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The Organizing Committee h a s met s e v e r a l times s i n c e i t s incep- t i o n i n June, 1973. Because of t h e d i s t a n c e s r e p r e s e n t e d by members, it h a s been d i f f i c u l t f o r t h e e n t i r e committee t o meet, b u t we

have been keeping i n touch with each o t h e r , Hans Burndorfer, Van- couver, t h e most i s o l a t e d member, having been brought up t o d a t e on s e v e r a l occasions,

The y e a r began w i t h t e n t a t i v e p l a n s f o r t h e Iaml conference

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naming of a s i t e , t h e d a t e s , t h e type of e n t e r t a i n m e n t and a c t i v i t i e s , a l l t o be proposed t o t h e UkiL Council a t i t s meeting i n London,

August, 1973.

The Committee agreed t h a t t h e most c e n t r a l and probably most tour i s t i c a l l y a t t r a c t i v e c i t y f o r t h e conf e r n c e would be Piontreal and t h a t e i t h e r June o r August, t h e most p r a c t i c a l month t o hold it.

There was some d i s c u s s i o n with r e g a r d t o t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Nusic Council meeting t o be held i n Canada i n October of 1975. It was agreed t h a t because of wishes a s expressed through i t s S e c r e t a r y General, Harald Heckmann, t h e meeting would have to be held a t a d i f f e r e n t time and under s e p a r a t e auspices.

Preliminary d i s c u s s i o n s were held with r e s p e c t t o t h e budget r e q u i r e d , b u t everything seemed superfluous u n t i l W i L ' s e x p e c t a t i o n s were f u l l y known,

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Keith Nacliillan, Helmut Kallmann and Kathleen Toomey , From t h e Council t h e Committee a s c e r t a i n e d t h a t E o n t r e a l would be t h e most a t t r a c t i v e s i t e , t h e d a t e s August 17

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1975, t h e most p r a c t i c a l f o r everyone concerned, and t h a t IAlNL d e l e g a t e s would e x p e c t no f i n a n c i a l backing from t h e Canadian A s s o c i a t i o n , nor could IAPL give any monetary a i d towards t h e Conference i t s e l f . The i n i t i a l meeting over, t h e v a r i o u s d e l e g a t e s went about t h e i r s e p a r a t e ways

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During t h e year lv,rs. D, Farquharson resigned a s s e c r e t a r y of t h e Organizing Committee because of n e r own p e r s o n a l work-load, and t h e inconvenience of t r a v e l i n g from Hamilton t o Piontreal o r Ottawa.

A t t h a t p o i n t , I asked Alena P a s c u a l , my s e n i o r a s s i s t a n t i n t h e

>IcGill h u s i c L i b r a r y , i f she would a c c e p t t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of

t a k i n g on t h e p o s i t i o n of s e c r e t a r y t o t h e Committee. I would l i k e t o thank I'Jrs, Farquharson f o r h e r work while she was s e c r e t a r y , and a l s o l r s . P a s c u a l f o r t h e work she has done and w i l l do a s the y e a r

s o r g r e s s e s .

From September to May, s e v e r a l ad hoc meetings were h e l d t o e s t a b l i s h a working budget, t o p r e p a r e background i n f o r m a t i o n and to d e s i g n c o n c e r t and e n t e r t a i n m e n t programmeso NcGill U n i v e r s i t y

c o n f e r e n c e f a c i l i t i e s have been r e s e r v e d , i n a d d i t i o n t o 250 rooms i n the Royal V i c t o r i a C o l l e g e Residence, and 50 double-occupancy rooms i n t h e C o n s t e l l a t i o n H o t e l , on t h e c o r n e r of Sherbrooke and P e e l , r i g h t next-door t o K c G i l l

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I have e n c l o s e d a copy of t h e information-booklet s e n t t o t h e S e c r e t a r y of S t a t e , t h e Department of e t e r n a l A f f a i r s and t h e Canada C o u n c i l , a l o n g w i t h c o p i e s of l e t t e r s from K e i t h IJlacPiillan s o l i c i t i n g

s u p p o r t f o r o u r conference

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from t h e Organizing Committee t o P r i n c i p a l B e l l , K c G i l l U n i v e r s i t y and Kayor J e a n Drapeau of N o n t r e a l , and

a l e t t e r t o Ron Napier, of t h e Canadian Nusic C o u n c i l r e q u e s t i n g h i s o f f i c i a l s u p p o r t of o u r A s s o c i a t i o n i n i t s p r o j e c t .

A s we move i n t o t h e f i n a l y e a r of p r e p a r a t i o n I can f o r e s e e a very a c t i v e y e a r f o r t h e committee members, e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e i n

& l o n t r e a l . I e x p e c t t h e McGill S p e c i a l Events C f f i c e to b e a r most of t h e burden, as t h e y have promised, t h u s f r e e i n g CAbZ members from much of t h e busy-work of o r g a n i z i n g t h e Conference.

Immediate p l a n s c e n t r e around t h e p r e p a r a t i o n of i n f o r m a t i o n to be given o u t a t t h e I A U Congress i n Jerusalem, August, 1974, and a t t h e YZA meeting i n February, 1975, and i n a d d i t i o n , t h e c o m p i l a t i o n of t h e pre-conference l e a f l e t t o be mailed t o t h e e n t i r e membership n e x t Nobember.

I n c o n c l u s i o n , I would l i k e t o thank t h e members of t h e Organizing Committee f o r i t s work throughout t h e y e a r and hope t h a t a l l goes

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Kathleen h. Toomey,Go-ordinating C hairman

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t o cover t h e c o s t of l o n g d i s t a n c e c a l l s to Toronto, Cttawa, Vancouver, Quebec C i t y , New York and t o t h e WJ, S e c r e t a r y i n F r a n k f u r t

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San Juan, P. R , , February, 1975 i i ) t o permit t h e f o u r members of t h e Organizing Committee t o a t t e n d pre-WlL 1975 meetings.

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The kork of t h i s committee i s now completed. The m a n u s c r i ~ t of t h e cumulation, uc,der t h e t i t l e , An t n s t a n t - c a t a l o g u e of Canadia;

n u s i c , was accepted t y the U n i v e r s i t y of Toronto P r e s s , and i s p r e s e n t l y i n t h e hands of the Canadian Humanities Research C o u n c i l , t o vhon it ^was s u t l n i t t e d f o r f u n d i n g a s s i s t a n c e ,

The p r e l i l . i n a r y siork of s e l e c t i n g and groupin; t h e items from h n t e s -jaz c!one \7:i Lr. Kzllmann, whom I wisii t o thzrik f o r h i s major c o n t r i b u t i o n ,

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p u r s u a n t t o having it p u t l i s h e u on Lehalf of t h e banaclian A ~ s o c i a t i o n of i.Ausir: ~ i b r a r i e s / A s s o c i a t i o n i a n a d i e n n e a e s ~ i ~ l i o t h b q u e s Z u s i c a l e s . ;X. H. S c h o e f f e l , S e n i o r House a d i t o r , E d i t o r i a l b e p a r t -

c e n t has t e e n t h e CM.L c o n t a c t a t t h e P r e s s .

I n t h e f a l l of 1973 two r e a d e r s were provided w i t h c o p i e s of t h e Catalogue Ly t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Toronto P r e s s . Each reviewed t h e manuscript f a v o u r a t l y and made a few s u t d e s t i o n s f o r s l i t h t

r e v i s i o n s t o the t e x t , T h i s s p r i n g , a c o p j was forwarded t o a r e a d e r f o r tine Zurnanities Eiesearch C o u n c i l , t h e uoay t o which t h e Univer- s i t y of Toront.0 p r e s s made a p p l i c a t i o n f o r a s s i s t a n c e i n t h e p u t l i - c a t i o n of t h e C a t a l o ~ u e . T h i s t k i r d r e a d e r s i m i l a r l y reviewed t h e x o r k p o s i t i v e l y , and, as w i t h t h e f i r s t . t w o r a a d e r s , o f f e r e d some

s u g g e s t i o n s f o r s l i g h t a l t e r a t i o n t o t h e manuscript. Copies of t h e r e a d e r s ' r e p o r t s were r e c e i v e d i n Gay from l b . S c h o e f f e l , w i t h a r e q u e s t f o r a s w e l l a s a summary of t h e r e v i s i o n s which Lynne Jarman was prepared t o make t o t h e manuscript.

I n l a t e La;-, Lynne Jarman and I reached t h e conclusion t h a t it would be a p p r o p r i a t e f o r h e r t o assume r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r communi- c a t i o n w i t h hr. S c h o e f f e l and l i a i s o n w i t h t h e A s s o c i a t i o n r e g a r d i n g t h e Catalogue. Fk. S c h o e f f e l h a s been advised of t h i s change and of t h e new Loard of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n .

On June 4, 1974 a t a Eoard meeting of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Toronto P r e s s , f u n d s were r e l e a s e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e Catalogue and an announcement was rvade r e g a r d i n g t h e subsidy from t h e Humanities Research Council. I n mid-June, Lynne Jarman signed t h e ' P u b l i s h e r s Agreement Form' and a s s i g n e d t h e r o y a l t y r i g h t s f o r t h e p u b l i c a t i o n t o t h e A s s o c i a t i o n .

The f i n a l r e v i s i o n of t h e manuscript w i l l . t a k e p l a c e i n J u l y , and t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Toronto P r e s s e x p e c t s t o p u b l i s h t h e C a t a ~ o . w e i n t h e f a l l .

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monograph t i t l e s t o be s e a r c h e d , 42 have been completed.

The E d i t o r h a s h i g h hopes of f i n i s h i n g t h e i n i t i a l work of s e a r c h i r ~ g by W i n t e r , 1974.. P u b l i c a t i o n p r e p a r a t i o n s c a n t h e n be completed by S p r i n g , 1975. The e d i t o r i s g r a t e f u l t o a l l t h o s e who have a s s i s t e d i n t h e p r o j e c t , w i t h s p e c i a l thanks t o D r . Helmut Kallmann and t o Dale Ward f o r t h e i r s p e c i a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s .

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F o n t e s l i s t

The Canadian s e c t i o n of t h e n L i s t e s61ective11 c o v e r i n g t h e

p e r i o d from J a n u a r y , 19'71, t o October, 1973, was s e n t t o

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1973, f o r p u b l i c a t i o n i n F o n t e s Artis Nusicae.

Back p u b l i c a t i o n s

There a r e very few a v a i l a b l e c o p i e s of back p u b l i c a t i o n s . S i n c e CLA h o l d s t h e c o p y r i g h t on most of them, t h e y have t o be ordered

through CLA. The o n l y items t h a t CANL h a s a v a i l a b l e a r e c o p i e s of t h e most r e c e n t n e w s l e t t e r s , and f o u r c o p i e s of Canadian-built 1 9 t h

c e n t u r y m u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s , a c h e c k l i s t , compiled by Helmut Kallmann.

Miss l a r l e n e Jenkinson P u b l i c a t i o n s S e c r e t a r y

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eanadian music published up

Committee chairman: Helmut Kallmann

A y e a r ago t h e total number of d a t a s h e e t s f illei' i n was 4544.

This included 2661 f o r music t h a t had been i n s p e c t e d and 1883 f o r

"unseenn items, i.e. items found i n c a t a l o g u e s o r r e p o r t e d through correspondence.

The c u r r e n t f i g u r e s (June

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1974) a r e 6869 f o r t h e t o t a l ; 4985 f o r t h e "seen" and 1884 f o r t h e "unseen" items. This dramatic i n c r e a s e i s due t o t h e f a c t t h a t t h e National L i b r a r y ' s I~iusic Divi- s i o n was a b l e t o a s s i g n some tenporary summer s t a f f and some r e g u l a r s t a f f t o t h e t a s k of c o n p l e t i n g t h e d a t a s h e e t l i s t i n g of i t s e n t i r e c o l l e c t i o n . (The National L i b r a r y has a l a r g e number of boxes w i t h items t r a n s f e r r e d from o t h e r government s o u r c e s , such a s t h e L i b r a r y of Parliament. These a r e opened a few a t a t b . e and i t i s l i k e l y t h a t more music w i l l come t o l i g h t . This much t o q u a l i f y t h e term

" e n t i r e c o l l e c t i o n ' ! . ) The IJletro Toronto I u s i c L i b r a r y , Queent S

U n i v e r s i t y and Lr. P e t e r Cheetham have s e n t a d d i t i o n a l d a t a s h e e t s f o r t h e i r c o l l e c t i o n s . Data s h e e t s have a l s o been made up f o r a c o l l e c t i o n a t York U n i v e r s i t y , f o r Lawrence Lande' S new C h e c k l i s t of e a r l s music r e l a t i n g t o Canada and f o r p a r t of Kaurice ~ i l l e n e u v e '

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now acquired by t h e U n i v e r s i t 6 de l<ontr6al.

Over t h e y e a r s i t has become apparent t h a t t h e t o t a l number of p i e c e s , published i n Canada up to l921 o r by Canadian composers published abroad, i s much l a r g e r than a n t i c i p a t e d . Nevertheless, it seems reasonable t o e s t i m a t e t h a t our p r o j e c t has covered about 00$ of t h e t o t a l production. 'dhere w i l l we f i n u t h e remaining 20$?

Some i s i n l i b r a r i e s o r i n p r i v a t e c o l l e c t i o n s which we have n o t y e t l i s t e d , Some w i l l come t o l i g h t a s w e a c q u i r e music from p r i v a t e

sources o r rummage s a l e s , and a s c o l l e c t o r s l i k e Lawrence Lande

continue t o b u i l d up t h e i r c o l l e c t i o n s . There w i l l never be an end ! ,Je s h a l l a l s o f i l l i n more "unseen" items from p u b l i s h e r s ' c a t a l o g u e s o r t h e advertisements on "seen" s h e e t music, and from such c a t a l o g u e s a s NYPL? LEC o r t h e Catalogue of Canadian Composers. A s c o p i e s of:

t h e a c t u a l music t u r n up, t h e "unseen" d a t a s h e e t s w i l l be r e p l a c e d by "seenN ones. I n any case: v o l u n t e e r s a r e s t i l l welcomed!

A s t o t h e use made of t h e e x i s t i n g 6869 s h e e t s , it i s t r u e t h a t they a r e a unique s e t , s t o r e d a t t h e National L i b r a r y , although s t r i c t l y speaking stillCAIiiZts property. A t t h e National Library they a r e used q u i t e f r e q u e n t l y . They h e l p u s t o s e l e c t items f o r a c q u i s i t i o n ; theg h e l p u s t o answer i n q u i r i e s about t h e o u t p u t df s p e c i f i c composers, e.g. Clarence Lucas, dm, D e l a n e ~ , 'd. 0. F o r s y t h ,

C.A.E. Harriss i n r e c e n t months. The i n q u i r e r s a r e o f t e n graduate s t u d e n t s o r c o n t r i b u t o r s t o t h e Encyclopedia of Kusic i n Canada.

O t h e r s a r e looking f o r a p p r o p r i a t e music f o r h i s t o r i c a l p l a y s , f i l m s o r broadcasts. For such q u e s t i o n s we r e f e r

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by-product of the C e n t s n n i a l P r o j e c t : Musical Canadians, a s u b j e c t index. Me are maintaining a master copy of t h e index a t the N a t i o n a l

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L i b r a r y which i s continuously up-dated.

The time has come t o consider t h e f u t u r e of t h e completed d a t a s h e e t s . A t p r e s e n t t h e r e a r e two l i m i t a t i o n s : t h e r e i s only a unique s e t and t h e approach i s by composer only (and, of c o u r s e , t i t l e f o r anonymous compositions). There i s a c e r t a i n amount of cross-ref eren- c i n g , t o d e a l w i t h pseudonyms, j o i n t a u t h o r s h i p , o r works by f o r e i g n composers arranged by Canadians. The f i r s t shortcoming could be overcome by t h e production of microcards. However, t h i s would l o c k t h e a l p h a b e t i c a l order: a l l d a t a s h e e t s added l a t e r on would have t o be f i l e d s e p a r a t e l y and i s s u e d a s a supplement, o r the e n t i r e microcard s e t would have t o be replaced p e r i o d i c a l l y . It would be f a r b e t t e r t o computerize t h e p r o j e c t so t h a t m u l t i p l e approaches would be p o s s i b l e , e.g. under name of p u b l i s h e r , year of p u b l i c a t i o n , musical medium, name of poet. 14e have received an informal o f f e r of this kind from t h e ~ n i v e r s i t 6 de ~ m n t r 6 a l ' S riuscad 2 p r o j e c t t o i n t e g r a t e our d a t a s h e e t s i n t o t h i r p r o j e c t of computerized informa- t i o n s t o r a g e on Canadian music. It i s n o t t h e only p o s s i b i l i t y , b u t t h e time has come t o examine t h e twin problems of d u p l i c a t i o n of t h e d a t a s h e e t s and m u l t i p l e approach t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l p i e c e s of music.

Nith permission and p a r t i c i p a t i o n of t h e executive. I should l i k e t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e s .

One o t h e r expansion of t h e p r o j e c t deserves c o n s i d e r a t i o n . The y e a r s from 1922 t o 1952 r e q u i r e s i m i l a r t r e a t m e n t t o f i l l t h e gap

between our p r o j e c t and t h e beginning of Canadiana. A t t h e N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y we have begun t o make up d a t a s h e e t s f o r t h i s p e r i o d ,

u s i n g t h e same form (changed from Itto 1921t1 t o " p o s t 1921" and I should l i k e t o ask o t h e r CAML members i n f u t u r e t o submit d a t a s h e e t s f o r m a t e r i a l s of t h e 1922-1952 period a s well.

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RIdIM ( R g p e r t o i r e I n t e r n a t i o n a l d l I c o n o g r a p h i e M u s i c a l e ) i s , l i k e RISM and R I L M , a j o i n t v e n t u r e o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l M u s i c o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y and o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n o f Music L i b r a r i e s , b u t w i t h t h e added c o l l a b o r a t i o n o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Council o f Museums. I t s C O - p r e s i d e n t s a r e D r . B a r r y S. Brook o f t h e USA f o r

I N , D r . H a r a l d Heckman o f Germany f o r IAML and Mme G. de Chambure o f F r a n c e f o r ICOM.

A t t h e i n a u g u r a l s e s s i o n s h e l d i n S t . G a l l , S w i t z e r l a n d i n August, 1 9 7 1 , and as r e p o r t e d i n MLA N o t e s , v.28, n . 4 , J u n e 1972, D r . Brook s t a t e d :

II It i s d e s i g n e d t o a s s i s t p e r f o r m e r s , h i s t o r i a n s , l i b r a r i a n s , i n s t r u m e n t b u i l d e r s , r e c o r d m a n u f a c t u r e r s , and book p u b l i s h e r s t o make f u l l e s t u s e o f v i s u a l m a t e r i a l s r e l a t i n g t o music. T h i s i s t o be accomplished by deve- l o p i n g methods o f a c c u m u l a t i o n , c l a s s i f i c a t i o n , c a t a l o g i n g , i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , and r e p r o d u c t i o n o f such m a t e r i a l s ; by e s t a b l i s h i n g c e n t e r s f o r g a t h e r i n g and exchanging i n f o r - m a t i o n , and f o r t r a i n i n g o f i c o n o l o g i s t s ; and by f u r - t h e r i n g t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f c h e c k - l i s t s , b i b l i o g r a p h i e s , i c o n o g r a p h i e s , and s c h o l a r l y s t u d i e s . "

A c a t a l o g u e c a r d h a s been d e s i g n e d by t h e c e n t r a l committee measuring

5 X 8 , a 3 X 5 c o r e p o r t i o n o f which can b e d u p l i c a t e d f o r c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e p u r p o s e s , and i s a l r e a d y i n u s e i n many c e n t r e s . A copy o f t h e c a r d i s appended.

The t a s k o f t h e Canadian C e n t r e f o r RIdIM, t h e n , w i l l b e t o document a l l o r i g i n a l examples o f v i s u a l m a t e r i a l w i t h m u s i c a l c o n t e n t o r c o n n o t a t i o n e x i s t i n g i n Canada, whether o f Canadian o r non-Canadian provenance. That w i l l i n c l u d e , b e s i d e s p a i n t i n g s , drawings and s c u l p t u r e s , t a p e s t r i e s , needlework, s t a i n e d g l a s s , woodwork, p r i n t s and p h o t o g r a p h s . D r . Helmut Kallmann p o i n t e d o u t i n h i s r e p o r t t o RIdIM i n London l a s t August

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t h a t i n o r d e r t o be meaningful t o Canada and t o many young o r d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s , RIdIM w i l l have t o i n c l u d e t h e documentation o f music p r o v i d e d by photo- graphy, f i l m s

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drawing i n t h e t r a d i t i o n a l s e n s e . A book w i t h t h e t i t l e

I1 A p i c t o r i a l music h i s t o r y o f ~ a n a d a " would have t o r e l y a b o u t 90 p e r c e n t on photography! I'

I n i t i a l l y , t h e i n f o r m a t i o n w i l l be g a t h e r e d by c a t a l o g u e r s u s i n g

s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d d e s c r i p t i v e methods t o r e c o r d what i s r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e w i t h no a t t e m p t a t d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s , c l a s s i f i c a t i o n and c r o s s - i n d e x i n g . That w i l l be done a t a l a t e r s t a g e , a t which t i m e we w i l l need t h e c o l l a b o r a t i o n o f m u s i c o l o g i s t s , o r g a n o l o g i s t s and a r t h i s t o r i a n s t o h e l p i d e n t i f y t h e i n s t r u m e n t s , v e r i f y t h e p e r i o d , i n t e r p r e t t h e a l l e g o r y ,

and s o on. An e a g e r i n t e r e s t h a s a l r e a d y been e x p r e s s e d by a c e r t a i n number o f l i b r a r i a n s and m u s i c o l o g i s t s which i s v e r y e n c o u r a g i n g . But I s h a l l a t t e m p t t o e n l i s t t h e a i d o f anyone who h a s done some r e s e a r c h i n m u s i c a l iconography o r a t l e a s t a s k them t o c o n t r i b u t e t h e r e s u l t s of t h e i r work, e s p e c i a l l y i f it h a s been done i n Canada.

The end r e s u l t w i l l b e r e c o r d e d on t h e m a s t e r c a t a l o g u e c a r d , one copy o f which w i l l b e k e p t i n t h e n a t i o n a l c e n t r e and one s e n t t o t h e R e s e a r c h C e n t e r f o r Musical Iconography i n New York, t h e c e n t r a l i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e p o s i t o r y . We w i l l u l t i m a t e l y want t o have a f i l e o f

8 ^X l 0 g l o s s y photographs o f a l l e n t r i e s s u i t a b l e f o r r e p r o d u c t i o n o r p u b l i c a t i o n , a v a i l a b l e on r e q u e s t from s c h o l a r s a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d , w i t h a l l due r e g a r d t o c o p y r i g h t r e s t r i c t i o n s and ownership acknowledge- ment s .

RIdIM i s a v a s t p r o j e c t which w i l l t a k e many y e a r s and many w i l l i n g hands and minds t o accomplish. It w i l l , i n d e e d , n e v e r end. But b e f o r e I b e g i n r e c r u i t i n g h e l p e r s and s e t t i n g - u p a committee and sub-committees a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y , I would l i k e t o s t a r t i n on some a c t u a l c a t a l o g u i n g myself s o t h a t I can a c q u i r e some p r a c t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e and t h u s b e a b l e t o i n i t i a t e o t h e r s w i t h a b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e needs and t h e problems o f t h e p r o j e c t . S i n c e I am i n Ottawa, I w i l l b e g i n w i t h t h e N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y and w i t h t h e photograph c o l l e c t i o n i n t h e Music D i v i s i o n o f t h e N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y . A t t h e same t i m e , I w i l l p r e p a r e a q u e s t i o n n a i r e o r c i r c u l a r l e t t e r t o b e s e n t t o museums and g a l l e r i e s a c r o s s Canada i n an a t t e m p t t o e s t a b l i s h a c h e c k l i s t o f c o l l e c t i o n s , p u b l i c and p r i v a t e , o f m u s i c a l r e l e v a n c e . From t h e r e s p o n s e , I s h a l l be a b l e t o Judge how many c a t a l o g u e r s w i l l be needed and where.

I s h a l l keep you informed o f developments a n d , i n t h e meantime, f o r t h o s e who would l i k e t o b e g i n r e a d i n g on t h e s u b j e c t , t h e f o l l o w i n g t i t l e s w i l l b e o f i n t e r e s t :

Brown, Howard Mayer and Joan L a s c e l l e . Musical Iconography: a manual f o r c a t a l o g y i n g m u s i c a l s u b j e c t s i n w e s t e r n a r t b e f o r e 1800. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s , 1972.

Crane, F r e d e r i c k . The Iconography o f Music: a n

a n n o t a t e d b i b l i o g r a p h y . H i l l s d a l e , N . Y . Pendragon P r e s s , 1973.

# L e s u r e , F r a n c o i s . Music and A r t i n S o c i e t y . U n i v e r s i t y P a r k , Penn., P e n n s y l v a n i a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s , 1968.

W i n t e r n i t z , h a n u e l . Musical I n s t r u m e n t s and t h e i r Symbolism i n Western A r t . London, F a b e r , 1967.

Maria C a l d e r i s i , Chairman A p r i l 22, 1974

Local siglum RIdIM siglum

A R T I S T / &tee / school

T I T L E / date / place p~oduced

LOCATION country / c i t y / musewn OP c o l l e c t i o n // museum cat. m. / musewn in". m.

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PERFORMERS AND INSTRUMENTS ~ n d l c a t i n g each performer (,goup by group), sex, INSTRUMinT

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.th details). singer, dancer, etc

Pii'iO:\!AL CATEGORY / SETTING / OCCASiGN FOR MUSIC // other iconographical information J m . 1973

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t o t h e members of CAT.5. A d d i t i o n a l c o p i e s were e n c l o s e d i n most l e t t e r s i n t h e hope t h a t non-members might be c o n t a c t e d i n every a r e a . The second s t a g e of t h e p r o j e c t w i l l be t o compile a l l t h e i n f o r m a t i o n r e c e i v e d , p u t i t on c a r d s , p r e p a r e an index t o t h e f i l e

and t h e n send i t t o Ottawa where it w i l l be s t o r e d f o r t h e u s e of members.

Lorna H a s s e l l Lay 2 8 t h , 1974

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