Archives Collection 25 : Frank Welsman



Biography
Frank Squire Welsman, conductor, pianist and teacher, was born in Toronto, 20 Dec 1873, and died in Muskoka, ON, 2 July 1952. After studies in Germany, he founded the Toronto Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, which in 1908 became the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. See the Canadian Encyclopedia for a full biography.

Scope : 4 scrapbooks; 1 file of signed photographs

Size : 2 boxes (.2 m.)

Provenance : Mrs. F.S. Welsman

Associated : The Welsman memoranda . Northern Miner Press, c1971.

InventoryDescription
Photographs Collection of signed portraits, mainly dated 1909-1920: Wilhelm Bachaus, Clara Butt, Teresa Carreño, Mischa Elman, Carl Flesch, Arthur Friedheim, Josef Hofmann, Louise Homer, Percy B. Kahn, Martin Krause, Fritz Kreisler, Luigi von Kunits, Mischa Levitzki, Kathleen Parlow, Bernice de Pasquali, Maud Powell, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Walter Henry Rothwell, R. Kennerley Rumford, Leo Slezak, Helen Stanley, Frederick A. Stock, Yvonne de Tréville, August Wilhelmj, Eugène Ysaÿe.
Scrapbook 1910-1914 Press notices of Toronto Symphony Orchestra concerts.
Scrapbook 1902-1906 Press notices and programs of his appearances as a pianist, and of Toronto Conservatory Symphony Orchestra concerts.
Scrapbook 1901-1914 Press notices and programs of his pupils' recitals (1903-1912); notices of Toronto Symphony Orchestra concerts (1912-1914) ; examination papers he set for the Toronto College of Music (1901-1906)
Scrapbook 1917-1918 Press notices and programs of Toronto Symphony Orchestra concerts.
Essay Frank Squire Welsman : founder and first conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 1908 / Lois McVannel.
Photocopy (12 l.)