu II
- 30 ips copy of electronic tape from digital
- 15 ips copy NAB from digital
- original digital master of electronic tape
1985 5.2-5.4
Jeu de Bach
- ½” master of electronic cues - performance tape, DBX encoded, recorded on Teac 80-8 tracks 3-6 only used
- 15 ips stereo reduction from master tape of electronic cues
- 4 channel ¼” of electronic cues(?)
- master 8 channel of original material (Note: this tape is in pancake form - take care in use, as this means it is not secured on a metal reel)
1985 5.5-6.2
P a g e | 5
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Piece for Bob
- ¼” master of electronic cues, 15 ips
- 3 electronic cues, filtered dynamically and eq’d in December ‘82 - 15 ips, with leader
1982 6.3-6.4
Quaprice
- ¼” electronic cues Master - 15 ips
- ¼” 2nd generation safety copy of electronic cues
1979(?) or
1980(?)
6.5
Rasas II
- master ½” tape of 6 electronic cues, 4 channel, 15 ips
- master electronic cues on ¼” tape - 15 ips
- 5 electronic cues on ¼” tape, revised version 1975, 15 ips
1973-1975 7.1-7.3
Rasas III
- ¼” master of 7 electronic cues, 15 ips
1974(?) 7.4
Two went to sleep
- ¼” tape of electronics portion, mix 3, 15 ips
- ¼” electronic portion, eq’d and filtered
1980 7.5-7.6
P a g e | 6
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Undersea fantasy
- electronic score commissioned by Dora and Leo Velleman, puppeteers, for Expo ‘67, 7-1/2 ips
1967 7.7
Accession No: 768/04.18
REEL TO REEL TAPES (27 CM)
[NOTE: many of these tapes are stored on the reels “tail first” (ie. backwards) to avoid “bleeding”; they must be fast forwarded onto a take-up reel to be listened to]
- tapes produced by Norma Beecroft Sound Inc., an offshoot of N. Beecroft’s work in recording, both personal and for the CBC
Master tapes for 1983 Stratford Festival production of MacBeth; the production of the electronic music was a collaborative effort between N. Beecroft, composer Harry Somers and recording engineer Ron Lynch
- includes tapes labelled “source” material (birds, supernatural, men, crowds, bells) (8)
1983 3.1-7.2
P a g e | 7
- 6 tapes labelled “Harry Somers” which include “close miking” and “ambient miking”
- includes one unlabelled tape in CBC box
Master tapes for 1984 Stratford Festival production of A midsummer night’s dream; the production of the electronic music was a collaborative effort between N. Beecroft, composer Harry Somers and recording engineers Ron Lynch and S. Morris
- includes 1 tape labelled “source material”, 3 tapes labelled “working tape”, 3 tapes labelled “x safety”, and 5 tapes with cues
1984 7.3-11.3
Background music produced by N. Beecroft
Sound on commission from TV Ontario for 13 week series Fish on
1985 11.4-11.6
Master tapes for Bloomsday recording released on Aquitaine label; recorded at a New Music Concerts event featuring John Cage, Treasa O’Driscoll, Joe Heaney and other Irish performers (per N. Beecroft by email, October 7, 2004)
- includes program for A James Joyce Centenary Festival presented by Celtic Arts of Canada, January 28-February 9, 1982 - concert titled Lots of fun at Finnegan’s Wake
- includes 5 tapes labelled “Finnegan’s Wake concert” – live concert at Convocation Hall, 2 tapes labelled Bloomsday record
1982 12.1-13.2
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and 2 labelled “Finnegan’s Wake”
- final tape labelled “Rejects” and “Prog. 3. Maderna”
