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Howard Cable fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0058 · Fonds · 1937-2006

Fonds consists of variety of materials spanning majority of Howard Cable's professional life including: correspondence; financial materials such as budgets, payroll sheets, and account statements; royalty statements and contracts (some with riders); manuscript sketches and scores as well as published scores of works composed, co-authored, or arranged by Howard Cable including those based on Canadian folk music and those used in large-scale productions such as Canadian National Exhibition Grandstand shows and General Motors automobile shows; scripts and playlists for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television programmes as well as theatrical productions; programmes, promotional material and newsclippings related to productions or performances in which Howard Cable participated; administrative materials (e.g., meeting minutes, proposals, etc.) concerning professional associations or committees with which Howard Cable was involved; academic programmes and other materials related to courses or clinics taught by Howard Cable; some graphical materials such as technical drawings concerning stage schematics for Sea to Sea, Expo 67 and Canada Day shows in particular; photographs primarily relating to major productions with which Howard Cable was involved such as CNE Grandstand show Sea to Sea; and sound recordings of works that Howard Cable either composed or produced. MsC 300 consists of five orchestral parts/arrangements of popular songs by Howard Cable.

Cable, Howard Reid
George Coutts fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0194 · Fonds · [ca. 1910-1985]

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.

Coutts, George
John Reid fonds
CA ACU SPC F0127 · Fonds · 1981-2021

Fonds consists of materials relating to courses John Reid instructed and his role in founding and directing the Jazz Is Society of Alberta, radio scripts for CJAY 92FM jazz program Jazz Space (April 3, 1981 - March 8, 1987) and Jazz Spectrum (March 15, 1987 - September 1, 1991), and ten notebooks with notes on jazz recording albums considered for review in J. Reid's column in Calgary Sun newspaper.

Reid, John Charles
R. Murray Schafer fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0184 · Fonds · 1956-2001

Fonds consists of manuscripts ranging from preliminary work and sketches to full scores. Includes orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal and operatic music. Composer's program notes for some compositions and photonegatives of some scores are present. Compositions represented include among others Lustro (a triptych comprising Divan i Shams i Tabriz, Music for the Morning of the World and Beyond the Great Gate of Light), Son of Heldenleben, Canzoni for Prisoners, Minnelieder, Sappho, Gita, Requiems for the Party Girl (from Patria II), television opera Loving, The darkly splendid earth, The falcon's trumpet, Gitanjali and Music for a Montreal solstice. Also includes programs, brochures, pamphlets, posters, publicity, reviews, articles and other newsclippings relating to R.M. Schafer and/or his work and lectures, workshops and symposia in which he participated.

Schafer, Raymond Murray
Ben Steinberg fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0185 · Fonds · 1954-2018

Fonds consists of manuscript scores of compositions, adaptations and arrangements by B. Steinberg, correspondence, programs, posters, newspaper clippings, contracts, radio scripts, reviews, published works, material relating to B. Steinberg's activities as composer/scholar-in-residence, lecturer, conductor, etc., and sound recordings.

Steinberg, Ben
Malcolm Forsyth fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0182 · Fonds · 1951-2011

Fonds consists of records related to the professional and personal life of Malcolm Forsyth that reveal the many aspects of his career as music composer and arranger, conductor and music director, educator, and scholar. The fonds is arranged into seven record series: Music Composing series consisting of music sketches and scores composed by Forsyth, and other records related to his compositions (1960-2010); Music Arranging series consisting of music sketches and scores arranged by Forsyth, and related material (1960-2011); Music Business series consisting of records related to the business and administrative aspects of Forsyth’s music career (1957-2010); Other Musical Activities series consisting of sound recordings of Forsyth’s works, sound recordings of interviews with him, records related to his teaching, conducting, and adjudicating activities, and concert programs of his works (1961-2010); Scholarship series consisting of records related to Forsyth’s music education and his academic career (1960-2000); Personal series consisting of biographies, curriculum vitae, photographs, and art sketches (1960-2010); and Correspondence series consisting of professional and personal correspondence (1967-2011).

Forsyth, Malcolm
Manus Sasonkin fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0122 · Fonds · 1940-1990

Fonds consists of manuscripts ranging from preliminary work and sketches to full scores. Includes orchestral, chamber and solo music. Compositions represented include Notturno for string orchestra, opus 29, Musica post prandia, opus 31, Sinfonia concertante, opus 34, and Escalations for harpsichord, opus 41.

Sasonkin, Manus
William A. McCauley fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0112 · Fonds · 195-?-1999

Fonds consists of correspondence and financial records; published work; sound recordings; concert programs; newsclippings of articles about W. A. McCauley; manuscripts of music sketches, scores and instrumental parts. Compositions include incidental music for stage, radio, television and film; works for orchestra, concert band, chamber ensembles, chorus and voice; and educational pieces for piano. Shotlists and commentaries accompany some incidental music.

McCauley, William
Norma Beecroft fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0110 · Fonds · 1947-2005

Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts, ranging from notes and sketches to full scores, of orchestral, chamber and choral music as well as manuscripts of lectures and radio scripts about various Canadian composers; material about N. Beecroft and her career including items from her early education, newsclippings, articles, brochures and programmes; sound recordings of compositions by N. Beecroft, as well as of interviews, documentaries and tapes produced by Norma Beecroft Sound Inc. including master tapes for several Stratford Festival productions; videocassettes from the National Choreographic Seminar at the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, 1980; correspondence, financial records and other material relating to Beecroft/Maki Productions and to various music programs such as Ten Centuries Programs, Music of Today and Passage of the 20th Century, with which N. Beecroft was associated, particularly at CJRT-FM Radio, Toronto, Ontario; proposals, conferences, committees and workshops in which N. Beecroft was involved; material relating to Norma Beecroft Sound Inc.; and other miscellaneous material.

Beecroft, Norma
Jean Anderson-Wuensch fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0106 · Fonds · 1960-2005

Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscript scores of compositions for concert band, full orchestra, string and chamber orchestras, chorus, accompanied voice and various chamber ensembles; manuscripts of lectures; published work; programs of recitals and concerts featuring compositions by J. Anderson-Wuensch; and newsclippings of articles about the composer.

Anderson-Wuensch, Jean