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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 April 1, 1993 1.6 Busoni Page 3
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Italy - early 20th century (The Italian April 8, 1993 2.1 connection)
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 April 29, 1993 2.4 following the Second World War)
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 August 19, 1993 4.6 instruments
New music for woodwinds and brass August 26, 1993 5.1 instruments
Percussion Instruments September 2, 1993 5.2
New sounds in the concert hall September 9, 1993 5.3 Page 5
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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 December 9, 1993 6.6 Jennefelt
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Music of Poland’s Krzysztof Penderecki December 16, 1993 7.1
Seasonal music by Olivier Messiaen and December 23, 1993 7.2 Healey Willan
Music by R. Murray Schafer, Nancy van de December 30, 1993 7.3 Vate and Sven-David Sandström
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 February 17, 1994 8.1 music, part one
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary February 24, 1994 8.2 music, part two
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary March 3, 1994 8.3 music, part three
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary March 10, 1994 8.4 Page 7
NORMA BEECROFT fonds ACCESSION NO. : 743/03.8
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE music, part four
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary March 17, 1994 8.5 music, part five
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary March 24, 1994 8.6 music, part six
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 May 5, 1994 9.5 Musici de Montreal
Music by Canadian composers performed by May 12, 1994 9.6 the Esprit Orchestra of Toronto
The music of George Crumb May 19, 1994 10.1 Page 8
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Minimalist music by Dutch composer Louis May 26, 1994 10.2 Andriessen
Symphony by Russian composer Edison June 2, 1994 10.3 Denisov
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 June 23, 1994 10.6 Bouliane
Music from Latin America played by Cuarteto June 30, 1994 11.1 Latino Americano
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 July 21, 1994 11.4 Competition for Young Polish Performers, Warsaw, 1992 Page 9
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Music of Japan’s Toru Takemitsu July 28, 1994 11.5
New music for the flute played by Pierre-Yves August 4, 1994 11.6 Artaud
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: September 1, 1994 12.4 Linda Bouchard, Ann Southam and Alexina Louie
Music for viola, cello and double bass September 8, 1994 12.5
Music by Henryk Gorecki, Aribert Reimann September 15, 1994 12.6 and Gavin Bryars
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 January 7, 1993 13.4
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
- includes press release about the series November 2, 1992 - also includes fragment of Earle Toppings introduction of Norma Beecroft as host of series
A tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan January 14, 1993 13.5
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Canadian Composer Retrospective Week: the January 21, 24, 1993 13.6 life and music of Murray Adaskin
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
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The legacy of Igor Stravinsky, parts 1 and 2 January 28, 13.7
- typescript (computer printout) with February 4, 1993 holograph revisions
The Viennese school March 4, 1993 13.8
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
John Weinzweig at 80 March 11, 1993 13.9
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
- includes press release about programme February 11, 1993
The American scene March 18, 1993 13.10
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Impressionism and the French school March 25, 1993 13.11
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto April 1, 1993 13.12 Busoni
- typescript (computer printout) with Page 12
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holograph revisions
The Italian connection (Italy-early 20th April 8, 1993 13.13 century)
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The world of Bela Bartok April 15, 1993 13.14
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
- includes duplicate copy of script
The miniatures of Anton Webern April 22, 1993 13.15
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The new generation (European music April 29, 1993 13.16 following the Second World War)
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Young Poland group of composers May 6, 1993 13.17
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
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Modern music in Scandinavia May 13, 1993 13.18
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
English contemporary music May 20, 1993 13.19
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
New musical resources, parts one, two, three June 10, 17, 24, 1993 13.20
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Orchestral music in Canada, parts one, two, July 15, 22, 29, 1993 13.21 three
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
A tribute to Sir Ernest MacMillan August 5, 12, 1993 13.22
- 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) Page 14
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New techniques for writing for string August 9, 1993 13.23 instruments
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
New music for woodwinds and brass August 26, 1993 13.24 instruments
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Percussion instruments September 2, 1993 13.25
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
New sounds in the concert hall September 9, 1993 13.26
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Major influences in today’s music: 14.1
Gyorgy Ligeti (program 1) October 7, 1993
Iannis Xenakis (program 2) October 14, 1993
Witold Lutoslawski (program 3) October 21, 1993
Henryk Gorecki (program 4) October 28, 1992 Page 15
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The Minimalists (program 5) November 4, 1993
Elliott Carter (program 6) November 11, 1993
Arne Nordheim (program 7) November 18, 1993
Conclusion (program 8) November 25, 1993
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Choral music of Benjamin Britten and Thomas December 9, 1993 14.2 Jennefelt
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music of Poland’s Krzysztof Penderecki December 16, 1993 14.3
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Seasonal music by Olivier Messiaen and December 23, 1993 14.4 Healey Willan
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music by R. Murray Schafer, Nancy van de December 30, 1993 14.5 Vate and Sven-David Sandström
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions Page 16
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New voices from Sweden January 6, 1994 14.6
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Northern landscapes January 13, 1994 14.7
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Canadian composer retrospective: the life and January 20, 1994 14.8 music of Violet Archer
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The legacy of Colin McPhee January 27, 1994 14.9
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Notable Canadian performers of contemporary February 17, 24, 14.10 music, parts one-six March 3, 10, 17, 24, - typescript (computer printout) with 1994 holograph revisions
New music in Russia March 31, 1994 14.11
- typescript (computer printout) with Page 17
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holograph revisions
Italy today, parts one, two, three April 7, 14, 28, 1994 14.12
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music by Canadian composers performed by I May 5, 1994 14.13 Musici de Montreal
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music of Canadian composers performed by May 12, 1994 14.14 the Esprit Orchestra of Toronto
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The music of George Crumb May 19, 1994 14.15
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Minimalist music by Dutch composer Louis May 26, 1994 14.16 Andriessen
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
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Symphony by Russian composer Edison June 2, 1994 14.17 Denisov
- typescript (computer printout)
The world of Alfred Schnittke June 9, 1994 14.18
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Homage to Bruno Maderno June 16, 1994 14.19
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music of the magical realism - Denys Bouliane June 23, 1994 14.20
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music from Latin America played by the June 30, 1994 14.21 Cuarteto Latino Americano
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music from Latin America July 7, 1994 14.22
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
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Tribute to Witold Lutoslawski July 14, 1994 14.23
- typescript (computer printout)
Prize winners of the First 20th Century July 21, 1994 14.24 Competition for Young Polish Performers, Warsaw, 1992
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music of Japan’s Toru Takemitsu July 28, 1994 14.25
- typescript (computer printout)
New music for the flute played by Pierre-Yves August 4, 1994 14.26 Artaud
- typescript (computer printout)
Recent music for the trumpet August 11, 1994 14.27
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music by John Adams August 18, 1994 14.28
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
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Symphony No. 7 by Hans Werner Henze August 25, 1994 14.29
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music of three Canadian female composers: September 1, 1994 14.30 Linda Bouchard, Ann Southam, Alexina Louie
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music for viola, cello and double bass September 8, 1994 14.31
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music by Henryk Gorecki, Aribert Reimann, September 15, 1994 14.32 and Gavin Bryars
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The Schola Cantorum of Stuttgart, programs 1 September 29, 14.33 and 2 October 6, 1994 - typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Greek, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage October 13, 1994 14.34
- typescript (computer printout) with Page 21
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Music by Netherlands composers Peter Schat, October 20, 1994 14.35 Ton de Leeuw and Jacob ter Veldhuis
- typescript (computer printout)
New music from Belgrade October 27, 1994 14.36
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
New music from France, parts 1-3 November 3, 14.37
- typescript (computer printout) with November 10, holograph revisions November 17, 1994
Music of two prize winners of the 1993 Borges November 24, 1994 14.38 International Electroacoustic Competition: Francesca Ancarola (Brazil) and Pedro Paulo Pedroso (Cuba)
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Different worlds of women: Linda Bouchard, December 8, 1994 14.39 Sofia Bubaidulina and Adriana Hölszky
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions Page 22
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Finland today, parts 1 and 2 December 15, 22, 14.40 1994 - typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
New music from Poland December 29, 1994 14.41
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music by Britain’s Sir Peter Maxwell Davies January 5, 1995 14.42
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music from Montreal featuring Le Nouvel January 12, 19, 26, 14.43 Ensemble Moderne, parts 1-3 1995
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The music of André Prévost February 9, 1995 14.44
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Electroacoustic music in Canada today, parts February 23, 14.45 1-3 March 2, 9, 1995 - typescript (computer printout) with Page 23
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The Hemispheres Orchestra March 16, 1995 14.46
- typescript (computer printout)
South of the border, parts 1 and 2 March 23, 30, 1995 14.47
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music from the du Maurier Arts Ltd. New April 6, 1995 14.48 Music Festival (1993)
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music for Easter April 13, 1995 14.49
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music from Spain April 20, 1995 14.50
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Introduction to Magnus Lindberg April 27, 1995 14.51
- typescript (computer printout) with Page 24
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holograph revisions
The U.K. music scene, parts 1 and 2 May 4, 11, 1995 14.52
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Symphony Nos. 3 and 4 by Witold May 18, 1995 14.53 Lutoslawski
The music of Kaij Saariaho May 25, 1995 14.54
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The incomparable Rivka Golani June 8, 1995 14.55
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music by Isang Yun June 15, 1995 14.56
- typescript (computer printout)
Music by Alberta composers: Violet Archer, June 22, 1995 14.57 Allen Bell, Robert Rosen, Malcolm Forsyth
- typescript (computer printout)
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The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra - piano June 29, 1995 14.58 concertos
- typescript (computer printout)
The music of Lepo Sumera July 6, 1995 14.59
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Introducing Giya Kancheli July 13, 1995 14.60
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music by Norwegian composers Arne July 20, 1995 14.61 Nordheim and Rolf Wallin
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The introspective Philip Glass July 27, 1995 14.62
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music from Spain August 3, 1995 14.63
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
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Recent music by Krzysztof Penderecki from a August 10, 1995 14.64 gala concert celebrating his 60th birthday in 1993
Music by Russian composer Sophia August 17, 1995 14.65 Gubaidulina
- typescript (computer printout)
Music by France’s Henri Dutilleux and Olivier August 24, 1995 14.66 Messiaen
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Words and music from Robert Aitken, flutist August 31, 1995 14.67
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Celebration of 1995 Jean A. Chalmers National September 7, 14, 1995 14.68 Music Award winners, parts 1 and 2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Lithuanian music today September 21, 1995 14.69
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions Page 27
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Music by Icelandic composers October 5, 1995 14.70
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The music of Gerald Barry [October 12, 1995?] 14.71
- typescript (computer printout)
The music of James MacMillan October 19, 1995 14.72
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music from Forum 93, the Second October 26, 1996 14.73 International Festival for Composers under 30 created by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and the Faculty of Music, University of Montreal
- typescript (computer printout)
Music by György Ligeti November 2, 1995 14.74
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Recent music by Henryk Gorecki November 9, 1995 14.75
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions Page 28
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The string quartets Wolfgang Rihm November 16, 1995 14.76
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The universe symphony by Charles Ives November 23, 1995 14.77
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
The music of John Cage and Elliott Carter November 30, 1995 14.78
- typescript (computer printout)
The Italian influence of Luigi Dallapiccola and December 7, 1995 14.79 Bruno Maderna
- typescript (computer printout)
Music by women composers of the former December 14, 1995 14.80 Soviet Union: Sofia Gubaidulina and Galina Ustvolskaya
- typescript (computer printout)
Music by Murray Schafer and James December 21, 1995 14.81 MacMillan
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions Page 29
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A tribute to Isaac Stern on his 75th birthday December 28, 1995 14.82
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
A tribute to France’s Andre Jolivet and Henri January 4, 1996 15.1 Dutilleux
- typescript (computer printout)
The world of Italian composer Luciano Berio January 11, 1996 15.2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music performed by the Arditti String Quartet January 18, 1996 15.3
- typescript (computer printout)
Music of Mauricio Kagel January 25, 1996 15.4
- typescript (computer printout)
Music for the oboe by five Canadian February 1, 1996 15.5 composers written for Lawrence Cherney
- typescript (computer printout)
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Composers from Serbia, parts 1 and 2 February 8, 15, 1996 15.6
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music by British composers George Benjamin February 22, 1996 15.7 and Harrison Birtwistle
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Concerto for violin and orchestra by George February 29, 1996 15.8 Rochberg and cello concerto by Krzynstof Penderecki
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Three polish composers: Grazyna Bacewicz, March 7, 1996 15.9 Elzbieta Sikora, Hanna Kulenty
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Music by Quebec’s younger generation of March 14, 1996 15.10 composers
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Art and Science March 21, 1996 15.11 Page 31
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- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Lafayette String quartet playing the music of March 28, 1996 15.12 Murray Adaskin on the occasion of his 90th birthday
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
CJRT-FM program guides January 1994 15.13
- 13 items November-December 1994 - printed material January-April 1995 - include listings for Passage of the 20th Century series June-September 1995
November-December 1995
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- 1.2
April 4, 1982
_____, Julian July 5, 1994-August 1, 1.3 1994
_____, Murray October 14, 1982 1.4
Adaskin, Murray & Dorothea January 22, 1994- 1.5
April 14, 1996
Aitken, Robert December 10, 1980- 1.6
[after June 30, 2003]
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- 1.11
March 8, 1982
Banff Centre. National Choreographic Seminar February 2, 1980- 1.12
June 1980
Beatty, Patricia October 26, 1981 1.13
Beckwith, John November 22, 1996 1.14
- 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
Beecroft, Chas February 26, 1996 1.15
Beecroft, Eric & Dee October 18, 1980- 1.16
October 1, 1996 Page 4
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Beecroft, Norma December 26, 1981- 1.17
- greeting cards and letters to/from December 12, 1998 unidentified individuals
Bell, Donald January 21, 1980- 1.18
April 21, 1980
Bisson, Sophie [19--] 1.19
Bondurant, Nancy October 21, 1996- 1.20
January 10, 1997
Bouchard, Linda October 17, 1981 1.21
Bryan, W. G. August 30, 1979 1.22
Canada Council. Music Division May 28, 1980- 1.23
December 9, 1994
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation April 14, 1970- 1.24-1.25
January 10, 2005 Page 5
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Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) June 19, 2002- 1.26
June 30, 2002
Canadian League of Composers December 7, 1951- 1.27-2.1
July 1991
Canadian Music Centre December 14, 1956- 2.2-2.3
February 21, 2005
Canadian Music Council October 1975- 2.4
May 1982
Canadian Who’s Who 1981-August 11, 1987 2.5
CAPAC (Composers, Authors and Publishers March 30, 1962- 2.6-2.7 Association of Canada Limited) June 12, 1985
CJRT-FM (Radio Station : Toronto, Ontario) October 15, 1992- 2.8-2.10
January 22, 1996
Colleran, William November 1994- 2.11 Page 6
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September 17, 1995
Comus Music Theatre of Canada March 8, 1992 2.12
Dahlstrom, Helen April 15, 1982- 2.13
April 27, 1982
Dalhousie University. Library December 28, 1976 2.14
Dance Works June 8, 1981- 2.15
August 24, 1981
Dickerson, Doug December 1997 2.16
Eisma, Will September 11, 1980- 2.17
November 8, 1981
First National Congress on Women in Music November 18, 1980- 2.18
March 9, 1981
Front, Theodore May 4, 1977 2.19 Page 7
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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- 2.25
October 9, 1995
International League of Women Composers [198- or 199-] 2.26
Jones, Keith June 22, 1981- 2.27
December 30, 1982
Lee, Hope December 4, 1994 2.28
Lomax, Carolyn D. November 13, 1978- 2.29 Page 8
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Mallett, Jane 1996 3.1
Martinson, Roger August 4, 1976- 3.2
April 23, 1995
Matejcek, Jan August 31, 1965- 3.3
March 29, 1994
Mather, Bruce [December 1981]- 3.4
January 2, 1995
MCA Music February 4, 1984- 3.5
June 26, 1987
MCA Music Canada June 29, 1972- 3.6-3.7
February 17, 1984
Mitchell, Shilo March 31, 1995 3.8
National Arts Centre May 7, 1980- 3.9 Page 9
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July 17, 1980
New Grove Dictionary of Music and [1996] 3.10 Musicians
New Music Concerts February 27, 1987- 3.11
February 7, 1996
Notehead December 2, 1994 3.12
Ontario Arts Council September 16, 1981- 3.13
December 1, 1995
Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. June 7, 1983- 3.14 Special Committee for the Arts August 30, 1983
Peter McKee Music Co. May 3, 1968 3.15
Queen’s University. Douglas Library August 2, 1979- 3.16
December 28, 1979
Rea, John November 9, 1981 3.17 Page 10
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Romito, Maurizio May 2, 1994- 3.18
November 24, 1995
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- 3.24
March 9, 1997
SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and November 1993- 3.25 Music Publishers of Canada) August 2, 1996
SOCAN Foundation December 6, 1995- 3.26
May 29, 1996 Page 11
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Société Québécoise de Recherche en Musique October 25, 1996- 3.27
September 4, 1997
Terminal City Dance February 25, 1982- 3.28
September 17, 1982
Toronto Heliconian Club February 22, 1994- 3.29
March 21, 1994
Toronto Musicians’ Association March 4, 1996- 3.30
April 19, 1996
Toronto Symphony Orchestra November 22, 1995 3.31
Toronto. Parks & Culture October 4, 1995- 3.32
December 7, 1995
Turner, Helen & Jean August 13, 1995- 3.33
August 23, 1996
Turner, Morton & Edna August 14, 1995- 3.34 Page 12
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November 28, 1995
Université de Sherbrooke. École de musique September 18, 1996- 3.35
October 30, 1996
Université Laval. Service des January 14, 1978- 3.36 Aprovisionnements April 16, 1979
University of British Columbia. School of September 5, 2003- 3.37 Music September 10, 2003
University of Calgary November 28, 1995- 3.38
August 20, 1997
University of Toronto. Computer Systems January 20, 1983 3.39 Research Group
University of Western Ontario. Faculty of April 18, 1979 3.40 Music. Theory and Composition Department
Von Wichert, Paul November 11, 2002 3.41
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Walshe, Robert December 1, 1977- 3.42
January 4, 1982
Weinzweig, Helen & John [19--]-October 26, 3.43 1983
Who’s Who of Canadian Women July/August 1995 3.44
Xenakis, Iannis January 1, 1981- 3.45
January 3, 1982
York University. Faculty of Fine Arts. February 26, 1982- 3.46 Department of Music October 7, 1997
CORRESPONDENCE SUBJECT FILES – GENERAL
1972 European Trip April 27, 1972- 3.47
September 29, 1972
Ad Hoc Music Group – External Affairs March 6, 1978- 3.48
May 26, 1978 Page 14
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Banff [Centre] – 1985 May 8, 1985- 3.49
[December] 1985
Beecroft/Maki Productions January 9, 1991- 3.50-4.3
• Canada Council Explorations November 4, 1993 Application & Resubmission
• Laidlaw Foundation
• Letters
• OAC Applications
• OAC First Projects : Film and Video
• Partnership & Trustee
• Technical Data
Canada Council – 1989-90 Grant September 30, 1988- 4.4
August 28, 1990
Canada Council Senior Arts Application November 4, 1977- 4.5
October 30, 1979
CAPAC Musical Portraits – 1985 Series September 5, 1985- 4.6
- includes ‘cue sheets’ for 23 tapes June 5, 1987 Page 15
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Fundraising CJRT [Radio Station : Toronto, February 2, 1993- 4.7 Ontario] June 4, 1993
ISCM [International Society for Contemporary August 25, 1977- 4.8 Music] [Canadian Music Council] January 8, 1980
North York School System 1968-1970 4.9
Royal Conservatory of Music – Electronic March 20, 1986- 4.10 Music Studio 1986 April 21, 1986
CORRESPONDENCE SUBJECT FILES – BY TITLE OF COMPOSITION (Files include a variety of correspondence, programmes, news clippings and reviews)
11 and 7 for 5+ May 3, 1975- 5.1
- for brass quintet and 2 channel tape November 1, 1994
- commissioned by the CBC for the Guelph
Spring Festival, May 3, 1975, and the Page 16
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Canadian Brass
Amplified string quartet with tape October 10, 1989- 5.2
- commissioned by Centrediscs Canadian February 11, 2004 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
Cantorum vitae January 25, 1980- 5.3
- for flute, cello, 2 pianos, 1 percussion, 4 June 16, 1984 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.
Consequences for 5 December 14, 1976- 5.4
- commissioned by the Canadian Electronic May 2, 2005 Ensemble for pianist Karen Kieser and the Page 17
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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 August 18, 1976- 5.5
- for flute, oboe, horn, cello, double bass, [1977] 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
Collage ‘78 August 18, 1977- 5.6
- for solo bassoon, piano, 2 percussion, 2 June 18, 1982 channel tape
- commissioned by Music Inter Alia with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: November 13, 1978, Winnipeg Page 18
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Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Contrasts for six performers April 3, 1962- 5.7
- for oboe, viola, xylorimba, vibraphone, October 20, 1979 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
The dissipation of purely sound July 27, 1987- 5.8
- radiophonic opera for tape and time-warp [2000] 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’
Elegy and Two went to sleep April 12, 1966- 5.9
- for soprano, flute, 1 percussion and 2 August 15, 2004 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 Page 19
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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 July 4, 1992- 5.10
- for digital synthesizer July 7, 1992
- commissioned by CBC
- premiere: June 28, 1992, CBC FM broadcast ‘Two New Hours’
Face-á-face January 11, 1994- 5.11
- for 2 amplified bass flutes and percussion February 13, 1995
- 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
Fantasy for strings November 20, 1985- 5.12
December 31, 1986 Page 20
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Fish on! September 15, 1984- 5.13
- musical film score commissioned by TV June 23, 1986 Ontario for television series
- includes music cue sheets for the 13 programs of the series
From dreams of brass February 15, 1966- 5.14
- for narrator, solo soprano, mixed chorus October 20, 1978 and electronic music
- text by Jane Beecroft
- premiere: February 20, 1966, CBC broadcast ‘Concerts from Two Worlds’
Hedda August 4, 1980- 6.1-6.2
- for orchestra, harp, piano, strings, 1 March 13, 1983 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
Hemispherics February 17, 1990 6.3
- for flute, double sax, clarinet, tenor sax, baritone sax, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, Page 21
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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 October 2, 1978 6.4
- choral work, text by T.S. Eliot
Images 1986 April 1983- 6.5
- for woodwind quintet October 18, 1994
- 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
Improvvisazioni Concertanti No. 1 April 13, 1964- 6.6
- for solo flute, orchestra, brass, timpani, 4 December 10, 1976 percussion, harp, strings
- premiere: May 1961, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Rome, Italy
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Improvvisazioni Concertanti No. 2 May 15, 1970- 6.7
- for timpani, 1 percussion, strings February 21, 2005
- commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra
- premiere: April 21, 1971, Ottawa, Ontario
Jeu II December 26, 1982- 6.8
- for electronically processed solo flute, solo March 23, 2004 viola and digital tape
- commissioned by New Music Concerts with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: April 13, 1985, Walter Hall, Toronto, Ontario
Jeu III April 29, 1985- 6.9
- for solo viola and 2 channel tape December 29, 2002
- commissioned by Rivka Golani with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council
- premiere: January 29, 1989, Toronto Heliconian Club, Toronto, Ontario
Jeu IV (Mozart) July 25, 1990- 6.10
- for solo fortepiano, instrumental ensemble February 13, 1991 and tape
- commissioned by New Music Concerts Page 23
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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 July 16, 1984- 6.11
- for orchestra and four channel tape June 12, 1985
- 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
The living flame of love May 25, 1967- 6.12
- for SATB a capella, text of St. John of the October 15, 1988 Cross
- commissioned by the Waterloo Lutheran University Choir
- premiere: February 26, 1968, Waterloo Lutheran University, Waterloo, Ontario
A Midsummer night’s dream February 7, 1984- 7.1
- tape portion of Harry Somers’ score for May 31, 1984 Stratford Shakespearean Festival production, June 10-October 27, 1984 Page 24
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Ontario variation August 29, 1979- 7.2
- commissioned by Jack Behrens, Faculty of April 3, 1981 Music, University of Western Ontario, with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council
Piece concertante #1 February 21, 1966- 7.3
- for orchestra October 27, 1969
- commissioned by the Charlottetown Summer Festival 1966 for the Atlantic Orchestra
- premiere: August 14, 1966, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Piece for Bob May 27, 1975- 7.4
- for flute(s) and 2 channel tape February 4, 1987
- commissioned by CBC Radio, written for flutist Robert Aitken
- premiere: September 29, 1975, New Music Concerts, World Music Week, Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
Quaprice October 17, 1978 7.5
- for solo horn, 1 percussion, 2 channel tape May 23, 1982
- commissioned by James MacDonald, horn, Page 25
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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 August 29, 1968- 7.6
- for flute, harp, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1 January 1983 percussion
- commissioned by Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec
- premiere: January 9, 1969, SMCQ Ensemble, Théâtre Maisoneuve, Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec
Rasas II May 1, 1969- 7.7
- for contralto, flute, guitar, electric organ, March 19, 1976 harp, 2 percussion and 4 channel tape
- commissioned by CBC Radio
- premiere: February 17, 1973, MacMillan Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
Rasas III January 21, 1974- 7.8
- for soprano, flute, trombone, piano, 1 April 28, 1977 percussion and 2 channel tape
- commissioned by New Music Concerts
- premiere: January 19, 1974, Edward Page 26
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Johnson Building, Toronto, Ontario
Three impressions from ‘Sweetgrass’ February 23, 1973- 7.9
- for SATB, piano, double percussion with October 2, 1978 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
Toronto Dance Theatre commission November 9, 1981- 7.10
- modern dance score April 1983
- commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre with assistance from the Ontario Arts Council
- premiere: March 23, 1983, St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Tre Pezzi Brevi [1961]- 7.11
- for flute and harp or guitar or piano August 10, 2004
- premiere: May 1961, Seconda Settimana Internationale Nuova Musica, Palermo, Sicily
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Troissonts August 10, 1980- 7.12
- for solo viola, 2 percussion and 2 channel May 31, 2003 tape
- commissioned by Rivka Golani with the assistance of the Canada Council
- premiere: November 6, 1982, New Music Concerts, Walter Hall, Toronto, Ontario
Undersea fantasy November 28, 1966- 7.13
- electronic music [1967]
- commissioned by Ledo Productions for Sea Creatures of Canada Puppet Show for Expo ‘67
MANUSCRIPTS
Lectures
Historical perspectives on music and [before March 20, 8.1 technology : [lecture] 1997]
- 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 Page 28
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Music lectures for Winter 1997
Serge Garant and New Music Concerts : 1996-1997 8.2-8.3 [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
Radio Scripts
Barbara Pentland documentary: [radio script] 1942-1981 8.4 Page 29
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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] 1978 8.5
- 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
Canadian composer retrospective : 1989-1994 8.6 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 Page 30
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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] 1964-1979 8.7
- 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
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Harry Freedman documentary : [radio script] 1952-1977 8.8-8.9
- 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
Harry Somers documentary : [radio script] [1946]-[1970] 9.1-9.3
- 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 Page 32
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script for broadcast on CBC Radio’s Tuesday Night
Jean Coulthard anthology : [radio script] 1979-[198-] 9.4
- 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
John Beckwith documentary : [radio script] 1949-1980 9.5
- 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
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John Weinzweig anthology : [radio script] 1949-[1978] 9.6
- 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 [?]
The life and music of Claude Debussy : [radio June 28, 1993- 9.7 script] August 23, 1993 - typescript (computer printout?) with holograph revisions scripts for 8 part series broadcast on CJRT-FM Radio (Toronto, Ont.) July 21-September 8, 1993
A night at the opera : C.A. Debussy, Pelleas et [before September 10] 9.8 Melisande : [radio script] 1993
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft of script for broadcast on CJRT-FM (Toronto, Ont.) September 10, 1993
[Norma Beecroft in conversation with Gabriel [before July 1] 1979 9.9 Charpentier and Norman La Charité] : [radio Page 34
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- 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 [before May 25] 1993 9.10 resources Part 1 : [radio script]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph annotations fragment and complete draft
- broadcast on CJRT-FM (Toronto, Ont.), June 10, 1993
Passage of the 20th Century : A tribute to Sir [before July 19] 1993 9.11 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
R. Murray Schafer documentary : [radio script] 1962-1978 9.12-9.13
- research material including concert programmes, articles by and about R. M. Page 35
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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 1992 10.1
- 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.
Cantorum vitae 1980-1981 10.2
- holograph notes and sketches
- pencil score - 14 p. (oversize)
- tape chart - 6 p. (oversize)
The dissipation of purely sound : an opera for [1988] 10.3 tape and time warp in three simultaneous parts
- typescript (computer printout) text by Sean Page 36
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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 [1991] 10.4
- photocopies of ethnic folksongs from various unidentified sources
- holograph notes
- holograph tape charts and tape cues
- pencil score - 4 p.
Face-à-Face [1994] 10.5
- pencil score - 6 p. on 4 leaves
Fish on! 1985 10.6
- 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)
Fugue for string quartette September 1955 10.7 Page 37
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- ink score - 4 p. on 2 l.
Jeu II [1985] 10.8
- holograph notes from recording sessions for flute (Robert Aitken) and viola (Rivka Golani)
Jeu IV [1991] 10.9
- photocopies of 2 Mozart works from unidentified sources
- holograph notes
- tape chart - 6 p.
- pencil score - 3 p. on 2 leaves
The living flame of love June 10, 1968 10.10
- 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
MacBeth 1983 10.11-10.14
- typescript equipment lists, production, recording and studio schedules, cue sheets
- holograph recording sessions notes, sound Page 38
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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 1984 10.15-10.17
- 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 Page 39
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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 March 1956 10.18
- 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
Notturno for violin and piano March 1955 10.19
- ink score - 5 p. on 2 l.
Ontario variation [1980] 10.20
- pencil sketches - 3 p.
- tape charts - 6 p.
Quaprice [1979] 10.21
- holograph notes, pencil and ink sketches Page 40
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- tape charts - 3p., score fragment - 4 p. (oversize)
Toronto Dance Theatre Commission 1982-1983 10.22
- 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)
Tre pezzi brevi 1961 10.23
- ink score - 3 p. (2 c.) (oversize)
Unidentified sketch [19--] 10.24
- holograph notes labelled ‘piano in score’
- holograph music sketch – 1 p.
PROPOSALS
RCI – Canada Council recording proposal 1980-1985 11.1
- correspondence, applications and brochures relating to applications for financial Page 41
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assistance for recording works of Canadian music
SOCAN proposal 1995 11.2
- holograph notes, Music Canada proposal, N. Beecroft’s curriculum vitae, completed SOCAN Foundation application
Videotaping proposals – NMC 1984-1987 11.3
- 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
CONFERENCES, COMMITTEES, WORKSHOPS
20 Years and After – Canadian League of February 19-21, 1971 11.4 Composers 20th Birthday Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
Canadian League of Composers Recording May 24, 1980 11.5 Seminar/Workshop: How to Get More Canadian Music Recorded and Sold Page 42
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Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee for 1983 11.6 Media Arts
International Symposium on the Problematic of October 23-26, 1972 11.7 Today’s Music Notation, Rome, Italy
National Choreographic Seminar, Banff Centre June 2-21, 1980 11.8 for Continuing Education, Banff, Alberta
ABOUT NORMA BEECROFT
Early education
University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of 1947-1955 11.9 Music – Exams
- some items include holograph annotations by N. Beecroft
University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of (1950-1957?) 11.10 Music – Exercise Books
Academy of St. Cecilia, Rome, Italy – papers May 1961 11.11
- Movements for piano and orchestra : Igor Stravinsky; Don Giovanni : Drama Page 43
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Giocoso in due atti di Wolfgang A. Mozart
Other
Beecroft, Norma. Miscellaneous news 1986-1995 11.12 clippings and articles mentioning N. Beecroft
Beecroft, Norma. Resumés 1991-1994 11.13
New Music Concerts. Season brochure and November 27, 1994 11.14 programme for Norma Beecroft : a portrait, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, November 27, 1994
- includes program notes by N. Beecroft
NORMA BEECROFT SOUND INC.
Incorporation documents, shares and share 1981-1990 12.1 register book, statement and seal
Celtic Arts recording [Lots of Fun at Finnegans 1982 12.2 Wake]
RCI Levin/Rosen recording [Crossroads and 1981-1982 12.3 Page 44
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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: [1977 or after] 12.5 Master with sounds (Rejects)
Bruce Mather: Master voice tracks; Mather - [1978] 12.6-12.8 tape 1; Bruce Mather - tape 2
- probably for Bruce Mather documentary broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, July 2, 1978
York U. Lessem Lecture cues [Historical 1997 12.9 perspectives on music and technology, Alan Lessem Memorial Lecture delivered at York University, Toronto, Ontario, March 20, 1997]
Reel to Reel Tapes (17.5 cm)
Karel [Husa?] [19--] 13.1 Page 45
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Freedman - July 17 [Harry Freedman [1969] 13.2 Anthology – RCI – broadcast on Thursday Music, July 17, 1969]
Freedman Archive Material – Material on 1977 13.3 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”
Iannis Xenakis. Paths leading to diversified July 6-7, 1977 13.4-13.7 systems of compositions. Lecture, Faculty of Music, [University of Toronto], Walter Hall
Mather – Master Interview [1978] 13.8-13.11
- probably for Bruce Mather documentary broadcast on CBC Radio’s Two New Hours, July 2, 1978
Choreographic Seminar [Banff Centre, Banff June 1980 13.12-13.14 Alberta]
Tchaikovsky variations; Mandala: a) analysis [June 1980] 14.1-14.2 material b) African piano; Mandala - 1st mix Page 46
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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 January 1994 14.4-14.6
- 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”
Videocassettes
[National] Choreographic Seminar, Banff, June 2-21, 1980 14.7-14.8 Alberta. Composer/ Choreographer Collaborations – Norma Beecroft
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MISCELLANEOUS
Canadian composers [1960s-1980s] 15.1
- reference/research file on various Canadian composers, arranged alphabetically
Miscellaneous items collected by N. Beecroft 1966-1994 15.2 including concert programmes, news clippings, list of contemporary music organizations and sample contract
Music of Today, CBC-FM - playlists October 1, 1969- 15.3-15.4
October 10, 1976
Printed Material
Les Cahiers de L’ARMuQ, no. 16 & 17 June 1995, June 1996 15.5-15.6
Canadian Association for Electro-Acoustic May 1983 15.7 Music News Letter, vol. I, no. 1
Canadian Music Educators’ Association News December 1979 15.8 Letter, no. 45
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Circuit : Revue Nord-Américaine de Musique 1996 15.9 du XX Siècle : Serge Garant, vol. VII, no. 2
CJRT-FM Inc. – Annual Reports 1991-1995 15.10
CJRT-FM Program Guide March 1993- 15.11-15.22
October 1994
ISCM World Music Days 1984 15.23
New Music Concerts – First International Tour 1976 15.24 – Final Report
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 1.4
- correspondence; mailing lists; financial; clippings; programmes; sheet music; miscellaneous
Tapes
Music of Today 4-7
- correspondence; mailing lists; programmes
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 1.7 RASAS; also The living flame of love; Fantasy for Strings)
CBC Commission Instrumentation, 1970 2.1
The Hollow Men (T.S. Eliot) 1956 - pencil 2.2 sketch and correspondence
‘Structures’ for Speaker, Chorus, Electronic 2.3 music and orchestra Page 3
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Miscellaneous ms pages (including 2.4 Structures; Concerto for Bob; Consequences for 5; CEE commission)
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 5.5
1) Victory loan show
2) Studies in line
3) Bridal suite
Pierre Boulez 5.6
Maderna 5.7
John Weinzweig 5.8-5.10
Lutoslawski interview 5.11
Schafer “Music in the cold” 5.12 Page 6
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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 6.7
1) Gilles Lefebvre (Paris)
2) Harvey Hart (Toronto)
Beckwith...tape 2-3 6.8-6.9 Page 7
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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+ [1975] 1.1-1.2
- master electronic cues 15 ips
- 7-1/2 ips dub of electronic cues from master
Cantorum vitae 1980 1.3
- master 2 channel of electronic part 7-1/2 ips
Collage ‘76 1982 1.4-1.5
- electronic cues at 15 ips - master
- filtered to reduce tape hiss - electronic cues at 15 ips
Collage ‘78 1978 1.6
- 2 electronic cues, master mix at 7.5 ips
The dream [19--] 1.7
- 15 ips master of ballet score Page 3
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commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre, but never performed
From dreams of brass 1965 2.1-2.4
- 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
Hedda: a ballet score for orchestra and tape, 1982-1983 2.5-4.3 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
- 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) Page 4
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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 [1985] 4.5-5.1
- 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
Jeu II 1985 5.2-5.4
- 30 ips copy of electronic tape from digital
- 15 ips copy NAB from digital
- original digital master of electronic tape
Jeu de Bach 1985 5.5-6.2
- 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 Page 5
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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 1982 6.3-6.4
- ¼” master of electronic cues, 15 ips
- 3 electronic cues, filtered dynamically and eq’d in December ‘82 - 15 ips, with leader
Quaprice 1979(?) or 6.5
- ¼” electronic cues Master - 15 ips 1980(?)
- ¼” 2nd generation safety copy of electronic cues
Rasas II 1973-1975 7.1-7.3
- 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
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Rasas III 1974(?) 7.4
- ¼” master of 7 electronic cues, 15 ips
Two went to sleep 1980 7.5-7.6
- ¼” tape of electronics portion, mix 3, 15 ips
- ¼” electronic portion, eq’d and filtered
Undersea fantasy 1967 7.7
- electronic score commissioned by Dora and Leo Velleman, puppeteers, for Expo ‘67, 7-1/2 ips
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 [1992]-October 20, 1.1
- research material 1992
Canadian Composer Retrospective Week: the August 17, 1992- 1.2-1.3 life and music of Murray Adaskin February 7, 1993 - correspondence and research material
- typescript (computer printout) script of documentary which aired January 21 and 24, 1993
The legacy of Igor Stravinsky January 28, 1.4
- photocopy of entry on I. Stravinsky from February 4, 1993 an unidentified source
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments of scripts for parts 1 and 2
John Weinzweig at 80 February 10, 1993- 1.5
- typescript (computer printout) with March 11, 1993 holograph annotations script fragment Page 3
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- letter, programs and news releases regarding J. Weinzweig retrospectives
CJRT-FM program guide February 1995 1.6
- includes advertising and listings for Canadian Composers Retrospective on N. Beecroft
- includes additional copy
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 [1982], April 19, 1.7-2.6 and Crossroads by Greg Levin 1982-June 6, 1982 - includes tapes labelled “Reject takes” and “safety copy”
Master tapes for 1983 Stratford Festival 1983 3.1-7.2 production of MacBeth; the production of the Page 4
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE 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 1984 7.3-11.3 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
Background music produced by N. Beecroft 1985 11.4-11.6
Sound on commission from TV Ontario for 13 week series Fish on
Master tapes for Bloomsday recording released 1982 12.1-13.2 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 Page 5
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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: January 20, 23, 1994 13.5-14.1 Documentary on Violet Archer produced for CJRT-FM, Toronto
- includes script
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 January 19, 1995 14.2 Ensemble Moderne (part 2?)
Lithuanian music today September 21, 1995 14.3 Page 6
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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 December 7, 1995 14.6 Bruno Maderna
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 March 28, 1996 15.3 Murray Adaskin on the occasion of his 90th birthday
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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
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Accession No: 729/02.16
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
SOUND RECORDINGS
Reel-to-reel audiotapes:
11 and 7 for 5+ [1975] 1.1-1.2
- master electronic cues 15 ips
- 7-1/2 ips dub of electronic cues from master
Cantorum vitae 1980 1.3
- master 2 channel of electronic part 7-1/2 ips
Collage ‘76 1982 1.4-1.5
- electronic cues at 15 ips - master
- filtered to reduce tape hiss - electronic cues at 15 ips
Collage ‘78 1978 1.6
- 2 electronic cues, master mix at 7.5 ips
The dream [19--] 1.7
- 15 ips master of ballet score commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre, Page | 3
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
but never performed
From dreams of brass 1965 2.1-2.4
- 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
Hedda: a ballet score for orchestra and tape, 1982-1983 2.5-4.3 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
- 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 Page | 4
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- ½” master of electronic portion of score with time code - performance tape
Jeu II [1985] 4.5-5.1
- 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
Jeu II 1985 5.2-5.4
- 30 ips copy of electronic tape from digital
- 15 ips copy NAB from digital
- original digital master of electronic tape
Jeu de Bach 1985 5.5-6.2
- 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) Page | 5
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Piece for Bob 1982 6.3-6.4
- ¼” master of electronic cues, 15 ips
- 3 electronic cues, filtered dynamically and eq’d in December ‘82 - 15 ips, with leader
Quaprice 1979(?) or 6.5
- ¼” electronic cues Master - 15 ips 1980(?)
- ¼” 2nd generation safety copy of electronic cues
Rasas II 1973-1975 7.1-7.3
- 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
Rasas III 1974(?) 7.4
- ¼” master of 7 electronic cues, 15 ips
Two went to sleep 1980 7.5-7.6
- ¼” tape of electronics portion, mix 3, 15 ips
- ¼” electronic portion, eq’d and filtered Page | 6
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Undersea fantasy 1967 7.7
- electronic score commissioned by Dora and Leo Velleman, puppeteers, for Expo ‘67, 7-1/2 ips
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 1983 3.1-7.2 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) Page | 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 1984 7.3-11.3 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
Background music produced by N. Beecroft 1985 11.4-11.6
Sound on commission from TV Ontario for 13 week series Fish on
Master tapes for Bloomsday recording released 1982 12.1-13.2 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 Page | 8
and 2 labelled “Finnegan’s Wake”
- final tape labelled “Rejects” and “Prog. 3. Maderna”