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Leo Smith fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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Fonds

Date:

1905-1951.

Reference:

R15430-0-2-E, MUS 37

Type of material:

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

210587

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Leo Smith fonds
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Date(s):

1905-1951.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

85 cm of textual records
1 drawing

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of records pertaining to the musical activities of Leo Smith: biographical notes; correspondence; manuscripts of compositions and arrangements by Leo Smith; list of works; programme notes; contract; ink portrait of L. Smith by Owen Staples.

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Smith, Leo, 1881-1952

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Smith, Leo, 1881-1952 : Composer, cellist, writer and professor born in Birmingham, England, Leo Smith first learned cello with W.H. Priestley and Carl Fuchs. A talented child, he performed in recital at the age of eight at Birmingham City Hall. He continued his training at the Royal Manchester College of Music and the University of Manchester. In England, he worked primarily as a cellist in the Hallé Orchestra, and for five years was a member of the Royal Opera House Orchestra (Covent Garden). In 1910 he emigrated to Canada and joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Smith was also a member of a number of musical groups, including the Conservatory Trio, the Conservatory String Quartet and the Academy String Quartet. Interested in teaching, he wrote three textbooks, including Musical Rudiments, and was also employed as a professor at the Toronto Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto (1927-50). He composed works for piano, choir and orchestra (An Ancient Song, A Summer Idyll) and chamber music (Quartet in D, Sonata in E Minor and A Horse Race Ballad).

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Textual record (Electronic) This finding aid consists of 22 pages, digitized, a table of contents, a list of file descriptions and a list of works of Leo Smith listed in the Union Catalogue of Canadian Music Publications to 1951. (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002950.pdf

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MUS 37
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[Consultation90 Open]

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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MUS 37] 1--17

[Consultation 90 Open]

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