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University of Toronto Music Library Walter Buczynski fonds CA OTUFM 31 © University of Toronto Music Library 2019 Walter Buczynski fonds University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 31 Contents Biographical history ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Walter Buczynski fonds ................................................................................................................................. 3 Series A: Compositions.................................................................................................................................. 3 Series B: Correspondence and programs .................................................................................................... 13 2 Walter Buczynski fonds University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 31 Biographical history Walter Buczynski, pianist, composer and teacher, was born in Toronto on December 17, 1933. He studied internationally, with Darius Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger, among others. From 1962 until 1969, he taught piano and theory at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, before moving to the University of Toronto, where he taught piano, theory and composition at from 1969 until his retirement in 1999. He is a prolific composer, and has often been commissioned by prominent Canadian artists and organizations. Walter Buczynski fonds Date range: 1945-2010 Extent: 2.5 m of textual records (20 boxes) Fonds consists of manuscript music; radio music and children's pieces; correspondence with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Canadian Music Centre (CMC), Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, performers, representatives of performing organizations, friends, colleagues, friends, colleagues, students; press notices and reviews; programs; Polish community activities; notebooks and journals. Series A: Compositions Date range: 1945-2008 Extent: 144 cm of textual records (12 boxes) Series consists of manuscript music and scores for Buczynski's radio music and children's pieces. Ident. Title Extent Date Location 1 Early works : songs and piano music 1 sketchbook + 1 file of textual 1945- Box 1 records : ink or pencil, 1949 transparencies and copies 2 Early works : songs and piano music 1 file of textual records : ink or 1950- Box 1 pencil, transparencies and copies 1953 3 7 Songs of cycle of youth, op. 3 : for 1 ms. score (18 p): ink [195- Box 1 voice and piano ?] 4 Sonata, violin and piano, op. 6 2 copies of violin part (3 p. each) 1954 Box 1 : ink and pencil 5 Trio 3 parts : ink, copy from 1954 Box 1 transparencies 6 Cycle of three songs 1 ms. score (8 p.) 1954 Box 1 7 String quartet 1 ms. score (various pagings) : 1955 Box 1 pencil 8 Sonata, viola and piano, op. 1 1 part (10 p.) : ink on 1955 Box 1 transparencies 9 4 Poems of Walter de la Mare : for 1 file of sketches : pencil 1955- Box 1 voice and piano 1956 3 Walter Buczynski fonds University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 31 10 May sketchbook 1 sketchbook : pencil and ink 1956 Box 1 11 Concerto, string orchestra, op. 12 1 sketchbook + 2 ms. scores + 4 1956 Box 1 parts : ink, and copies of transparencies 12 Suite for woodwind quintet 1 ms. score (various pagings) : 1956 Box 1 pencil + 4 parts : ink with pencil corrections, and copies of transparencies with pencil corrections 13 Mass, op. 15|Divertimento for 4 1 sketchbook : pencil + 2 parts : 1957 Box 1 solo instruments : Quartet, op. 16 copies from transparencies 14 Nonette, op. 16 : for flute, oboe, 1 file of sketches : pencil + 9 1957 Box 1 clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, parts : copies from violoncello and double bass transparencies 15 Quartet, piano, strings, op. 17 1 ms. score (4 p.) : pencil [195- Box 1 ?] 16 Pastoral & Gigue, op. 18 : for flute 1 ms. score (2 p.) : pencil [195- Box 1 and harp ?] 17 Adagio and allegro, op. 19 : for 1 ms. score (9 p.) : pencil + 5 1958 Box 1 trumpet and string quartet parts, copies of transparencies 18 Op. 20 : for string trio 3 parts : ink with pencil 1959 Box 1 corrections 19 Danse concertante, op. 20 : for 1 ms. score (3 p.) : ink [195- Box 1 orchestra ?] 20 Music written in Paris with Nadia 1 file of ms. scores and sketches : 1960- Box 2 Boulanger pencil and ink 1961 21 Chorale and five variations : for 1 ms. score ([4] p.) : pencil + 10 1960 Box 2 chamber orchestra? parts : ink on transparencies 22 Andante for string quartet 1 file of sketches : pencil and ink 1963 Box 2 23 Elegy for violin and piano : to 1 file of sketches : pencil 1963 Box 2 Kathleen Parlow 24 Times of the day : for piano 1 sketchbook, various pagings : 1963 Box 2 pencil 25 Festal Introit : for voice and organ 1 ms. score ([20]) p. : pencil 1963 Box 2 26 13 Preludes for piano ; Sonatine 1 sketchbook, unpaged : pencil 1963- Box 2 pour le piano 1964 27 4 Arabesques and dance : for flute 1 sketchbook, unpaged : pencil 1964 Box 2 and string orchestra 28 3 Impressions for orchestra 1 ms. score (24 p.) : pencil 1964 Box 2 29 Tryptych for orchestra 1 sketchbook, unpaged + 1 ms. 1964 Box 2 score (29 p.) : pencil 30 Suite for piano, une, deux, trois 1 file of sketches and ms. score : 1964 Box 2 pencil 31 Beztitula : for piano and orchestra 1 ms. score (15 p.) : ink 1964 Box 2 32 Index + Two ; Introduction of finger 1 file of sketches : pencil 1965 Box 2 three ; 4th finger ; Last and not least : for string quartet 33 Solitude; The owl : for piano 4 p. of music : photocopy 1965 Box 2 4 Walter Buczynski fonds University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 31 34 Mr. Rhinocerous and his musicians : 1 ms. score (24 p.) : pencil + 3 1965 Box 2 an opera for pre-school children. : typescripts (7, 9, 12 p.) for narrator, soprano, violin, violoncello, clarinet, bassoon, trombone and percussion 35 4 Corners of Gregory : for guitar 1 sketchbook, unpaged : pencil 1966 Box 2 36 Milosc =: Love : for voice, flute and 1 ms. score (7 p.) : pencil 1967 Box 2 piano 37 2 1/2 squares in a circle : for flute, 1 file of sketches : pencil 1967- Box 2 violin, violoncello and timpani 1972 38 Trio/67 : for clarinet, mandolin and 1 ms. score, unpaged : pencil 1967 Box 2 double bass 39 Piano sonata : dwieki = sounds 2 ms. scores (9, 17 p.) + 1 p. of 1967 Box 2 sketches : pencil, photocopy from transparencies 40 Iskry, for orchestra 1 file of sketches and scorings : 1969 Box 2 pencil 41 4 Movements for piano and strings 1 ms. score (7, 33, 33 p.) + 1 file 1969 Box 2 of sketches : pencil 42 Children's pieces : radio and tv 2 boxes of notebooks, sketches 1965- Boxes 3- music : for various ensembles and scripts : pencil and 1973 4 typescripts 43 7 Miniatures for orchestra 1 ms. score (42,1 p.) : pencil 1970 Box 5 44 On demand : for flute [2] p. of music : ink 1970 Box 5 45 Three-part invention for modern 1 ms. score (33 p.) + 1 file of 1970 Box 5 dance ; Study for A Song in the sketches : pencil distance : for clarinet, strings and percussion 47 Text for orchestra : for various 1 ms. score (101 p.) + 1 file of 1971 Box 5 soloists and orchestra sketches : pencil 48 Zeroing in : burlesque for piano, 1 ms. score (14 p.) + 7 p. of 1971 Box 5 tape, voice sketches : pencil 49 Zeroing in #2 : distractions and 1 ms. score (36 p.) + 1 file of 1971 Box 5 then... : for orchestra sketches : pencil 50 Zeroing in #3 : a piece in progress : 1 ms. score (50 p.) + 1 file of 1972 Box 5 for string quartet and orchestra sketches : MS :pencil 51 Zeroing in #4 : for soprano, flute, 1 ms. score (38 p.) : pencil 1972 Box 5 piano and orchestra 52 Dictionary of mannerisms : Zeroing 1 file of sketches : pencil 1972 Box 5 #5 : for piano 52a Zeroing in : zeroing out : for piano 1 file of sketches : pencil 1973 Box 5 53 From the Buczynski book of the 1 file of sketches : pencil 1972 Box 5 living : a chamber opera in 8 scenes : for tenor or baritone and soprano or alto, piano, clarinet and percussion. 54 27 pieces for a 27 minute show : for 1 file of sketches : pencil 1973 Box 5 piano 5 Walter Buczynski fonds University of Toronto Music Library CA OTUFM 31 55 Three against many : for flute, 1 ms. score (28 p.) : pencil 1973 Box 5 clarinet, bassoon and orchestra 56 Trio 74 : for harp, bass clarinet and 1 ms. score (6 p.) : pencil + 3 1974 Box 5 double bass parts : copy with pencil corrections 57 Duo for double bass and piano 1 ms. score (various pagings) : 1974 Box 5 pencil 58 Sextet 74 : for violin, cello, flute, 7 p. of sketches : pencil 1974 Box 5 piano, timpani and percussion 59 Consortium : for soprano, counter- 1 file of sketches : pencil 1974 Box 5 tenor, tenor, and bass. Performers also play early instruments 60 Concerto, violin, violoncello, and 1 piano ms. score (various 1975 Box 6 orchestra pagings) + 2 parts in 1 (13 p.) : pencil 61 Two pieces for woodwind quintet : 1 ms. score (12 p.) + 1 file of 1975 Box 6 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon sketches : pencil and horn 62 Mass : for SATB chorus (divisi) and 1 file of sketches : pencil 1975- Box 6 wind quintet 1976 63 Lyric, for piano and orchestra 1 file of sketches : pencil 1976 Box 6 64 Olympics '76 : for brass quintet 1 file of sketches : pencil 1976 Box 6 65 Legend for string orchestra ; 1 ms. score (various pagings) + 2 1976 Box 6 Legends, no. 2-12 : for high school files of sketches : pencil orchestra 66 Ars romantica : for string orchestra 1 ms. score (16 p.) + 1 file of 1976 Box 6 sketches : pencil 67 Three Serenades : for chamber 1 ms. score (22 p.) + 1 file of 1976 Box 6 ensemble sketches : pencil 68 Rhapsody for two horns and string 1 ms. score (20 p.) + 2 parts in 1 1976 Box 6 orchestra (16 p.) + 1 file of sketches : pencil 69 Peggy's song : for piano 2 p.