Archives Collection 14 : Lothar Klein



Biography
Lothar Klein, composer and teacher, was born in Hanover, Germany, 27 Jan. 1932, and died in Toronto, 3 January 2004. After teaching at universities in the United States, he joined the Faculty of Music in 1968 and retired in 1996. For a full biography see the Canadian Encyclopedia.

Scope
101 files of sketches and final copies for many of his musical works; 3 files of theoretical and critical writings;1 file of programs and press notices.

Size
13 boxes : 1 m.

Provenance
Donations by the composer 1997, and from the estate, 2006.

Associated
Borrow scores and parts, and listen online to archival recordings at the Canadian Music Centre.

A collection of letters from Lothar Klein is included in the Jacob Frederic Goossen papers, held by the University of Alabama, Special Collections Library.

Inventory
[Biographical materials] 2 files. Typescripts, printed materials and photocopies.
[Composition studies and exercises] 1 file of sketches and drafts. MS pencil and ink.
[Interview with Witold Lutoslawski] 22 p. Copy of typescript.
3 sketches : from Alice in Wonderland For piano 10, 10 p. of music. MS ink transparencies, and copy from manuscript.
4 for one For double bass 1 file of sketches (5 p.) MS pencil.
An exaltation For soprano or tenor solo, SATB chorus and organ 1 score (19 p.) MS ink transparencies.
And let the kettle to the trumpet speak : fanfare variations for concert band 1 score (83 p.) MS ink and pencil
Appassionata [Symmetries III] For orchestra 1 file of sketches (40 p.) MS pencil.
Baroque suite For oboe and English horn 1 file of sketches (various pagings) MS pencil and ink.
Bravura brass For brass quintet 1 score (8, 15, [2], 22) photocopy of MS with pencil revisions + 2 files of sketches (17, 22 l.) MS ink and pencil.
Canadiana For instrumental ensemble 24 parts. MS ink transparencies.
Canadiana : ballet suite For instrumental ensemble 1 file of sketches (ca. 150 p.) MS pencil.
Cancioneros For violin and piano 1 file of sketches (various pagings) MS pencil.
Cantata II : für Schauspielerin & 6 Instrumente For actress, alto flute, guitar, violin and percussion (3 players) 1 score (62 p.) Copy of MS ; manuscript additions and corrections in pencil.
Cantata II on epigrams of Sappho For reciter, alto flute, guitar, violin, and percussion 1 score (27 p.) MS pencil.
Chestnut variations For violin and piano 1 score (11 p.) Copy of MS.
Choragos For oboe and percussion 1 file of sketches (21 p.). MS pencil.
Church sonata For trumpet and organ 1 file of sketches MS pencil
Concerto sacro For viola and orchestra 1 file of sketches (83 l.) MS pencil and ink.
Dance concerto For clarinet and dance band 1 score (101 p.) MS pencil.
Danseries For orchestra 1 file of sketches (various pagings) MS ink and pencil.
Design For percussion and orchestra 1 file of sketches (22 p.) + 1 score (22 p.) MS pencil.
Dickenson miscellany For soprano or alto and piano 1 file of sketches (various pagings) MS pencil.
Divertimento for brass and percussion For 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 horns, and percussion 7 parts. MS ink transparencies.
Duo concertant For clarinet and timpani 1 file of sketches (20 p.) MS pencil.
Epitaphs For orchestra 1 file of sketches ([20, 18, 4, 17] p.) + 3 scores (15, 12, 13p.)|MS pencil|Photocopies of manuscript scores, with manuscript additions and corrections in pencil| In memoriam Hemigway [sic], Camus, JFK on scores cover.
Espagna : a concert piece for cello after Boccherini For violoncello and orchestra 1 file of sketches (102 p.) MS pencil.
Esprit : un souvenir de Daniel-Francois Auber For piano, flute, and clarinet 1 file of sketches (ca. 31 p.) MS pencil.
Estampie diabolique : 3 versions For violin 3 scores (1,2-4, 12, 12 p.) MS pencil and ink, and photocopy with manuscript pencil bowings.
Etude d'agilité : for high soprano and cello For soprano and violoncello 1 file of sketches (16, 2 p.) MS pencil and ink.
Fanfare for a new hall ; A gala fanfare ; Dedicatory fanfare For organ, trumpets, orchestra 1 file of scores and sketches (various pagings) MS ink transparencies, and pencil.
Folk-song arrangements For SSA chorus and piano 1 score (4, 4, 4 p.) MS ink transparencies.
For viola solo For viola 1 file of sketches (p. 5-13) MS ink and pencil.
Fuga For violin 6 p. of music. MS ink transparencies.
Gaieté canadienne For brass band 1 score (54, 20-28, 13 p.) MS ink and pencil
Goodnight : a Moravian lullaby For SSA chorus and piano. 1 score (5 p.) MS pencil.
Hachcava : memorial meditations For bass, 2 harps, contrabassoon and percussion quartet 2 files of sketches (44, 10 p.) MS ink and pencil
Henry II, pt. 2 : incidental music For instrumental ensemble 1 score (26 p.) MS pencil.
Herbstlieder For soprano and piano 1 file of sketches and fair copies (various pagings) MS pencil, and ink transparencies.
Hommage ŕ Lautrec For piano 16 p. of music. MS pencil.
Incidental music to Hamlet For instrumental ensemble (2 clarinets, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 horns, double bass, harp and percussion) 1 score (10, 5 p.) MS ink.
Invention, blues and chase For accordion and strings 1 file of sketches (58 p.) MS pencil.
It is time-- : a trio of musics for violin, cello and piano For piano trio 1 score (24 p.) MS ink and pencil + 1 file of sketches
Ithaka For SSAATTBB chorus and 2 harps 1 file of sketches and materials
Janizary music III For piano, with instrumental cues 26 p. of music. MS pencil.
Laments from Gondal : a monodrama for soprano and viola (after the Gondal poems of Emily Brontë) For soprano and viola 1 score (17 p.) copy of MS with corrections
Le tresor des dieux : suite For guitar and chamber orchestra 1 file of sketches (46 l.) MS ink and pencil.
Little book of hours For SATB chorus 1 score (23 p.) MS ink transparencies.
Madrigal : Hey nonny, nonny For SATB chorus. 1 score (9 p.) Copy from manuscript transparencies.
Madrigal : My thoughts hold mortal strife For SATB chorus 1 score (5 p.) MS ink transparencies.
Madrigal I : Orpheus and his lute For SATB chorus 1 score (6 p.) Copy from manuscript transparencies.
Madrigals For SATB chorus 1 score (p. 1-20) MS ink transparencies.
Market cries : a drollerie for mixed voices SATB chorus 1 score (44 p.) MS ink and pencil + 1 file of sketches
Materials of music 100 61 p. MS pencil and ink.
A meditation for string quartet on Stephen Foster's song The red rose alway -- why must the beautiful die! For string quartet 2 scores (14 p.) MS ink and pencil + photocopy with MS revisions
Meditation for John Lennon : Dec. 9, 1980 For violin and piano 1 file of sketches (11 p.) MS pencil.
Meditations on the passyoun : Lauda For tenor and baritone solos, ATB chorus, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone and harp 1 score (8 l.) + 1 file of sketches (16 l.) + text (1 leaf) MS pencil transparencies, and typescript.
Music for violin and orchestra For violin and piano 1 score (9 p.) MS pencil.
Musique ŕ go-go : a symphonic melee For orchestra 2 scores (56 p.) + 1 file of sketches (43 p.) MS ink transparencies, with master photocopy from transparencies and pencil sketches.
Neptune : grand aria For tuba and piano 1 score (12 p.) + 1 part, photocopy of MS with corrections
Opera libretto after Balzac 16 p. Copy of typescript.
Paganini collage For violin and orchestra. 1 score (126 p.) photocopy with pencil revisions + 1 file of sketches (various pagings) MS pencil.
Partita For orchestra 1 file of sketches (ca. 70 p.) MS ink and pencil.
Pas de deux For piano, clarinet and bassoon 1 score (21 p.) MS ink and pencil ; 1 score (23 p.) + 3 parts computer printout
Psalm For trumpet and percussion 1 score (15 p.) Copy of MS, with manuscript corrections in pencil and ink.
Psalm & dance For trumpet, percussion 1 file of sketches (various pagings) MS pencil.
Quintet For flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon 5 parts. MS ink transparencies.
Quintet For piano and string quartet 4 parts. MS ink transparencies.
Romance #2 For violin 1 file of sketches (7 l. + 4 p.) MS ink and pencil.
Six scenes from The old man and the sea For voice and piano Unpaged. MS pencil and copy of MS
Slices of time For trumpet and strings (quartet or orchestra) 1 file of sketches MS pencil
Sonata For piano. 2 scores (21 p.) MS ink transparencies, and copy from transparencies.
Sonatina For violin and piano 1 part (9 p.) MS ink transparencies.
String quartet #2 For string quartet 1 score (71 p.) +2 files of sketches (various pagings) MS ink and pencil.
Symmetries For orchestra 1 score (unpaged) MS pencil.
Symphonic etudes : symphony #3 For orchestra 1 file of sketches (ca. 100 p.) MS pencil.
Symphony #2 : introduction and rondo giocoso For orchestra 1 file of sketches (unpaged) + 22 parts. MS ink transparencies, and pencil sketches
Symphony in one movement / by Victor Hayn For orchestra 1 score (104 p.) Copy from MS transparencies, with conductor's markings in coloured pencil.
Tale of a father and son For voice and orchestra 2 scores (189 p. each) + 1 vocal score (147 p.) + 1 file of sketches (various pagings) + 1 file of libretto drafts + 1 file of correspondence. MS ink, pencil and typescript.
Tam O'Shanter : a narrative for flute after Robert Burns For flute 6 p. of music, MS ink + 1 file of sketches (9 p.) MS pencil.
The frontier below For keyboards, trumpet, accordion, percussion, harmonica 3 files of sketches, scores, parts and time sheets (various pagings) MS pencil, ink and typescript.
The jabberwock in Ogden Nash's dining room For SSAA chorus and percussion 1 file of sketches (various pagings) MS pencil.
The masque of Oriana For SATB chorus and orchestra 1 file of sketches (8 p.) + 1 score (44 p.) MS pencil.
The philosopher in the kitchen : gastronomical meditations For orchestra 1 file of sketches (122 p.) MS ink ; pencil.
Three exaltations For SATB chorus 2 scores (22, 11p.) MS ink and copy of manuscript.
Three Kyries For SCtTB chorus 1 score (17 p.) MS ink transparencies.
Three laments : book of songs For SATB chorus 12 p. of music. Copy of MS.
Three pastoral songs : after Shakespeare For SSA chorus and piano 1 score (16 p.) Copyist's MS ink transparencies.
Tombeau For 2 guitars 1 file of sketches MS pencil
Trio concertante For string trio and orchestra 1 score ([51] p.) MS pencil.
Trio sonata For piano, clarinet and violoncello 1 file of sketches ([16] p.) MS pencil.
Trocadero : music for Paris in the 20's For piano, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon 1 score (77 p.) MS ink + 1 file of sketches (various pagings) MS ink and pencil.
Twelfth night : incidental music For flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, harp, celesta and percussion (2 players) 1 file of sketches ([4] p.) + 1 score (unpaged) + 9 parts. MS pencil and ink.
Two eclogues For 2 horns and string orchestra 1 score (26 p.) + 5 parts. MS ink transparencies.
Two melancholy songs For soprano and piano 1 score (8 p.) Copy from MS transparencies.
Two orchestral images For orchestra 1 score (31, 91-121 p.) Copy from MS.
Unfinished works For violin, viola ; For piano, horn and violin ; For 17 instruments 3 files of sketches, MS pencil and ink
Variations & epilogue For violin 1 file of sketches (8 p.) MS pencil.
Vaudeville : acrobatics For saxophone and woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon 1 file of sketches (45 p.) MS pencil.
Vice-versa : suite For 2 trombones 1 file of sketches (33, 10 p.) MS pencil.
Virtuoso music For flute, harp, percussion, violin, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos, and 2 double basses. 1 file of sketches (various pagings) MS ink and pencil.
Virtuoso music II For clarinet and timpani 1 file of sketches (p. 8-16) MS pencil.
Voidoi : an odyssey for horn and harp For horn and harp 1 score (17 p.) MS ink and pencil + 1 photograph of Hermansson and Goodman
Waken, o shepherds : a Christmas madrigal For SATB chorus 1 score (5 p.) MS ink transparencies.
Waltz for the New Silber Piano : es is aber Kein Gold und Silber Walzer For piano 3 p. of music. MS ink transparencies.