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Collection consists of correspondence, 1912-1947, from Wilfrid Laurier, Emile Berliner, Ralph David Blumenfeld, John Boynton Priestley, John Huston Finley, Malcolm MacDonald, and others. Some letters include newspaper clippings regarding the author or a brief description of the author's background, written by Livinson.
Livinson, Abraham Jacob, 1888 or 1889-1966Most of the Livinson papers consist of lecture notes taken between 1905 and 1914 for undergraduate courses in philosophy, literature and history, and for courses in the Law Faculty. Two scrapbooks of clippings and photographs reflect Livinson's interest in Wilfred Laurier, approximately 1916-1949, and Abraham Lincoln, 1923-1937; there are also two 'notebooks' of clippings on books on the art of writing, memorable quotations, and speeches, 1936. Livinson's journals, sometimes kept under his own name and sometimes under the pseudonyms 'André Penuel' or 'André Charles' consist primarily of philosophical reflections and aphorisms, 1936-1942, 1947-1948, 1952. A short essay on Barbados, 1936, is accompanied by photographs, and there are also a number of photographs of Montréal scenes. Livinson's autograph collection consists of letters from prominent men, largely Montrealers, in business and government.
Livinson, Abraham Jacob, 1888 or 1889-1966File consists of program for performance held on 13 May 2023, Redpath Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University.
Doctoral lecture-recital.
Works:
Sinfonia à 6 fatta per le nozze del serenissimo Don Fernando Medici / Malvezzi, Cristofano, 1547-1599
Ave maris stella / Chant: anon., Versets: Abraham Ross, 1994-
Sonata VII, Stravagantee e per il cimbalo cromatico sopra l'Ave maris / Buono, Gioanpietro del, before 1657
Toccata del quarto tuono, Primo libro del Transilvano / Luzzaschi, Luzzasco, 1545-1607
Miserere mej, Deus - falsobordone / Dentice, Fabrizio, 16th century, passaggi by Francesco Severi, Denatiello Coya
Sacrae Cantiones (1593) (excerpt) / Aleotti, Rafaella, 1575-c. 1646, arr. Abraham Ross, 1994-
Canzona del sesto tuono detta 'I martellino rosso / arr. Abraham Ross, 1994-
File consists of program for performance held on 1 December 2021, Redpath Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University.
Doctoral recital.
Works:
Dialoghi musicali raccolte da diversi eccellentissimi (Venetia, 1590) / Gabrielli, Giovanni, c. 1554/57-1612), Intabulation after Liuwe Tamminga
Toccata (improvised) / Ross, Abraham, 1994-
Dulce memoriae (Doulce memoire) / Sandrin, Pierre, c. 1490-after 1560), Intabulation: Hernando de Cabezon
Fantasia, WV 88 / Scheidemann, Heinrich, c. 1595-1663, after Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643
Secondo libro di toccate e partite d'intavolatura (Roma, 1627) / Frescobaldi, Girolami, 1583-1643
O de la bella Etruria invitto Duce à 5 / Striggio, Alessandro, c. 1535-1589, Intabulation: Abraham Ross
Colei che giàsi bella à 5 / Fontanelli, Alfonso, 1557-1622, Intabulation: Abraham Ross
Consonanze stravaganti / Macque, Giovanni de, 1548/50-1614
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book / Caccini, Giulio Romolo, 1551-1618, Intabulation: Peter Philips
L'intavolatura cembalo-organistica della Biblioteca Musicale Laurence K. J. Feninger presso il Castello del Buonconsiglio di Trento (FP 236) / Rore, Cipriano de, 1515/16-1565, Intabulation: Ercole Pasquini
Dic nobis Maria, WV 51 / Bassano, Giovanni, 1560/61-1617, Intabulation: H. Scheidemann
Præludium in G / Tunder, Franz, 1614-1667
Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt (excerpt) / Strungk, Delphin, 1600/01-1694
Canzona, WV 44 / Scheidemann, Heinrich, c. 1595-1663
Præmbulum, WV 33 / Scheidemann, Heinrich, c. 1595-1663
Christ Lag in Todesbanden / Tunder, Franz, 1614-1667