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Louis Applebaum fonds
F0254 · Fonds · 1931-2000

Fonds contains records include scripts, scores, correspondence and papers, reports, photographs, films, lectures, and interviews documents Applebaum's activities as a composer, conductor, and arts administrator.

Applebaum, Louis
Scores
S01020 · Series · 1941-1977
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

Series consists of three sub-divisions: Scores for films; Scores for radio and television; Scores for theatre. Some of the scores include sketches, shooting scripts, parts, music cues, correspondence with directors and producers. The scores for films contains scores for National Film Board productions, including 'Alexis Tremblay, habitant' (1942) 'Arctic saga,' (1952), 'Athabasca,' (1967), 'Canadian profile,' (1956), 'The forest,' (1965), 'Krieghoff,' (1955), 'Paddle to the sea,' (1966), 'Royal journey,' (1951 Royal Tour), and 'Varley,' (1952). In addition, there is a good deal of NFB stock music composed by Applebaum. There are also scores for American government agencies (United States Army Reorientation Branch, United States Navy, Georgia Department of Health, Mississippi Department of Public Health). As well, there are Hollywood scores for 'Lost boundaries, '(1949), 'Story of G.I. Joe.' (1945), 'Tomorrow the world,' (1944), and scores for American productions including the Hans Richter film 'Dreams that money can buy,' (1952) with music by John Cage, Paul Bowles, and Applebaum. For radio and television there are scores for 'And then we wrote,' (1967), the CBC National News theme (1966-1967), scores for the CBC Television programmes "Camera Canada," ('Campus in the clouds,' 'Hockey,' etc), 'The discoverers,' (1972) "First performance" ('Black of the moon,' 'O'Brien,' 'Time lock,'), 'Images of Canada,' (1972), 'The journal of Susanna Moodie,' (1971), 'Mr. Piper,'[children's programme] (1961-1963), 'Peer Gynt,' (1957), "CBC playhouse," ('The ghost in the corpse,' 'The girl queen at the world's end,' 'How the Tongans came to Fiji,' 'The McAndrew family,' 'The viking and the vixen,')(1952), "Purple playhouse" ('The bells,' 'Corsican brothers,' 'Dracula,' 'Sweeney Todd,' 'Used up,') (1973), 'Scope' (1955), 'Seven days of victory' (1955), and several more. There are also scores for the Columbia Broadcasting System programme "Twentieth Century," and scores for the United Nations radio service. For CBC - Radio there are scores for "Summer stage" ('Always a librarian--never a bride,' 'Burlap bags,' 'For whom the horses run,' 'Prophecy at dawn,' 'Tidewater morning,'), "Wednesday night" ('Antigone,' 'Hamlet,' 'Juno and the paycock,' 'The playboy of the western world,' 'The shaking tent,' 'Words & music,'), and others. For theatre there are scores for Stratford productions including 'Anthony and Cleopatra' (1967, 1976), 'Coriolanus,' (1961), 'Cyrano,' (1963), 'Hamlet,' (1957, 1969) 'King Lear,' (1964) 'Much ado about nothing,' (1958, 1980, 1987) 'Twelfth night,' (1966, 1985), 'Macbeth,' (1978), 'Cymberline,' (1986), 'Mystery of Henry Moore,' (1984), 'The man who hid Anne Frank,' (1980), as well as other theatre productions in Toronto and New York.

Reports
S01024 · Series · 1947-1995
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

Series contains reports from the Canada Council (annual-1978-1979), 'Economic aspects of the arts in Ontario,'(1972), and reports related to arts and artistic organizations.

Clippings
S01025 · Series · 1941-1978
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

Series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, arranged by year, in the first instance, and then arranged by subject (Duke Ellington, National Film Board, Stratford Festival).

Blueprints
S01027 · Series · 1965
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

Series consists of the blueprints for the National Arts Centre (1965).

Photographs
S01028 · Series · 1944-1976
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

Series consists for the most part of publicity stills for productions in which Applebaum was involved, at Stratford, on CBC, Hollywood, etc. The photographs are sub-divided by form of productions (drama, music, film). In addition, there are photographs (arranged by subject) of people and events, and a photographic plate for a portrait of Applebaum (1950s).

Films
S01030 · Series · 1942-1961
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

Series includes copies of films for which Applebaum provided scores including, 'Coal face Canada,' 'A man and his job,' 'Thirteen platoon,' 'This is Canada,' ‘The Story of G.I. Joe’ and other titles.

S01032 · Series · 1941-2000
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

Series consists of newspaper clippings, some arranged chronologically, others by subject (Stratford, Canadian League of Composers), as well as printed material, correspondence, speeches, sketches, scores, drafts, catalogues and calendars of festivals. There are also programmes for performances, which are arranged by cultural activity (dance, music, theatre, etc). There are printed materials, including periodicals, arranged by title, including 'Bulletin from the Canadian Conference of the Arts,' 'Artscanada','Canadian composer,''Musicanada,' and reports of cultural institutions and agencies, and academic and government studies, including those in which Applebaum was a participant. Also included are records related to the creation of his last opera Errowhon (1996-1999).

Professional associations
S01036 · Series · 1955-2000
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

Series consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, press clippings, contracts, and reports relating to associations in which Applebaum was involved such as Canadian Music Centre (1967-1994), Chamber Concerts Canada (1988-1989), Canadian League of Composers (1976-1996), National Arts Centre (1967-1996) and SOCAN (1990-1994).

1979-002/001(001) · File · 1950
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • for United States Army Reorientation Branch - producer: Herbert Kerkow - director: J. Roffman - script by Frank Beckwith - score - parts - script
Film : All My Babies (F-26)
1979-002/001(003) · File · 1952
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • for State of Georgia Department of Health - director: George C. Stoney - script by George Stoney and Louis Applebaum - recorded by McGarry & Smith, August 26-28, 1952 - sketches - notes: spirituals - sketches: George Stoney, 1951, 1952
1979-002/002(016) · File · 1953
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • produced by Graphic Associates Film Production Limited, Toronto (Ernie Reid) for National Film Board and the Department of Labour - recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, October 7, 1953 - score - parts - sketches - script - notes - sketches & FINANCIAL RECORDS: Graphic Associates Film Production Limited, 1953
Film : The Invader (F-35)
1979-002/003(023) · File · 1955
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • producer: George Stoney, Potomac Films, Washington, D. C. - recorded at Fine Sound, New York, February 15, 1955 - score (OVERSIZED: see file 338) - sketches - notes - sketches: Sylvia Betts, George Stoney, 1954, 1955
Film : Krieghoff (F-33)
1979-002/003(025) · File · 1955
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • National Film Board - C. C. 0. - producer: Tom Daly - recorded at Fine Sound, New York, February 11, 1955 - score - parts - sketches - shot list - notes - sketches: 1955
Film : Palmour Street (F-13)
1979-002/004(038) · File · 1950
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • for State of Georgia Department of Health (Southern Educational Film Production Service/ SEFPS) - producer: George Stoney, Potomac Films - score
1979-002/005(048) · File · 1945
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • producer: Lester Cowan - director: William A. Wellman - script by Ernie Pyle - music by Louis Applebaum and Ann Ronell - score - sketches - script - notes - programmes
Film : Wheat Rust (F-32)
1979-002/006(062) · File · 1955
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • National Film Board: Science Film Unit - producer: G. Glover - director: M. Constant - recorded at Fine Sound, New York, March 31, 1955 - score - parts - sketches
1979-002/006(067) · File · 1957, 1965
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

N. F. B. Stock Music (and notes), 1957 Correspondence: N. F. B. Stock Sessions, 1965 includes: -George N. Barnhill -Ken Campbell, Ottawa -CBC: Mr E. D. Roberts -Toronto Musicians' Association 1. Louis Applebaum, Bouncy Staccato, n. d. - sketch 2. Louis Applebaum, Bulldozers, February 1965. - score 3. Louis Applebaum, Happy (Ploughman) Farmer, n. d. - sketch 4. Louis Applebaum, Lazy Town, n. d.- sketch 5. Louis Applebaum, Light Industry, n. d.- sketch 6. Louis Applebaum, Rural Classroom, n. d.- sketch 7. Louis Applebaum, Slightly Wistful, February 1965 - score 8. Louis Applebaum, The Surrey, n. d. - sketch 9. Charles Camilleri, Jaunty Jaunt, n. d. - score 10. Charles Camilleri, Magic Landscape, n. d. - score 11. Dobson, Light Activity, n. d. - sketch No. 2 12. Dobson, Motoring, n. d. - sketch No. 1 13. Dobson, Panorama, n. d. - score/ parts 14. William McCauley, Aprills Troll, n. d. - score 15. William McCauley, A Small Case of Whimse-v, n. d. - score 16. Benjamin D. McPeek, March Mood, February 1965. - score 17. Benjamin D. McPeek, Medicare, March 1965. - score 18. Benjamin D. McPeek, Spritely Staccato, March 1965 - score 19. John Weinzweig, Strolling Along, March 1965. - score

1979-002/018(292) · File · 1958
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • Stratford Festival, Ontario - score - parts - sketch - rehearsal schedule - notes - sketches: Ann Campbell, Patrick Donnell, John Goodwin, Michael Langham, Brian Priestman, 1960, 1961
Theatre : Othello (T-34)
1979-002/019(295) · File · 1973
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds

-Stratford Festival, Ontario -score -sketches -sound cue running sheet -rehearsal schedule -sketches: Jack Merigold, David Williams, 1973

Theatre : Ride a Pink Horse
1979-002/019(297) · File · [ca. 1959]
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • musical comedy commissioned by the Crest Theatre Foundation - book and lyrics by John Gray - score - script (conductor's) - notes
1979-002/020(308) · File · 1958
Part of Louis Applebaum fonds
  • Stratford Festival, Ontario, Touring Company: London, Toronto, New York, Montreal - score - parts -sketch -sketches: copy of a letter of Louis Applebaum to George Anderson, 1958