Archives and Special Collections
Fonds F0194 - George Coutts fonds.
Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU SPC F0194
Title
George Coutts fonds.
Date(s)
- [ca. 1910-1985] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.79 m of textual records.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian organist, pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland on August 6, 1888. Moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1911, where he taught at the Academy of Music and at Woodstock (Ontario) College. Head of the Regina Conservatory piano department, ca. 1921-1928; studied in England, 1928-1929; organist Chalmers United Church (Vancouver, British Columbia) and conductor of the Brahms Choir and the Little Symphony (later the Vancouver Junior Symphony), ca. 1931-1940; organist-choirmaster at various Toronto churches, 1940-1959. Adjudicated throughout Canada and taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto and University of Toronto. Wrote for organ, piano, violin and piano, choir and solo voice. Died in Toronto on April 28, 1962. (Summary of Maud McLean's entry in the Encyclopedia of music in Canada. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1981.)
Repository
Archival history
Donated by William E. Abray in 1986.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscript scores of compositions for organ, piano, violin and piano, chorus, and solo voice; programs for various recitals and concerts, some relating to Eunice M. Coutts; newsclippings of articles about G. Coutts; scrapbook; and published work.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
File level inventory available at repository.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
ckey
3314862