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VIOLET ARCHER PAPERS fonds ACCESSION NO.: 478/90.18

The Violet Archer Papers Fonds Accession NO. 478/90.18

MANUSCRIPTS ............................................................................................................................................... 2

Scores and Miscellaneous Parts ................................................................................................................ 2

Counterpoint Exercises ........................................................................................................................... 11

Harmony Exercises .................................................................................................................................. 13

Scores and Drafts .................................................................................................................................... 14

OTHER PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 16

Pamphlets, Booklets, Brochures, Posters ............................................................................................... 16


FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

MANUSCRIPTS

Scores and Miscellaneous Parts

Arrangements for full orchestra of ‘Rule Britannia’ and ‘God Save the King’

[19-] 1.1

Three Duets for Two Violins. 2nd & 3rd movements. Published: Peer Southern, N.Y.C.

[19-] 1.2

Exercises in Traditional Style 1935 1.3

Jig - for chamber orchestra 1936 1.4

Jig - piano score 1935 1.5

Agnus Dei-a cappella SATB. 17th Century Style 1936 1.6

First violin part (incomplete). Arrangement for orchestra of Russian folk songs

1936 1.7

Fugues 1936 1.8



Song - Soprano and piano 1936 1.9

Variations on a French Canadian folk song 1936 1.10

Vivace-Scherzando for Strings. Piano version 1936 1.11

Choruses from the Baccae of Euripidies for Women’s Voices and Orchestra. Pencil score

1937 1.12

Choruses from the Baccae of Euripidies for Women’s Voices and Orchestra. Ink score

1937 1.13

Original Theme and Variations for Orchestra (There is also a version for string orchestra) Pencil score

1937 1.14

Double bass part. Variations on an original theme. String orchestra version

1937 1.15

Rhapsody for orchestra. Piano reduction 1937 1.16

Untitled sketch 1937 1.17



Fragment-orchestrated of Untitled sketch

Capriccio for piano

Theme and variations for String Orchestra

1937

1937

1938

1.18

Capriccio for piano

Theme and variations for String Orchestra

Indian lament piano & tympani

Capriccio for piano & tympani

Scherzo for piano & tympani

Kyrie a cappella SATB

Fragment String Quartet

Funeral March piano & tympani

String Quartet #1; Fantasy

Rondo

1937

1938

1938

1938

1937

1937

1937

1940

1940

1.19

Fragment for Strong Quartet 1938 1.20

Scherzo - fragment for String Quartet 1938 1.21



Fun pieces 1938 1.22

Miscellaneous materials 1938-39 1.23

Song - ‘Silver’. Medium voice and piano 1938 1.24

Six pieces for pianoforte and hand tympani 1939 1.25

Capriccio for hand Tympani and orchestra

Flute and piccolo parts

1939 1.26

‘Grecian Dance’ 1939 1.27

Rhapsody for orchestra 1939 1.28

Capriccio Fantastic. Fragment 1940 1.29

Fragment. Capriccio 1940 1.30



‘Leaves of Grass’ for chorus and orchestra

Text - Walt Whitman. First movement, choral part

1940 1.31

‘Leaves of Grass’ for mixed chorus and orchestra. (First movement and second movement). Text - Walt Whitman. Pencil score

1940 1.32

‘Leaves of Grass’ for chorus and orchestra. First movement. Text - Walt Whitman

1940 1.33

Sketches for background music for skit: Launcelot & Guinivere

1940 1.34

Sketches - ‘Britannia’ A Joyful Overture 1941 1.35

Part of score for two pianos of first version of ‘Britannia’ A Joyful Overture

1941 1.36

‘Britannia’ A Joyful Overture. Transcription for two pianos

1941 1.37

‘Britannia’ A Joyful Overture; for full orchestra 1941 2.1



Concertino for clarinet and orchestra 1941 2.2

Sketches (incomplete). Concertino for clarinet and orchestra

1941 2.3

Fantasia Concertante - fragment - transcribed for larger orchestra

1941 2.4

Fantasia Concertante. Flute, oboe, clarinet, strings 1941 2.5

Habitant Sketches. Church Scene. Christmas in Quebec

1942 2.6

Divertimento for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Three of four movements

1944 2.7

Fantasy for violin and piano. Adaptation of Fantasy for clarinet and strings 1945

1946 2.8

Sonatina no. 1 for piano 1945 2.9



Transcription for orchestra. Bach Fugue in C# minor. Well tempered clavinchord, vol. 1

1946 2.10

Sketches - (incomplete). Symphony no. 1 (First movement)

1946 2.11

Rough sketches - (incomplete). Symphony no. 1 1946 2.12

Symphony no. 1. First movement. Pencil score 1946 2.13

Symphony no. 1. Four movements. Arrangement for piano duet

1946 2.14

Symphony no. 1. Ink score 1946 2.15

Duet for violin and cello 1947 2.16

Preludes throu’ 6, from six Preludes 1947 2.17

Three two part inventions 1947 2.18



Three Sketches for Two Pianos, published by Waterloo Music Co. Ltd. : Little Prelude (second piano); Impromptu Slow Dance; Jig Scherzo

1947 2.19

Fragments 1948 3.1

Pencil score of first two and fourth movements of Divertimento for oboe, clarinet and bassoon

1948 3.2

‘First Snow’. Song for soprano. First of the set “Under the Sun”

1949 3.3

Songs

Train at Night

Snow Shadows

Choral music

Death be not Proud

First section of ‘The Bell Doth Toll’

1949 3.4

‘Singing Bells’. Canadian folk song (French). (Arrangement) - 2 of 4 hand arrangement. This is one of 10 Folk Songs for Four Hands. Published: Berandol Music Ltd.

1953 3.5



Prelude and Allegro for violin and piano. Published: Berandol Music Ltd.

1954 3.6

Rondo for Pianoforte. Published: Peer Southern, N.Y.C.

1955 3.7

Trio no. 2 for violin, cello and piano. Commissioned by International House of Orleans. Published: Waterloo Music Co. Ltd.

1956 3.8

Fragments for horn. Minute Music for Small Hands. Waltz; Hop, skip, glide; Prayer. Published: Peer Southern, New York. Serenades for oboe, violin and cello; later called Divertimento

1957 3.9

Apocalypse - (complete) Rough sketches - violin concerto

1958 3.10

Violin concerto (continued) 1959 3.11

The Fly (soprano and clarinet) 42nd Psalm (contralto and piano) Sweet Jesu - SA; SATB. Published: Jaymar Publications.

1958-59 3.12



Folk songs

- Le Miroir

- Rossignolet Sauvage

- LePrince Eugene

Sweet Jesu - SATB. Published: Jaymar Publications. String Trio - Siciliano. Last movement. Loose pages; fragments, beginning of Sonato no. 2 for violin and piano. Fantasy for piano and orchestra

1959 3.13

Loose pages - String quartet no. 2 Sonata for horn and piano. Published: Berandol Music Co. Ltd. Western Board Exams

1965

1968

3.14

The Marching Song - Manitoba Folk Song

La Metisse - Manitoba Folk Song

Le General Dickson - Manitoba Folk Song

A Life on the Ocean Wave

Life in a Prairie Shack - Alberta Folk Song

1966-67 3.15

Counterpoint Exercises

Counterpoint exercises - for classes Western Board of Music exams



Sketches of:

1. Arrangements for SSAA of Imelda Olson’s song cycle, Moods in Miniature

2. Shout With Joy. Anthem

3. Chorale Improvisation for organ on O Worship the King

4. Centennial Spring Time for SA and piano. Text by Jessie Alexander of Rimbey

5. Improvisations for piano. Quote from Emily Carr

6. Sinfonietta

7. “Amens” for SATB

8. Harmonization of melody by W.N. Anderson of Wetaskiwin

1967-68

1967

1967

1967

1967

1968

1968

1968

3.16



9. Ricercar for 4 violins (fragment)

10. Sonata for clarinet and piano. Published: Waterloo Music Co. ltd.

1968

1971

1971

Harmony Exercises

Miscellaneous: Harmony exercises for my classes at the University

1. Sonatina for oboe and piano

2. Sonatina for clarinet and piano

3. Bagatelle no. 2 for piano. Published: Waterloo Music Co. Ltd.

4. Bagatelle no. 1

5. Bagetelle no. 4

6. Little Fantasy (Winchester New)

1968

1968

1968

1971

3.16-3.17



7. Ending of Sonatina for clarinet and piano. Loose sheets

(1) Festive Fantasy on Pange Lingua for organ. Page missing

(2) Fragment

(3) Text of Anthem, O Lord Thous Hast Searched Me. Published: Waterloo Music Co. Ltd. 1975

1971

1974

1978

1975

1977

Scores and Drafts

Sganarelle Opera. Full score. pencil copy 1973 4.1

Northern Landscape. Song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano

1978 4.2

Prelude and Little Fantasy on Winchester New for Organ

1978 4.3

Psalmody for orchestra, chorus and baritone voice. Pencil score. Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

1978 4.4



Two songs of Praise for SSAA a cappella. Commissioned by the Leo Green Singers of Edmonton

1978 4.5

Divertimento for Saxaphone Quartet. Rough draft 1979 4.6

Divertimento for Saxaphone Quartet. Final version for my copyist

1979 4.7

Four Duets for violin and cello. Final version for my copyist 1979 4.8

1979 4.8

Festival Fantasy based on Pange Lingua for organ. Commissioned by the Royal Canadian College of Organists - Edmonton Branch

1979 4.9

Four Duets for violin and cello. Rough draft 1979 4.10

Sonata no. 2; for piano. Rough draft. Commissioned by Calgary pianist Charles Foreman

1979 4.11

‘A Spring of Flowers’. Song cycle for flute, piano and tenor voice. Final version for my copyist

1979 4.12



‘A Sprig of Flowers’. Song cycle for flute, piano and tenor voice. Rough draft

1979 4.13

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Pamphlets, Booklets, Brochures, Posters

List of Dr. Violet B. Archer’s published compositions

Pamphlets: ‘Who’s Who’ in Canadian Performing Arts (1979) Performing Rights Organization of Canada ltd. (July 1979)

1979 4.14

Banff Festival of the Arts - booklet 1978 4.15

Pamphlets: - Second Century Week: Centennial Competition for Canadian Student Composers

- Second Century Week

- Second Century Week

1967 4.16

Brochure - CBC special - Violet Archer; (performed by Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)

1978-79 4.17

Brochure - The U of A Dept. of Music 1974 4.17



presents...Violet Archer’s Sganarelle Poster

Poster: U of A Music Division presents a Recital of Original Compositions by Senior Bachelor of Music Students, Pupils of Professor Violet Archer

1963 4.18

Poster - Second Century Week Oversize folder

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