Biography
Gordon Delamont, teacher, author, composer, and trumpeter was born in Moose Jaw, SK, 27 October 1918, and died in Toronto 16 Jan 1981. He performed in dance bands and CBC radio orchestras, taught harmony, counterpoint, composition, and theory, and published textbooks which have been widely used. See the Canadian Encyclopedia for a full biography.

Scope
Jazz compositions, dance band arrangements, and biographical materials

Size
4 boxes ; .45 m.

Provenance
Whitney Smith
Inventory

Description
Adagio : for jazz octet) 8 parts, MS ink
Allegro and Blues : for jazz orchestra 1 score (21 p.) + 16 parts, MS ink and pencil
Arrangements with bandstand numbers 14 sets of charts and parts. MS pencil and ink
Arrangements without bandstand numbers 10 sets of charts and parts. MS pencil and ink
Centum : for band 1 score (31 p.) + 11 parts, photocopies of MS
Collage No. 3 : for dance band 1 score (18 p) + 6 parts, MS ink
Conversation :1976, for flugelhorn and alto saxophone 1 jazz chart + 18 parts, MS ink
Lives of a professional musician 64 p. typescript
Memoirs of Huron county : for jazz octet 1 score (10, 18, 15, 22 p.) + 8 parts, MS ink
Ontario Suite : for soprano and orchestra 1 score (30, 20, 32 p.) photocopy of MS, with MS corrections
Portrait of Charles Mingus : for jazz octet 1 score (16 p.) + 9 parts, MS ink and pencil
Some aspects of a Symonds motif : for jazz octet 1 score (23, 28 p.) + parts, MS ink
Susan : five miniatures : for jazz octet 1 score (6, 5, 10, 7, 12 p.) MS ink
Taking the notes where they want to go : CBC Radio Documentary 3 sound tapes, 10 in., 15 ips
Tommy Dorsey : a retrospect : 1978, for jazz octet 1 score (21 p.) MS ink
Toronto 12 : for jazz octet 1 score (29 p.) MS pencil
Toronto 12 : for jazz orchestra 1 score (29 p.) + parts, MS ink

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