University of Toronto Music Library Sir Ernest MacMillan collection CA OTUFM 15 © University of Toronto Music Library 2020 Contents Sir Ernest MacMillan ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Ezra Schabas ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Sir Ernest MacMillan collection ................................................................................................................... 3 Series A: Research files and correspondence ............................................................................... 3 Series B: Interviews conducted by Ezra Schabas ...................................................................... 21 Sir Ernest MacMillan collection University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 15 Sir Ernest MacMillan 1893-1973 Sir Ernest MacMillan, conductor, organist, pianist, composer, educator, writer, administrator, was born in Mimico (Metropolitan Toronto) on August 18, 1893, and died in Toronto on May 6,1973. He was one of the most influential Canadian musicians of the middle 20th century. Ezra Schabas 1924- Prof. Ezra Schabas was born in New York and received his Diploma in Clarinet (1943) and Bachelor of Science (1948) from the Juillard School. In 1949, he received his Master of Arts from Columbia University. He also studied at the Conservatoire de Nancy, and the Fontainebleau School for the Arts in France between 1945 and 1950. After several appointments at American universities (1948-1952), he joined the staff of the Royal Conservatory of Music as Director of Concerts and Publicity where he arranged concerts for leading young artists across Canada. During the 1950s he was active as a clarinetist and conductor and managed music at the Stratford Festival (1958 and 1961). In 1960 he joined the staff of the Faculty of Music as Special Lecturer, becoming Associate Professor in 1961 and Professor in 1968. From 1978 to 1983, he was Principal of the Royal Conservatory of Music. Prof. Schabas retired as Professor Emeritus in 1985. Sir Ernest MacMillan collection Date range: 1890-1996, predominant 1991-1994 Extent: 1.3 m of textual records (10 boxes) + 35 audio cassettes (2 boxes) Collection includes correspondence, notes, transcripts, and other working papers for Ezra Schabas's book Sir Ernest MacMillan: the importance of being Canadian, published by the University of Toronto Press in 1994. Arrangement: Files are listed in alphabetical order. Series A: Research files and correspondence Date range: 1890-1995 Extent: 1.3 m of textual records (10 boxes) 3 Sir Ernest MacMillan collection University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 15 Series consists of Ezra Schabas's textual research files for his biography of Sir Ernest MacMillan. Files include correspondence with Schabas, copies of correspondence with MacMillan, copies of newspaper articles and photographs, and copies of research on MacMillan by other individuals, including that by Keith MacMillan. Arrangement: Files are listed in their original order, which is roughly alphabetical. Ident. Title Date Location 1 Agnew, Marjorie : correspondence 1937-1984 Box 1 2 Anecdotes : correspondence to Keith MacMillan 1938-1990 Box 1 3 Applebaum, Lou : notes for an interview 1991-1992 Box 1 4 Arts and Letters Club : articles and lectures 1932-1992 Box 1 5 Audiences, listening and enjoying music : lectures 1927-1966 Box 1 and articles 6 Auditions : notes November Box 1 30, 1953 7 Australia : notes, press notices, and radio script 1944-1946 Box 1 8 Bach : lectures by Ernest MacMillan 1930, 1950 Box 1 9 Barbeau, Marius : notes and lecture 1925-1966 Box 1 10 Beckwith, John : correspondence and drafts 1957-1993 Box 1 11 Beecham, Thomas : press notices 1940 Box 1 12 Berlin, Boris : summary of interview with Keith 1984 Box 1 MacMillan 13 Binnie, Edith : notes [before 1994] Box 1 14 Bibliography : photocopies and notes 1930-1949, Box 1 [after 1955] 15 Biography : 1893-1920 [before 1994] Box 1 4 Sir Ernest MacMillan collection University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 15 Ident. Title Date Location 16 Biography : 1893-1920 : notes 1893-1920, Box 1 1978, 1985 17 Biography : seventieth birthday : notes and press 1963, 1968- Box 1 notices 1969 18 Biography : general appraisals : notes and press 1953-1973 Box 1 articles 19 Biography : personal correspondence 1947-1984 Box 1 20 Biographers : correspondence 1967, 1971 Box 1 21 Boult, Adrian : notes 1935-1969 Box 1 22 Bradshaw, Suzanne : correspondence regarding the 1994 Box 1 Founders Fund 23 Brandon : notes 1963 Box 1 24 Brazil : notes and press notices 1946 Box 1 25 BBC concerts : notes and press notices 1934-1993 Box 1 26 Brott, Alexander : notes regarding composition 1956-1959 Box 1 27 Buffalo : notes 1945, July Box 1 1989 28 Burgess, Antoinette and Barbara : notes and 1913-1915 Box 1 correspondence 29 CKEY radio : notes 1951-1953 Box 1 30 Canadian College of Organists : press clipping and 1928, 1950 Box 1 address by MacMillan 31 Calgary : press notices and correspondence 1934, 1955 Box 1 32 Calverley, Amice : correspondence 1934 Box 1 5 Sir Ernest MacMillan collection University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 15 Ident. Title Date Location 33 Canada Council : articles, talks, and brief 1956-1973 Box 1 34 Canada : places visited [before 1994] Box 1 35 Canada Foundation : notes 1945 Box 1 36 Canadian Academy of Music : press notices 1920, 1923 Box 1 37 Canadian artists : press notices 1951 Box 1 38 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation : notes and 1936-1966 Box 1 correspondence 39 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Talent Festival : 1959-1963 Box 1 notes, correspondence, and press notices 40 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation catalogue of [before 1994] Box 1 MacMillan tapes 41 Canadian Forum : articles by MacMillan October 20, Box 1 1983 42 Canadian Music Centre : notes and holdings list of 1958 Box 1 MacMillan works 43 Canadian Musical Heritage Society : advertisements [1973], 1993 Box 1 44 Canadian song book : notes [before 1994] Box 1 45 Canadian Trio : notes and press notices 1941-1943 Box 1 46 Centennial competition (IBM) : notes and 1964 Box 2 correspondence 47 CAPAC : notes, program, correspondence, and press 1955-1963 Box 2 notices 48 Chicago conducting : notes and press notices 1937 Box 2 49 Chalmers, Floyd : transcripts of interviews 1982-1983 Box 2 6 Sir Ernest MacMillan collection University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 15 Ident. Title Date Location 50 Christmas Box concerts : notes, interview transcripts, 1940-1952 Box 2 programs, scripts, and press notices 51 CIDEM : notes 1955, 1961 Box 2 52 Clarkson, Adrienne : program proposal and 1992 Box 2 correspondence 53 Claxton, Brooke : notes 1960 Box 2 54 Clippings : transcribed press notices 1921-1940 Box 2 55 Clippings lists : notes and press sources 1992 Box 2 56 Clippings : press notices 1904-1913 Box 2 57 Composers competition : press notices 1950 Box 2 58 Compositions : notes and press notices 1927-1986 Box 2 59 Composing views : notes, press notices, and 1937-1956 Box 2 correspondence 60 Coronation : press notices 1953-1954 Box 2 61 Concerts of Canadian composers : notes, press 1947-1993 Box 2 notices, and correspondence 62 Concerts : press notices 1957-1968 Box 2 63 Conducting methods and miscellaneous : notes [before 1994] Box 2 64 Cozens, John : notes, correspondence, and press 1967-1992 Box 2 notices 65 Creech, Robert : notes and questions 1993 Box 2 66 Criticism : articles by Ernest MacMillan 1928, 1963 Box 2 67 Cross, Ted : interview notes May 3, 1992 Box 2 7 Sir Ernest MacMillan collection University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 15 Ident. Title Date Location 68 Dale, Benjamin : notes and correspondence 1919-1943, Box 2 1987 69 Davies, Robertson : interview transcript July 29, 1982 Box 2 70 De Kresz, Geza : correspondence September Box 2 1945 71 Diary searches [before 1994] Box 2 72 Edinburgh : notes and short essay 1933-1949 Box 2 73 Edmonton : notes 1936, 1963 Box 2 74 Education : notes, essays, lectures, and press notices 1926-1948 Box 3 75 Elliott, Robin : correspondence, program, and press 1925-1930, Box 3 notices 1993 76 Engagements : Europe : notes 1941-1942, Box 3 1951 77 Examinations and adjudicating : notes, articles, and 1933-1937 Box 3 skit typescript 78 Faculty of Music : MacMillan celebration : programs 1993-1994 Box 3 79 Feldbrill, Victor : notes and interview transcript 1987-1991 Box 3 80 Festivals : competitive : notes, articles, and press 1935-1962 Box 3 notices 81 Forbes, Kenneth : press notices 1943 Box 3 82 Ford Sunday Evening Hour : notes 1937 Box 3 83 Fusco, Frank : interview transcript 1984, 1993 Box 3 84 Gage, Frances : notes and obituary for Ernest 1973, 1992 Box 3 MacMillan 8 Sir Ernest MacMillan collection University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 15 Ident. Title Date Location 85 George, Graham : notes and interview transcript 1969, 1986 Box 3 86 Gibbons, John Murray : notes 1927, 1946 Box 3 87 Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Toronto : lecture 1966 Box 3 88 Gilmour, Clyde : correspondence 1993-1994 Box 3 89 Glasgow : notes 1929 Box 3 90 Goodman, Hymn : reminiscences written for Keith 1966, 1988 Box 3 MacMillan 91 Guelph : essay on Edward Johnson 1968 Box 3 92 Grainger, Percy : notes, press notices, and 1932-1952 Box 3 correspondence 93 Hallett, Gordon : interview notes 1992 Box 3 94 Health : correspondence 1931, 1984 Box 3 95 Hitler : article and draft 1939, 1941 Box 3 96 Hollins, Alfred : notes and memoirs