Thomas S. Canning, Music Professor, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3098
Papers of West Virginia University music professor, Thomas Canning. Includes musical scores, lecture notes, and a few photographs. Includes manuscript scores and sound recordings on reel to reel tape of his signature work "Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan for Double String Quartet and String Orchestra". Sound recordings were separated to the sound archives, collection C594; to see a listing of them, see the Separated Materials note.
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9.5 Linear Feet (9 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (6 records cartons, 15 in. each); (3 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each))
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Separated to the sound archives, collection C594, tapes T167-T231. Tape T177 is not in the collection.
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tape T167
performer: Jeffrey Everett
program: Masters Recital, Percussion, Prelude and Chorale
location: CAC WVU
date: 11 September 1975
tape T168
performer: Joseph R. Wytko
program: Graduate Recital including concert piece for alto saxophone, chamber wind, and percussion (first performance)
composer: Thomas Canning
location: Northwestern University School of Music
date: 16 July 1974
tape T169
performer: Joseph Wytko, alto saxophone; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Donald Jonanos
program: concert piece for alto saxophone, chamber wind, and percussion
composer: Thomas Canning
location: Creative Arts Theatre
date: 31 October 1974
tape T170
occasion: "Moving In Day" church service
program: music for brass before the service; processional "Aurelia"; anthem "Spirit of God"
location: Christ Methodist Church, Bethel Park, Pittsburgh, PA
date: 10 April 1960
tape T171
performer: Pennsylvania Collegiate Chorus
program: "Antiphon and Psalm" (first performance)
composer: Thomas Canning
date: 1965
tape T172
performer: David Craighead, Kilbourn Hall Organ
occasion: Summer School Concert Series
program: Sonata for Organ, Toccata, Canzona, Fugue
location: Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY
date: 1959
tape T173
performer: Philip Faini; WVU Percussion ensemble
program: Percussion Symphony "Classical" (first performance)
tape T174
performer: Miss Marilyn Keiser playing the great Aeolian-Skinner Organ
program: Variations and Fugue for Organ (on a Hexachord of Alfred R. de Jaager)
composer: Thomas Canning
location: Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
date: 2 August 1969
tape T175
performer: Guy Remonko
program: Graduate Recital
[Side 1]
Sonata V - Handel
Recitative and Improvisation - Elliot Carter
Concertino - Paul Creston
Rondo for Percussion and Brass - Thomas Canning
[Side 2]
Two Songs for Soprano, Violoncello, and Piano, on poems by Helen Ashley Anderson
1. To a Wild Rose 2. Lift Thine Eyes
composer: Thomas Canning (Ruth Drucker)
date: 12 July 1966
tape T176
title: Three Compositions submitted for reference
occasion: Composer Commissioning Grants Project, West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council
date: 29 April 1974
I. "Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan" (1747-1798) for String Orchestra and Two String Quartets. Leopold Stokowski and the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Everest Records. 1944.
II. "Rondo for Percussion and Brass" Kenneth Wendrich (Graduate Recital), with Dr. Howard Hanson conducting an Eastman School of Music brass ensemble. November 1956.
III. "Hymn for Our Nation" Pennsylvania Music Educators Association: Region I State Chorus (approximately 150 students), with Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra members. Richard Reed conducting. 18 April 1969.
tape T178
performer: Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
conductor: Dr. Howard Hanson
program:
1. "The Temptation of Jesus, St. Matthew 4:1-11" for men's chorus, narrator, brass, and percussion
2. Music for Eastertide (on "Christ Lag in Todesbanden")
composer: Thomas Canning
date: 2 May 1956
tape T179
performer: Dr. English; Norma Marshall
occasion: Organ concert
program: Canonic piece for two organs
location: CAC Theatre
date: 19 July 1970
tape T180
program: A Christmas Greeting; The Shepherd's Carol
composer: Thomas Canning
location: Kilbourn Hall
date: 12 December 1953
tape T181
title: "Perpetual Motion" for two trumpets in B flat and percussion
composer: Thomas Canning
commissioned by Radio Station WWVU, West Virginia University
tape T182
performer: Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Dr. Howard Hanson
title: "Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan"
composer: Thomas Canning
tape T183
Thomas Canning
titles:
I. Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan
II. Rondo for Percussion and Brass
III. A Hymn for Our Nation
tape T184
"Music by Thomas Canning"
1. Three Old Nursery Rhymes [17]
2. The Troubles of My Heart are Enlarged [18]
location: Eastman School
tape T185
performer: Eastman Singers
conductor: David Felter
1. Three Pieces for Clarinet [19]
2. An Offering of Carols and Rounds, 28 April 1958 [20]
tape T186
program: "Aebert and Tiberius", piano, trumpet, and percussion
director: June Sevartwant
location: Music building (Eisland) West Virginia University
date: 21 May 1996
tape T187
title: Ballet - Fantasy of the Vegetables
date: 1996
tape T188
title: Ballet - Fisherman and Black Pearl
performer: Thomas Canning
story: Sara Jane Heater
choreagraphy: Mary Kay Wiedebusch
occasion: Orchesis
date: 1967-1968
tape T189
title: "Anthem for Rogatum Day"
performed by: Ohio University Concert Choir (30 voices)
director: Hollace Eament
composer: Canning
location: Athens, Ohio
tape T191
program: Hope College Service
contents: Part 1 - Beginning through the String ensemble
date: 24 April 1957
tape T192
program: Hope College Service
contents: Part 2 - Women's Anthem through Three Hymns
date: 24 April 1957
tape T190
program: Hope College Service
contents: Part 3 - Praise through the end of the service
date: 24 April 1957
tape T193
program: Hope College Service (complete)
composer: Thomas Canning
tape T194
program: Two Chorales with Dissonance of Bach
performed by: four saxophones
tape T195
performer: Thomas Canning
occasion: Canning Organ Dedicatory Service of Wesley Methodist Church
program:
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Spirit of the Mountains
Psalm 150
Meditation on Royal Oaks
Choral and Instrumental Response
Descants
location: Morgantown, West Virginia
date: 19 November 1972
tape T196
program:
[Side I]
Rondo for Percussion and Brass
Fantasy on a Hymn of Justin Morgan
My Soul Thirsteth for God (Hope College)
Psalm I (oboe)
[Side II]
Temptation of Jesus (male chorus)
An Offering of Caroles and Rounds
tape T197
program: Drummond Chapel Program
1. Voluntary I
2. Four Improvisations; percussion, organ (on slides by Sr. Mary Corita)
3. Voluntary II
4. Canonic Anthem for Children's Choir (Bless the Lord, Are the Works of the Lord)
5. Voluntary III
occasion: Festival of the Arts
date: 6 April 1967
tape T198
performer: Thomas Canning
occasion: Retirement Concert
program: Program of New Works
Fanfares
Concert Overture
Canticle of the Sun
A Galactic Journey
West Virginia Suite
location: WVU CAC
date: 29 March 1977
tape T199
program: West Liberty Concert
Who Thou Art I Know Not
A Hymn of Thanksgiving
The God of Abraham Praise
location: Interface Chapel
tape T200
Music for WVU film "Our Rightful Destiny"
choral arrangement by Thomas Canning
date: 1966
tape T201
titles:
A Christmas Greeting
The Shepherd's Carol
Nursery Rhymes
The Trouble of My Heart
The Temptation of Jesus
tape T202
title: "L-O-V-E"
written by Pastor Thomas
arranged by Thomas Canning
sung by the pastor's wife
location: Appalachian Center, Vintroux, West Virginia
date: 1968
tape T203
The Emperor and the Nightingale (incidental music)
tape T204
occasion: WVU Percussion Concert
program: Variations for Piano and Percussion
Philip Faini, conductor
James Miltenberger, pianist
location: Concert Hall CAC
date: 7-8 October 1976
tape T205
program: Piano Concerto
performer: James Miltenberger; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Donald Johanos
tape T206
program: John Wesley's Covenant Service (reel 1 - to the end of "Glorim")
music by Thomas Canning
Dr. Lloyd Pfautsch, conducting
occasion: Methodist Youth Conference
location: Huff Hall, University of Illinois
date: 31 August 1961
tape T207
program: John Wesley's Covenant Service (reel 2 - to the end of "Covenant Prayer")
music by Thomas Canning
Dr. Lloyd Pfautsch, conducting
occasion: Methodist Youth Conference
location: Huff Hall, University of Illinois
date: 31 August 1961
tape 38 (reel 3 - concluding reel)
tape T208
program: John Wesley's Covenant Service (reel 3 - to the end of the program)
music by Thomas Canning
Dr. Lloyd Pfautsch, conducting
occasion: Methodist Youth Conference
location: Huff Hall, University of Illinois
date: 31 August 1961
tape T209
[Side I]
Fool's Parsley
Albert
[Side II]
Joyce Noble
tape T210
program: "A New Song - Church Music" - Interviews and recording (recorded from NBC)
1. O God Our Lord, Thy Holy Word
2. Meditations on Hyfrydol
performer: Thomas Canning
date: November 1962
tape T211
title: It Is Finished
location: University of Alabama (?)
tape T212
performer: Glee Club -
program: Shepherd Obed
Thomas Canning, composer
Dr. Beaven, narrator
Ward Woodbury, conductor
date: 25 December 1955
tape T214
program: Opera "Beyond Belief" (reel 1 - Act I)
music by Thomas Canning
libretto by William Grabwick
occasion: ESM Opera Workshop
date: 15 May 1956
tape T213
program: Opera "Beyond Belief" (reel 2- Act II)
music by Thomas Canning
libretto by William Grabwick
occasion: ESM Opera Workshop
date: 15 May 1956
tape T215
title: Praise
composer: Thomas Canning
performer: David Lloyd, tenor; Percussion ensemble
tape T216
title: "Ring and the Book" (music for plays, for Division of Theatre)
Sarabande - oboe and strings
Gigue - flute, oboe, and strings
Sarabande - oboe and strings
Sarabande - strings
tape T218
I Hear America Singing Program - Program, lecture, and recital on American Art Song (Record I)
[Side 1]
The Beginnings of American Art Song - Thomas Canning
[Side 2]
1. Thou Art to Me - Chadwick
2. The Swan Bent Low - MacDowell
3. The Green River - Carpenter
4. Sheep and Lambs - Homer
5. Symphony in Yellow - Griffes
6. At the River: The Children's Hour: Walt Whitman - Ives
Carolyn Reyer, mezzo-soprano
William Nelson, piano
tape T217
I Hear America Singing Program - Program, lecture, and recital on American Art Song (Record II)
[Side 1]
Part II - The Development of Song from 1940 to the Present - Thomas Canning
[Side 2]
1. Nature the Gentlest Mother - Copland
2. Traum from Song Cycle Du - Babbit
3. The Crucifixion - Barber
4. The Bird - Canning
5. One of Us - Chanler
6. Mourn, Mourn - Weber
7. Be Music, Night - Diamond
8. Alleluia - Rorem
note: contains two programs from this event
tape T219
Music Appreciation Lecture - Thomas Canning
tape T220
title: Writer's Conference Lecture "Poetry and Music" (with musical examples)
location: Appalachian Center, WVU, Mont Chateau
date: 18 June 1969
tape T221
Dr. Gainer
occasion: MENC Student Convention Workshop
titles:
The Lover's Lament
Soldier, Soldier
Groundhog
location: Jackson's Mill
date: 6 November 1978
tape T222
4-H tape
tape T223
note: This tape is a version of the "Service" put together at the conference of lay leaders, Appalachian Center. Marked by folded paper is Champion's "Hummed" example, yet to be put on the final tape.
date: July 1970
tape T224
Appalachian Preachers - Thomas Canning
tape T225
occasion: WVU 4-H
title: Music (sounds) Illustration of Two Films
date: 2 July 1969
tape T226
occasion: Contemporary Music Workshop - State 4-H Older Youth Camp
title: Four pieces extemporized (with basic conducting) by members of the camp
1. Ensemble
2. Guitar and ensemble
3. Solo guitar, triangle, tambourine
4. Piano concerto (ensemble)
location: Jackson's Mill, Weston, West Virginia
tape T227
Sounds sources from "A Service on Meditation"
occasion: Appalachian School for Church Leaders
date: Summer 1970
tape T228
"Collage" made by 4-H students
directed by Mr. Canning and Mr. Champion
location: 4-H Camp
date: 30 June 1970
tape T229
4-H Camp - tape of musical examples spontaneously prepared to depict "moods" in music and some basic approaches to these as creative experiences
1. Five guitars
2. One trumpet
3. Divided chorus, largely women and about six men
4. Piano (T.C.)
location: Jackson's Mill, Weston, West Virginia
date: 27 June 1972
tape T230
lecture: Mrs. Manning's piano students
date: 30 September 1973
tape T231
4-H Camp - tape made at end of workshop
location: Jackson's Mill
date: 1975
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