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1 1 Biographical and

promotional material

File containing biographies of Lou

Hooper, his discography, outline for an

autobiographical lecture with musical

presentation, curriculum vitae,

autobiographical notes, press release,

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[1947 or later]-

[ca. 1975]

1 2 Correspondence File containing incoming and outgoing

correspondence of Lou Hooper.

Included are: associated agreements;

receipt signed by Gaetane Lemay, 12

April 1961, accompanied by a score for

the introduction to Hooper's

composition Honey Bunch (manuscript,

1 p.). Letter of 5 June 1969 from Mike

Montgomery to Hooper encloses

individual and group portraits of

Hooper and three other men, including

Charlie Rasch and Billie Thomas; in

one image, Hooper is signing, or

1 cm of textual

records.

1935-1969

13 1 5 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm.

1 3 Correspondence File containing incoming and outgoing

correspondence of Lou Hooper.

Copies of outgoing correspondence

include: Hooper's 19 April 1971 letter to

Paul Robeson; his undated letter to the

National [i.e., Public] Archives of

Canada inquiring about his genealogy

and providing some information on his

ancestors. Undated letter from the

photo editor of The Canadian

Magazine and Star Weekly [ca. 21 July

1977?] encloses a group portrait of

Hooper and others identified as 'Ed

Supple's "Metropolitan Music Revue"

from Montreal'. Also included is

1 cm of textual

records.

[196- or 197-],

1970-1977

13 2 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 20.5 cm.

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1 4 Concert programmes

and set lists

File containing programmes and set

lists for concerts featuring Lou Hooper

as a performer, composer, or teacher.

Included is a transcribed manuscript

copy of a 1907 programme. Among

the ensembles represented are Myron

Sutton's Canadian Ambassadors and

The Hooper Southern Singers of

Canada. Also included are two

examples (both annotated) of a

1 cm of textual

records.

1915-[ca. 1977]

1 5 Honorable Discharge

from The United

Certificate of Lou Hooper's honourable

discharge, including subsequent dated

1 textual record. 25 June 1919-12

November 1920

1 6 The Afro-American

Folk-Song: It's Origin

and Evolution (thesis)

/ Louis Stanley

Hooper

File containing manuscript and

typescript versions of "The Afro-

American Folk-Song: It's Origin and

Evolution", a thesis presented in 1920

by Lou Hooper as part of his Bachelor

of Music degree from the Detroit

Conservatory of Music. The

manuscript includes an inserted

1 cm of textual

records.

[ca. 1917]-1920

1 7 Columbia University File containing course syllabus, report

on music appreciation by Lou Hooper.

2 textual records. 1926

1 8 Music References

(notebook)

Notebook containing research notes,

predominantly concerning musicians of

African descent, and a brief

autobiographical passage on Lou

1 textual record. 1955

1 9 That Happy Road

(autobiography of Lou

Hooper)

File containing: first draft of Lou

Hooper's autobiography (typescript with

editorial comments and changes in

pencil and pen; 108 p.); letter of

reference from Dane Lanken of The

Gazette, Montreal; drafts of pages

numbered 73 and 74 (4 p.). The first

draft includes numerous inserts.

1 cm of textual

records.

First draft paginated as

pages 1 to 83, with

numerous inserts. Two

pages found with

inserts attached by

adhesive tape were

photocopied with the

inserts in their original

position before removal

of the tape; these

photocopies have been

1972

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1 10 That Happy Road

(autobiography of Lou

Hooper)

Second draft of Lou Hooper's

autobiography (typescript with editorial

comments and changes in pencil and

pen; 115 p.).

1 cm of textual

records.

Paginated as pages 1

to 110, with additional

inserts and no page 95.

The text flows from

page 94 to 96, so this

may indicate an error in

1972

1 11 Press clippings File containing press clippings of

articles referring to Lou Hooper or

otherwise relevant to his life and

0.5 cm of textual

records (2 folders).

[ca. 193-]-1978

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1 12 Print matter File containing print matter with

references to Lou Hooper: unused

example of his personalised invoice

form as an arranger of music at the

Koppin Theatre, Detroit, [192-];

newsletters (The Ragtimer; Montreal

Vintage Music Society); programmes

for meetings of the Canadian

Collectors' Congress; two examples of

the June 1966 issue of the periodical

Record Research containing a feature

article on Hooper (one of which bears a

signed dedication to him from the blues

musician Victoria Spivey and the

signatures of others); advance copy of

0.5 cm of textual


[192-]-1977

3 1

1 13 The Hooper Southern

Singers of Canada

File containing correspondence,

transcribed typescript copies of

correspondence, constitution, annual

report, typescript article, concert

programmes, historical overview (The

Birth and Life of The Hooper Southern

1 cm of textual


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1 14 Military service,

Second World War

File containing records concerning Lou

Hooper's military service, including with

the Bandoliers Concert Party unit.

Included are: biography; nominal rolls

for the Bandoliers; scripts for radio

broadcasts, among them the

programmes The Canadians Entertain,

Starlight - The Canadians Sing,

Canadian Forces Party, Empire Party

from the Overseas League;

programmes for radio broadcasts;

journal of the Bandoliers, providing a

chronology for February-April 1945;

Bandoliers daily report of performances

(diary), February-May 1945;

autographed souvenir menus; guest

list; invitation; military newspapers with

references to Hooper (The Red Patch:

Canada's Front Line Newspaper; The

1 cm of textual


1940-1945

3 2

12 Military service,

Second World War

File containing: four printed posters for

concerts in the United Kingdom by the

No.1 Canadian Artillery Holding Unit

Concert Party / Variety Show and the

No. 1 C.A.R.U. [Canadian Artillery

Reinforcement Unit] Broadcast Band,

all featuring Lou Hooper and his

orchestra, 1941-1942; a hand-made

poster (ink or watercolour applied with

a brush) for a concert by the

Bandoliers during the Italian campaign,

[ca. 1943 - January 1945]. Two of the

United Kingdom posters are

autographed by the musicians. The

5 textual records. Poster for Town Hall,

Petersfield, is dated 24

June [1942]. One of

the posters for Garrison

Theatre is dated 28

September [1941], and

not 1940 as noted in a

later annotation on the

document.

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1943-1945]

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1 15 Synopsis for musical

drama

Synopsis, annotated and including

some dialogue, for an unidentified

musical drama. Among the characters

are the singer Lillian Russell, Diamond

Jim Brady, and P.T. Barnum.

1 textual record. The inclusion of

the song

There's No

Business Like

Show Business

dates the item

[1946 or later]

1 16 Elmer Snowden File containing correspondence from

Elmer Snowden to Lou Hooper, press

clippings, business card. One letter is

on the reverse of a reproduction of a

portrait of Snowden, drawn by Hank

Newmark and titled 'Elmer Snowden

7 textual records. 1961-1967

in tx

conta

iner

1 reproduction : photomechanica

l print ;

18 x 13 cm.

1 17 Television

programmes featuring

Lou Hooper

File containing music programme

proposal, production schedules,

annotated scripts for the programme

Showcase Presents "Louis" (Gospel).

0.5 cm of textual

records.

One of the programmes

resulting from this

project, the 18 February

1977 edition of

television series

Showcase, is available

in LAC's collections.

See MISA accession

1982-0209 of the

Canadian Broadcasting

1977, [ca. 1977]

1 18 Paul Robeson File containing print matter concerning

Paul Robeson: programme for

Robeson's concert at the Théatre His

Majesty's, Montreal, 13 October 1935,

with a signed dedication by Robeson

"To my old friend Hooper"; promotional

leaflet concerning the same concert;

programme for a series of Robeson

concerts in Montreal, 23-25 October

1945; press clipping, 12 October 1935,

apparently from the Montreal African-

Canadian newspaper The Free Lance;

1 cm of textual

records.

Two fragments of

pages removed from

the 1945 programme

were found separated

from the programme

itself. They have been

returned to their places

in the programme.

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1 19 Duke Ellington File containing print matter concerning

Duke Ellington: press clippings of

obituaries; issue of the periodical


1 20 Northern-Hammond

Organ: General

Instructions and

Owner's manual (annotated by Lou

Hooper) for the Northern-Hammond

organ, manufactured by the Northern

1 textual record. [1946 or later]

1 21 Concert programmes

and promotion

File containing concert programmes

and promotional material with no

references to Lou Hooper. Included

are programmes for: unidentified

concert including Margaret Hooper as

accompanist; Black Vanities, George

Black's 3rd Intimate Rag, Victoria

Palace, London, England (with a

signed dedication by the singer

Frances Day), [1941?]; Musical

Cheers, Garrison Theatre, London,

[1941]. Also included is a leaflet for

4 textual records. [ca. 1941-1977]

1 22 Jazz File containing print matter concerning

jazz music, musicians, recordings, and

broadcasting. Included are:

conference programme; newsletter;

press release; press clippings; Jazz at

the Crossroads, an address by Edward

Farrant, Head of the Music Section of

Radio Canada International, to the

0.5 cm of textual

records.

1965-1976

1 23 Religious card with 1 textual record. [194- or 195- ?]

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13 3 Orchestras with Lou

Hooper

File containing group portraits of

orchestras in which Lou Hooper

performed: Hooper Brothers Orchestra,

Detroit, Michigan, USA, [192-];

Renaissance Theatre cinema concert

orchestra, Harlem, New York City,

USA, [1925 or 1926] (comprising:

Donald David, leader, violin; Hooper,

piano; George Hayward, bass; Carl

"Battle-Axe" Kenney, drums,

percussion; Felix Weir, violin,

conductor; Ernie Bullock, alto

saxophone, clarinet; Benjamin Mitchell,

trombone, piano; "Jap" Foster,

trumpet); Clarence Dorsey Band,

Dance Pavilion, Pleasant Lake,

Jackson, Michigan, USA, summer

1931 (accompanied by Louis Hooper

Jr, identified as the orchestra's

"mascot"); Myron Sutton's Canadian

Ambassadors, Connie's Inn night club,

Montreal, [1933 or 1934] (comprising:

6 photographs : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 and

19 x 24.5 cm.

[192-]-[1933 or

1934]

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13 4 Second World War File containing portraits concerning Lou

Hooper's military service in the Second

World War. Individual portraits of

Hooper in England show him: in

hospital with eye bandaged, 1940;

playing the bugle, Borden, 1940; in

performance on the piano, in band

dress, Aldershot, 1941. Another portrait

shows Hooper with another man in

uniform, who is apparently drinking

beer, with 7 signatures on the reverse.

Several images show big bands (Kit

Bags, No. 1 C.A.H.U. [Canadian

Artillery Holding Unit], No. 1 C.A.R.U.

[Canadian Artillery Reinforcement

Unit]) on stage, many with Hooper on

piano and one with him in costume and

apparently performing his composition

If You Swing. Two examples of the

same image show men in uniform

relaxing at a place variously identified

as Overseas Club, Leicester Square,

London, and New Zealand Club,

London. Other images show:

performers on stage, many in costume;

members of an audience; performers

backstage doing make up; a group

portrait of Hooper and other men in

26 photographs : b&w ; 16.5 x 21 cm or

smaller.

[ca. 1940-1944]

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13 5 Second World War,

Germany

File containing portraits concerning Lou

Hooper's military service in Germany in

the Second World War: concert in a

stable, Goch, February 1945, showing

the audience, the orchestra (Hooper,

piano; Lucien Longo, bass; Charlie

Richards, accordion; Bill Gerber,

trumpet; Jimmy [surname unidentified],

trombone; Johnny Stagg, drums;

unidentified musician on guitar),

Richards and Gerber serenading a

horse; maintenance staff checking

equipment for the Bandoliers Canadian

Army Show, Reichwald Forest, spring

1945. Photographs all stamped on

5 photographs : b&w ; 15.5 x 21 and

15.5 x 20.5 cm.

1945

13 6 Canadian Medium

Artillery Regiment

reunion

File containing group portraits of Lou

Hooper and others at the September

1973 reunion held in Charlottetown.

3 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm or

smaller.

Although identified as a

photograph of this

reunion, one image

may date from another

1973, [1973?]

13 7 Individual portraits of

Lou Hooper


smaller.

[ca. 1935 to 197-]

14 1 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 13 cm.

13 8 Group portraits with

Lou Hooper

File containing portraits of Lou Hooper

with: unidentified group of men; John

Salter at a reunion, Toronto, 1975;

Fulton Pierce and Ron Dalzell,

members of Rotary Club of

Charlottetown, at the February 1976

club meeting where Hooper described

his experiences as accompanist to the


14.5 x 19 cm.

[195- or 196-],

1975-1976

14 1 1 photograph : col., Polaroid ; 11 x 19 cm.

13 9 Lou Hooper in

performance

File containing portraits of Lou Hooper

in performance with others, including at

Queen Mary Veterans' Hospital, Ste

Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, and at a

residence for senior ladies, Montreal.

Among the other musicians is violinist

6 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 cm or

smaller.

[ca. 196- to 197-]

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13 10 Fletcher Henderson

and his orchestra

File containing an individual portrait of

Fletcher Henderson and a group

portrait of the Henderson orchestra,

with the sea in the background. Both

photographs are inscribed with


25.5 x 20.5 cm.

Group portrait possibly

includes Coleman

Hawkins (second from

left), Rex Stewart (third

from right).

[ca. 1926-1933]

13 11 Duke Ellington File containing individual portraits of

Duke Ellington, inscribed with

dedications to Lou Hooper and signed

2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 and 14

x 9 cm.

[192- or 193-]

13 12 Portraits with

dedications

File containing portraits of musicians and

others, inscribed with signed dedications to

Lou Hooper. Included are portraits of: the

cornetist Rex [Stewart], in performance;

the singer and dancer Myra Johnson, 18

September 1934; the music publisher Joe

Davis, January 1926; Josephine Valli [the

dancer?], 1954 (photo by Gaby of

Montreal); Oscar Peterson; the Hames

Sisters, Marjorie, Norma, and Jean;

Madeline [a singer, surname unknown], 7

September 1934; Harvey Ross (photo by


smaller.

1926-1954, [ca.

192- to 195-]

13 13 Portraits of other

musicians

File containing portraits of: Finney's

Orchestra / Detroit, Mich. / Fred S. Stone /

Manager; rag pianist and composer Harry

P. Guy; The Kentucky Singers (first tenor,

unidentified; second tenors, Fred Lindsay

and Bob [surname unidentified]; baritone,

Bob Smith; bass, unidentified), photo by

Empire Studio, 292 Queen St West

[Toronto?]; promotional photograph of the

4 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm

or smaller.

Portraits of the

Finney

Orchestra and

of Harry P. Guy

are apparently

modern

reproductions

of images

possibly dating

[ca. 192- or 193-]-

1966

13 14 Unidentified man Portrait of an unidentified Black man

dressed in a tuxedo.

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm. [ca. 1920-1960?]

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3 3 Address to the Ocean

/ music composed by

Lou Hooper, words by

Barry Cornwall

File containing: annotated booklet of

poems, including Barry Cornwall's

Address to the Ocean; scores for voice

and piano; lead sheets; parts for flute,

clarinet, tenor and baritone

saxophones, horn, guitar (manuscripts,

13 p.; annotated copies, 4 p.). Theme

and words to Hooper's composition

0.5 cm of textual

records.

1970

1 24 Alone with My

Dreams / lyrics and

music by Jack Davis

and Glen Morley

Published score, for voice and

accompaniment, with ukulele fingering

charts, inscribed with a dedication to

Lou Hooper from Glen Morley


3 4 Ballad for a Grand-

daughter / words and

music by Lou Hooper

File containing scores for voice and

piano, lead sheet, lyrics (manuscripts,

8 p.; typescripts, 2 p.; copies, 5 p.).


3 5 Beyond a Shadow of

a Doubt / words and

music by Frank

File containing piano score, lyrics, lead

sheet (manuscripts, 5 p.; typescript, 1

p.).

3 textual records. [ca. 193-, 194-, or

195- ?]

1 25 Carnaval songs File containing: annotated printed

score (2 p.) for Bonhomme Carnaval

(composed by Lou Hooper, lyrics by

Margaret Hooper) and Chanson du

Carnaval (words and music by Judith

V. Fontaine); drum parts for

3 textual records. [ca. 1960-1975?]

3 6 Chloe (Song of the

Swamp) / lyric by Gus

Kahn, music by Neil

Moret

File containing: piano-vocal score

(annotated publication, 4 p.); piano

score; parts (alto and tenor

saxophones, trumpet, piano) for an

6 textual records. "Arranged by Andy

Shorter for Terry

Hooper" noted on piano

part.

[ca. 1927-1939 ?]

1 26 Christmas in Canada,

for speaker, chorus,

and piano / text by

Score (annotated copy, 52 p.). 0.5 cm of textual

records.

"Confederation Centre

Choir" stamped on first

page.

[ca. 1975-1977 ?]

3 7 Christmas Medley /

arranged by Lou

Hooper

File containing: piano score; score and

parts for strings; vocal parts for tenor,

baritone, bass; instrumental parts for

saxophones, trumpets, trombone,

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[ca. 1945-1970 ?]

3 8 Circus Day in Dixie

(Dixieland)

File containing piano score, parts for

flute and clarinet (manuscripts, 4 p.).

2 textual records. [ca. 1930-1960 ?]

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1 27 Climb Ev'ry Mountain File containing score and parts for an

arrangement for orchestra


3 9 The Congo, for

orchestra and

narrator / music

composed by Lou

File containing piano scores with

spoken text, for parts I, II, and III of the

ballet The Congo (manuscripts, 12 p.).

The scores include notes on

3 textual records. Several small

tears (no

information loss);

adhesive tape.

1947

3 10 The Congo, for

orchestra and

narrator / music

composed by Lou

Hooper, text by

Vachel Lindsay

File containing piano scores with

spoken text, for parts I, II, and III of the

ballet The Congo (manuscripts, 14 p.;

annotated copies, 14 p.).

1 cm of textual

records.

Each score includes

revisions that were

originally held in place

with adhesive tape.

The relevant pages

were photocopied at

Library and Archives

Canada with the

revisions in their

original positions, and

these photocopies have

been placed in the file.

The adhesive tape has

now been removed,

[ca. 1947]-[197-]

1 28 The Congo, for

orchestra and

narrator / music

composed by Lou

File containing orchestral scores for

parts I, II, and III of the ballet The

Congo, for woodwinds, brass, strings,

guitars, banjos, percussion, narrator

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[1947 or later]

3 11 The Congo, for

orchestra and

narrator / music

Incomplete orchestral score, for

woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion

(manuscript, 14 p.).


3 12 The Congo, for

orchestra and

narrator / music

File containing: orchestral parts for The

Congo (manuscripts, 39 p.; annotated

copies, 36 p.); related notes.

1.5 cm of textual

records.

[ca. 1947?]-[197-]

4 1 The Congo, for

orchestra and

narrator : The

Cakewalk / words and

music by Lou Hooper

File containing materials on Lou

Hooper's composition The Cakewalk,

which was incorporated into the ballet

The Congo. Included are: draft, piano

scores, lead sheet for banjo

(manuscripts, 6 p.; annotated copy, 3

10 textual records. [ca. 1947?]-[197-

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1 29 The Congo, for

orchestra and

narrator / music

composed by Lou

Hooper, text by

Vachel Lindsay

File containing: research notes on

Vachel Lindsay and on the cakewalk, a

dance of African-American origin;

photocopy of a booklet of poems by

Lindsay; Lou Hooper's typescript

transcriptions of Lindsay's poem The

8 textual records. [ca. 1947?]-[197-

?]

4 2 Didn't It Rain

(spiritual)

File containing: score for SATB voices

and piano; parts for first soprano, alto,

tenor, bass (manuscripts, 22 p.; copy,

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[ca. 1960-1977 ?]

1 30 The Entertainer /

composed by Scott

File containing scores for voices and

piano (manuscripts, 16 p.).


1 31 Ev'ry Time I Feel the

Spirit

File containing piano scores, one with

some of the lyrics (manuscripts, 3 p.).


4 3 Git-in [Gittin'] up

Mornin'

File containing vocal parts for first

soprano, alto, tenor, bass


4 4 Goin' to See My Baby

To-nite / words and

music by Lou Hooper

File containing scores for voice and

accompaniment, lead sheet, theme,

lyrics (manuscripts, 10 p.; typescript, 1

p.; annotated copy, 1 p.).


1 32 Gospel Train

(spiritual)

File containing SATB vocal score,

vocal parts, piano score for verse


1 33 Hawaiian Moods

(Hawaiian Medley)

File containing score for quartet of

female voices, parts for sopranos 1

and 2 and altos 1 and 2 (manuscripts,


4 5 He That Hath My

Commandments,

John 14: [20-21], for

tenor voice and piano

/ music composed by

File containing: part for piano

accompaniment, with lyrics; part for

tenor in the form of a lead sheet, with

theme, lyrics, chord symbols, and

excerpts from accompaniment

2 textual records. The title page of the

piano part indicates that

Hooper composed this

work in France in 1918.

These parts clearly

[ca. 1945-1970 ?]

4 6 The Holy City / words

by F.E. Weatherly,

music composed by

File containing: piano-vocal scores

(annotated publications, 23 p.); parts

for tenor saxophone and trumpet

4 textual records. [1920 or later]-

[197-?]

4 7 If You Swing / words

and music composed

by Lou Hooper

File containing piano score with lyrics,

piano-vocal score, parts for trumpets 1

and 2, lyrics (manuscripts, 12 p.). One

score includes a fragment of a piano

5 textual records. 1940-1943

4 8 I'll Just Wander

around the World 'Til

File containing piano score, vocal part

(manuscripts, 4 p.).

2 textual records. [ca. 192- or 193-

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4 9 In the Candle-light /

lyrics and music

composed by Lou

Hooper

File containing: piano scores (one with

notes on orchestration); piano-vocal

score; lyrics; parts for voice,

woodwinds, brass, and bass

(manuscripts, 27 p.). The reverse of

0.5 cm of textual

records.

1941-[196- or 197-

?]

4 10 Jubilate Deo, for

SATB voices and

Score (manuscript, 7 p.). 1 textual record. "(Liffol) (Vosges)

France 1918" noted on

1918

1 34 King Winter / words

and music composed

File containing lyrics, theme with lyrics


2 textual records. 4 January 1956

1 35 Lo, How a Rose /

composed by Michael

Praetorius

File containing score for women's

voices, parts for altos and second

sopranos (manuscripts, 13 p.). Score

also includes Away in a Manger, Silent


4 11 Love Me Like You

Used to Do

File containing parts for cornet,

trombone, piano, violin (manuscripts, 6


?]

4 12 Mazurka, for two

violins / composed by

File containing score, parts


3 textual records. December 1916

1 36 Medley (Just a

Gigolo, Boulevard of

File containing score for vocal group,

chord chart, lyrics (manuscripts, 5 p.).


1 37 Merengue songs File containing: piano-vocal score and

lyrics for Dancing the Merengue; lead

sheet for Merengue!! (composed by

Lou Hooper); piano score for

Merengue for 2 (comp. Hooper)

3 textual records. 1957, [ca. 1957?]

4 13 Montreal - Ourtown /

words and music

composed by Lou

Hooper and Barbara

Hooper

File containing: piano score; scores for

girls' and boys' voices, lead sheet and

chord chart for guitar, bass, drums,

congas; lyrics (manuscripts, 16 p.;

annotated copies, 20 p.). Included is a

piano-vocal score for a related work,

0.5 cm of textual

records.

1966

4 14 My Daddy Likes It

Slow

File containing parts for cornet,

trombone, violin (manuscripts, 4 p.).

The reverse of one part includes a


?]

1 38 My Little Guy / words

and music composed

by Lou Hooper

File containing piano scores, lyrics,

vocal part (manuscripts, 15 p.;

annotated copy, 4 p.; typescripts, 2 p.).


?]

4 15 Nocturne - Forest

Voices / composed by

File containing scores for versions for:

piano solo; flute, violin, piano;

3 textual records. 1917-1918, 1971

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4 16 A Nursery Rime /

words by A.M.

Devoore, music

composed by Lou

Hooper

File containing: scores for voice and

accompaniment, one with notes on

orchestration; parts for piccolo, flute,

oboe, bassoon (manuscripts, 12 p.).

6 textual records. Dedication on 1921

score: "To Louis H.

Hooper - Jr.".

One of the scores

has brittle paper

and several tears,

with minor loss of

content.

1921-[ca. 196- or

197-]

1 39 O Canada /

[composed by Calixa

File containing: vocal score; parts for

soprano, tenor, bass (manuscripts, 12


4 17 O Holy Night, for

soprano or tenor

soloist, chorus, and

accompaniment /

File containing: conductor's score, for

soloist and accompaniment; scores for

chorus (manuscripts, 16 p.).

0.5 cm of textual

records.

Some scores are, in

error, attributed to R.

Adam.

[ca. 1945-1970 ?]

10 2 Over the Sea to My

Soldier / composed

by Lou Hooper

File containing: scores for soprano and

accompaniment, one with notes on

orchestration; parts for flute, clarinet,

violin, cello (manuscripts, 11 p.).

6 textual records. 1918, [ca. 196- or

197- ?]

5 1 Pourquoi? (What For)

/ composed by Lou

Hooper

File containing parts for flute, clarinet,

trumpets and cornets, trombone,

percussion, violin 1, cello, bass


8 textual records. The title Pourquoi? has

been scratched out on

the violin 1 part, and the

new title South-Sea

1920

1 40 Rainy Day Rag, for

piano / composed by

File containing draft, score



10 3 Ruth (oratorio) /

composed by Lou

Hooper

Score for SATB choir, voice soloists,

and accompaniment (manuscript, 55

p.).

0.5 cm of textual

records.

Marked "Detroit 1920"

on the first page. The

score bears

subsequent annotations

and changes, some

possibly pertaining to

1920-[197-?]


composed by Lou

Hooper

File containing scores for parts 1 to 4,

for SATB choir, voice soloists, organ

and piano accompaniment

1.5 cm of textual


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composed by Lou

Hooper

File containing scores for SATB choir,

voice soloists, organ and piano

accompaniment (annotated copies,

679 p.). Included are the copies used

by the choir director, Jennifer Hooper,

and Lou Hooper.

6.5 cm of textual


An additional 64

annotated copies of this

score were removed

from the fonds. The

removed copies bore

annotations that were

either insignificant or

identical to those in

[1973]

2 1--2

5 3


composed by Lou

Hooper

Draft score for part 2, for voice soloists

and accompaniment (manuscript, 22

p.).

1 textual record. Apparently once part of

a larger document; the

pages are numbered 11

[ca. 1970-1973?]


composed by Lou

Orchestral score for introduction, for

woodwinds, brass, strings (manuscript,

1 textual record. [ca. 1973-1977]


composed by Lou

Hooper

File containing draft trumpet parts for

part 1 of the work (manuscripts, 23 p.).

2 textual records. The parts are on

narrow strips of

manuscript paper,

apparently cut and

removed from a score.

They were originally

bound with string, which

[ca. 1970-1973?]

2 4 Say Hello File containing: orchestral score for out

chorus, with lyrics; orchestral parts


2 5 Scotch Medley File containing: vocal score for chorus

(tenors 1 and 2, baritone, bass); vocal

parts for tenors 1 and 2, baritone;

orchestral parts for clarinet, alto and

tenor saxophones, trumpets,

trombone, bass (manuscripts, 23 p.;

copies, 4 p.). Reverse of some parts

contains parts for other compositions:

0.5 cm of textual

records.

The abbreviation "Gnr"

(Gunner) before a

surname on a vocal

part strongly suggests

that some of the

documents date from

Lou Hooper's service in

the Second World War.

[ca. 1939-1970 ?]

2 6 Shangri-La (Ballet)

Moderne

File containing parts for flute, clarinets

1 and 2, trumpets 1 and 2, trombone,

bass (manuscripts, 7 p.).


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2 7 Shortnin' (Shortenin')

Bread

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2 8 St. Louis Blues /

[composed by W.C.

Handy]

File containing: score for chorus

(tenors 1 and 2, baritone, bass) and

orchestra; vocal parts; orchestral parts

for clarinet, alto and tenor saxophones,

trumpets, trombone, accordion, guitar,

bass (manuscripts, 35 p.; copies, some

annotated, 5 p.). Reverse of some

parts contains parts for My Bonnie and

0.5 cm of textual

records.

The abbreviation "Gnr"

(Gunner) before a

surname on a vocal

part strongly suggests

that some of the

documents date from

Lou Hooper's service in

the Second World War.

[ca. 1939-1977]

2 9 Stood on the

Mountain / words and

music composed by

Lou Hooper [and

File containing vocal score for chorus

and a part (manuscripts, 6 p.).

Reverse of the part includes the

composition [Raise the ?] Ruckus.

2 textual records. Margaret Hooper is

attributed as co-

composer on the part,

but her name is

[195- or 196- ?]

6 3 Te Deum Laudamus SATB vocal score (manuscript, 8 p.).

Includes other works, possibly

incomplete, such as Dolly's Lullaby.

1 textual record. Brittle paper;

major tears;

possible

16 November

1916

6 4 Thematic Music Cue

Sheets (photoplay

accompaniment for

silent films)

File containing Thematic Music Cue

Sheets for use by a pianist

accompanying silent films (annotated

publications, 22 p.). Included are cue

sheets for the films The Flaming

Forest, Flesh and the Devil, Harbor

5 textual records. Content and

annotations

date the cue

sheet for

Harbor Lights

to [1928].

[ca. 1926-1927],

[1928]

6 5 There Is No Death /

composed by Bruno

Huhn

File containing: vocal scores (one

incomplete) for tenors 1 and 2,

baritone, bass; score for voices and

accompaniment (manuscripts, 8 p.;


2 10 Three Negro Poems

by Clement Wood,

Set for Medium or

Piano-vocal score (annotated

publication, 16 p.).

1 textual record. [1928 or later]

2 11 Try to Remember File containing: score and parts for

SATB choir and female voice soloist;

score and parts for strings


0.5 cm of textual

records.

Soloist part is marked

"Barbara" (possibly Lou

Hooper's daughter of

that name).

[ca. 1950-1970?]

2 12 Undecided Rag /

composed by Lou

Hooper

File containing piano scores, lead

sheet with line for right hand and chord

symbols (manuscripts, 10 p.).

3 textual records. 1974, [ca. 1974

6 6 Valse, for piano, opus

34, no. 1 / composed

by Maurice [Moritz]

Score (annotated publication, 19 p.). 1 textual record. [ca. 1916-1930 ?]

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6 7 Valse Arabia File containing: score (incomplete

draft?) for piano and orchestra; parts

for clarinet, tenor saxophone, trumpets,

trombone, bass (manuscripts, 17 p.).

Also included on the same leaves are

piano score for Missouri Scrambler and


6 8 Victory Song File containing parts for trumpet,

trombone, piano (with lyrics), bass


6 9 Waltz Medley (I

Wonder What's

Become of Sally; O

How I Miss You

File containing parts for piano, bass

(manuscripts, 8 p.). Also included are:

saxophone parts for Stop + Ask; bass

lines for several compositions.


6 10 Wanderlust (tone-

poem) / composed by

Lou Hooper

File containing: piano scores with notes

on orchestration; parts for flute,

clarinet, drums, violin, cello, bass

0.5 cm of textual

records.

One score: brittle

paper, tears with

information loss.

[ca. 1920]-[197-]

6 11 You Ain't Got Nuthin'

on Me / arranged by

File containing piano-vocal scores


2 textual records. [ca. 194-]-[197- ?]

2 13 You're List'n'in to 'Lou'

(signature song)

File containing piano-vocal score with

script on reverse, lyrics (manuscripts, 4

2 textual records. [ca. 195-]-[196- ?]

6 12 Blues and other

compositions

File containing manuscripts and a

published score for blues and other

compositions. The manuscripts (21 p.)

consist of: Memphis Bound, Alcoholic

Blues, sets of parts (both

compositions: flute, clarinet, trumpet,

trombone, cello; Memphis Bound only,

bass); [Three Square Meals and a

Place to Flop?], piano score and

theme, written on re-used trombone

part for Serenade from Les Millions

d'Arléqin (comp. R. Drigo); If I Put It

Where He Can Get It (He Won't Let It

Be!), theme and lyrics, incomplete

theme with some lyrics; Hon. [Honey?]

Eyes, piano score; I Wonder Why, part

for violin 1; unidentified composition by

Trixie Smith, parts for trombone and

cornet in A; Trixie Blues, part for violin.

14 textual records. 1924, [ca. 192- to

193- ?]

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6 13 Second World War

repertoire and

memorabilia

File containing manuscripts, published

scores, and a press clipping dating

from Lou Hooper's military service in

the Second World War. Manuscripts

(27 p.) consist of: Great Day! and Drink

to Me, parts for men's voices; Love Is

Mine (composed by Gunner Harold

Taylor), orchestral parts for tenor

saxophone, trumpets, trombone, bass;

themes for Anu Nosim, Hashamata,

March (Strong Man Act); music

notebook, including the works Running

in Rain, Hungarian, Skipping Circle

Dance, Birds Ballet, Hoop Dance.

Published scores (8 p.) consist of:

Hymne national de L'U.R.S.S. [Soviet

Union], arrangé pour le piano par

Marcelle Mercenier, bearing the stamp

0.5 cm of textual

records.

1944-1945, [ca.

1939-1945]

2 14 Second World War

band repertoire

File containing arrangements

apparently dating from Lou Hooper's

military service in the Second World

War. Included are: Edie Was a Lady,

Digga-Digga-Doo, parts for trumpets,

trombone, accordion; Opening (No. 2),

draft and parts for saxophones,

trumpet, trombone, guitar; Opening

(Cabaret), score for piano and voice;

Opening (When You're Smiling), score

for orchestra, piano, and voices, and

1 cm of textual

records.

[ca. 1939-1945]

2 15 Music manuscript

booklet

Music manuscript booklet containing

themes, lyrics, lead sheet, piano and

piano-vocal scores, lists of

compositions. Included are: Besame

Mucho, Give My Heart to You, Ain't

She Sweet, My Little Guy, Lay My Body

1 textual record. [ca. 195- or 196-

?]

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Music manuscript booklet containing

themes, lyrics, lead sheets, piano-vocal

score, introductions, lists of

compositions, cues, notes on

arrangement. Included are: Opening

Chos [Chorus], Lady in Black, Memory

Song (words and music composed by

Bunny and Jack Jacobskind and Lou

Hooper), Indian Rhumba, Stranded, My

Favorite Tune, Now You Went and

1 textual record. [ca. 195- or 196-

?]


book

Music manuscript book containing: St

Louis Blues, score for orchestra

(clarinet, tenor saxophone, trumpets 1

and 2, trombone, guitar, piano, drums,

bass) and score for men's voices;

Cocktails for Jennifer and Me, for flute

(composed by Lou Hooper); piano-

vocal score for He That Hath My

1 textual record. 1977, [197-]

2 17 Session with Lou

[Hooper]

File containing string bass and drum

parts for A Strut, Black Cat Blues, My

Little Guy, Uncle Remus Stomp

2 textual records. [197- ?]

7 1 Book of popular song

repertoire : parts for

piano

File containing parts for piano for

compositions in Lou Hooper's working

book of popular songs (manuscripts, 9

p.; annotated publications, 201 p.).

Most of the parts are published piano-

vocal scores. Included is a manuscript

piano-vocal score for Hooper's

composition Merengue à la Chalet.

Also included is the accompanying file

2 cm of textual

records.

Most parts are

numbered, and the

numbers often

correspond with those

on parts in the file

"Book of popular song


tenor saxophone and

other instruments".

[predominant 195-

to 197-]

7 2 Book of popular song


tenor saxophone and

other instruments

File containing parts for tenor

saxophone and other wind instruments

(alto saxophone, clarinet, flute,

trumpet) for compositions in Lou

Hooper's working book of popular

songs (manuscripts, 203 p.;

publications, some annotated, 40 p.).

2 cm of textual

records.

Most parts are

numbered, and the

numbers often

correspond with those

on parts in the file

"Book of popular song


[ca. 195-]-[197-]

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2 18 Miscellaneous

compositions

File containing: Ain't She Sweet and

[Give] My Heart to You, score for vocal

trio; Alice In Wonderland, piano-vocal

score; All the Things You Are, lyrics;

Candlelight, score for small band; C'est

l'aviron, lyrics; Circus Day Strut, for

piano, score (composed by Lou

Hooper, 1974); God Save the Queen,

choral scores for the ending; Great

Day! (spiritual), choral score; A Little

Latin (South Sea Strut), for piano,

score (later version of a work

"Composed in 1918" by Hooper); Not

from Dixie (composed by [Henry]

Mancini), part for tenor saxophone; R &

R (with) Remus (composed by Lou

Hooper), solo part for saxophone or

clarinet; Raise the Rookis (Rookus)

Tonite, including theme, lyrics, tenor

saxophone and drum parts;

Refrigeratin' Papa, lyrics; Sorta Blue

(comp. H. [Henry] Mancini), part for

tenor saxophone, on sheet with Je

t'aime; Sposin', incomplete score for

trumpet, clarinet, bass; Steal Away,

choral score; Swinging Along in the

0.5 cm of textual

records.

1974-1977, [ca.

194-]-[197- ?]

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7 3 Miscellaneous

compositions

File containing: Basin St [Street], score

for orchestra; A Benediction, for voice

and accompaniment (music composed

by Lou Hooper), score; Cradle Song,

for soprano and accompaniment,

score; Cutey-Pie (words and music

composed by Hooper), piano-vocal

score, on same sheet as piano-vocal

score for Pussy-Cat (A Jazz-Waltz);

Grand Opera Blues, piano score,

theme; Haunted-House Hop, piano

score; I Wanna Learn to Do the

Charleston, [draft score?]; Let's Dream

(words and music composed by

Hooper), lead sheet with lyrics; Open

Your Heart, piano score; So Different

Blues, piano score; Squeeze Me Pretty

Baby (composed by Trixie Smith),

piano score; Tiger Rag, score for male

chorus and piano; Wouldn't It Be

Loverly, clarinet part; piano scores

(some incomplete) for unidentified

0.5 cm of textual

records.

Although unattributed,

Cradle Song bears the

later annotation "Detroit

Conservatory of Music -

1917", suggesting that

Lou Hooper composed

or arranged the work

during his studies at

that conservatory.

Squeeze Me Pretty

Baby is attributed, at

the top right corner of

the first page, to Trixie

Smith in the year 1920.

That corner is torn and

has become detached

from the rest of the

page. The first page of

Squeeze Me Pretty

Baby, including the

loose corner, has been

placed in a mylar

Some brittle

paper, tears.

1917-[ca. 196- ?]

8 1 Music through the

Years: A Concert of

Original Compositions

File containing flute orchestral parts for

the compositions Prologue (Recitative

and Aria), Ruth (manuscripts, 15 p.).

5 textual records. [1973]


Years: A Concert of


File containing oboe orchestral parts

for the compositions Prologue

(Recitative and Aria), Ruth



Years: A Concert of


by Lou Hooper

File containing: concert programme;

clarinet 1 orchestral parts for the

compositions Prologue (Recitative and

Aria), Ruth, The Congo (manuscripts,

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[1973]


Years: A Concert of



clarinet 2 orchestral parts for the




Years: A Concert of


File containing bassoon 1 orchestral

parts for the compositions Prologue



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File containing bassoon 2 orchestral

parts for the composition Ruth



Years: A Concert of


File containing horn 1 orchestral parts





Years: A Concert of

File containing horn 2 orchestral parts

for the composition Ruth (manuscripts,



Years: A Concert of


File containing trumpet 1 orchestral





Years: A Concert of


File containing trumpet 2 orchestral





Years: A Concert of


File containing trombone orchestral



5 textual records. One of the parts is

labelled "Trombone-I".

[1973]


Years: A Concert of



percussion orchestral parts for the




Years: A Concert of


by Lou Hooper


violin 1 orchestral parts for the


Aria), Ruth (manuscripts, 17 p.;

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[1973]


Years: A Concert of


File containing violin 2 orchestral parts



0.5 cm of textual

records.

[1973]


Years: A Concert of


File containing viola orchestral parts for

the compositions Prologue (Recitative

and Aria), Ruth (manuscripts, 17 p.).

0.5 cm of textual

records.

[1973]


Years: A Concert of



cello orchestral parts for the


0.5 cm of textual

records.

[1973]


Years: A Concert of



double bass orchestral parts for the



2 19 Lists of compositions File containing lists of compositions

(among them, repertoire lists).

8 textual records. [ca. 196-, 197-]

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