Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1937-1997, predominant 1973-1997 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
6 cm of textual records. -- 2 audio cassettes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Noel Cook, 1917-[after 1999] , was born in Vancouver and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He was the son of well-known Calgary musician Ethel Archbutt Cook. In 1937 he left Canada to study the cello at the Royal College of Music in London, England. He changed his name to Noel Taylor in about 1939, as a tribute to his mother, whose family name was Taylor. During the Second World War he served in the RAF and RCAF, then returned to Canada where he played cello for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for two years. He moved permanently to England in 1947, and played for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Covent Garden Opera and Boyd Neal Orchestra. He stopped playing for health reasons, and subsequently became a recording studio engineer.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Noel Taylor, 1990, 1992, 1999.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of research notebooks (ca. 1973-1977), books he wrote on astronomy (1984, 1991, 1997), his recordings of J.S. Bach : Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello (1974), and miscellaneous programs and newsclippings (1937-1975).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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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
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
The sound cassettes are in M 8137 file 4.