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Lectures, addresses, talks, and interviews

Series consists of lectures and addresses given by Applebaum as part of courses, seminars, public lectures, symposia and conferences, and radio shows (Music From Film). Also includes talks and interviews (1956-1979).

Professional associations

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).

Parts

Series contains orchestra parts for film, television, theatre and other productions, including 'Twelfth night,' (1986), 'Glory enough for all,' (1988), 'The Masseys,' (1977-1978), 'Love of gardens' and several other titles.

Video cassettes

Series video cassettes of CBC and PBS productions, 'Arthur Miller special,' (1979), and 'The Masseys'.

Sound recordings

Series contains audio reels and audio cassettes of recordings of Applebaum's music, including 'Athabasca,' 'B.C. welfare music,' (1955), 'I, the diplomat,' (1956 - for United Nations Radio), 'Krieghoff,' (1955), 'The national dream,' (1973-1974), music for Stratford, for the CBC production "Purple playhouse" (several titles); sound recordings related to Applebaum’s activities as chairman of the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee (1979-1984); recordings related to his activities as Jury member for the Opera America (1996); recordings of his music composed for various CBC shows, recordings of concert (and interviews) given at the occasion of Applebuam’s 80th birthday; and recordings of other composers’ music including the CBC Composer Series.

Papers related to Louis Applebaum's career as composer and administrator

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).

Papers of the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee

Series contains minutes of meetings of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Policy (1979-1980), including agendas, background material, reports, and policy papers and submissions from staff on issues such as funding for the arts, marketing, and related topics. There is also material from the Planning Committee (1981-1982), and the full committee (1981-1982), which includes minutes, correspondence, agendas, and briefing notes from public hearings in several cities across the country, arranged by city. There are also submissions from individuals and organizations appearing before the Committee, and these are also arranged by city in which they were presented. In addition, there is material on international aspects of the arts, arts administration, broadcasting, the role of government in the arts, and related subjects. There is a copy of the final report, 'Report of the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee,' (1982) as well as drafts. There are also newspaper clippings regarding the Committee, its work, and meetings across the country.

Films

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.

Phonographs

Series consists of audio discs of Applebaum's works, including glass discs, some with Applebaum playing the score, many for which there are also scripts in Series 1. The recordings include, 'Coal face,' 'Dollar dance,' 'Thirteen platoon,' 'Welcome soldier,' 'Juno and the paycock,' 'The rape of Lucretia,' and other titles. In addition, there are recordings that formed part of Applebaum's private collection.

Photographs

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).

Printed material

Series contains announcements and articles concerning Applebaum's life and work, and related material, arranged by subject (dance, festivals, film, music, opera, theatre, Stratford).

Clippings

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).

Reports

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.

Scripts

Series consists of scripts, cue sheets and correspondence, in some cases, for film, stage and radio productions for which Applebaum was to compose the music. These include 'Ballade' a musical play by Arthur Samuels (1968), 'The fool killer,' (c. 1961), 'Three sisters,' (Stratford production, 1976), and others. Also includes scripts of poems.

Scores

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.

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

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