"Music" found 61 records | Heritage Burnaby

The fairground organ : its music, mechanism and history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Cockayne, Eric V.

Publication Date: 1970

Call Number: 789.7 COC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0715349856

Call Number: 789.7 COC

Author: Cockayne, Eric V.

Contributor: Leach, Ronald, Sir, 1907-

Place of Publication: England

Publisher: Newton Abbot, - David & Charles

Publication Date: 1970

Physical Description: 239 p. : ill. (1 col), music ; 23 cm

Inscription: "Unknown source / via Maurice / Technical info / on Wurlitzers", written on post-it note inserted in front cover.; "WITHDRAWN FROM / NEW WESTMINSTER / PUBLIC LIBRARY", stamped on inside front cover page and title page.

Library Subject (LOC): Musical instruments; Organ (musical Instrument); Mechanical organs--History; Mechanical musical instruments

Subjects: Musical Instruments

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 234) and index.

Favorite songs of the nineties complete original sheet music for 89 songs

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Fremont, Robert A.

Publication Date: c1973

Call Number: 786.4 FRE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0486215369

Call Number: 786.4 FRE

Author: Fremont, Robert A.

Contributor: Morath, Max

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Dover

Publication Date: c1973

Physical Description: 1 score (xiv, 401 p.) : ill., fascim. ; 31 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Songs with piano; Popular music

Notes: "Consists of unabridged, unaltered republications of the sheet music for 89 popular songs (original publishers and dates of publication are indicated in the Contents)." -- verso.; Contents: After the ball -- Asleep in the deep -- Beautiful isle of somewhere -- Band played on -- Because song -- Bedelia -- Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? -- Bird in a gilded cage -- Bird on Nellie's hat -- Bowery [from A trip to China] -- Break the news to mother -- Cat came back -- Go on and coax me -- Comrades (song) -- Daisy Bell (Bicycle made for two) -- Dear old girl -- Down went McGinty -- Everybody works but Father -- Forty-five minutes from Broadway -- Fountain in the park -- Give my regards to Broadway -- Good bye, my lady love -- Gipsy love song [from Fortune Teller] -- Hearts and flowers = Coeurs et fleurs -- Hello! ma baby -- Her eyes don't shine like diamonds (Three little lads love-story) -- Hot time in the old town -- Ida! sweet as apple cider -- I don't care -- I don't want to play in your yard -- If I were on the stage (Kiss me again) -- I love you truly -- In my merry oldsmobile -- In the baggage coach ahead -- In the good old summer time -- In the shade of the old apple tree -- Just tell them that you saw me -- Kentucky babe -- Little Annie Rooney -- Love's old sweet song -- Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo -- Mary's a grand old name -- Meet me in St. Louis, Louis -- Mighty lak' a rose -- Moth and the flame -- Mother pin a rose on me -- Mother was a lady (If Jack were only here) -- My gal Sal (They called her frivolous Sal) -- My wild Irish Rose [from Romance of Athlone] -- Oh promise me -- On a Sunday afternoon -- On the banks of the Wabash, far away -- Rock-a-bye baby [from Songs of the old homestead] -- Rosary -- Say au revoir but not good-bye -- She is more to be pitied than censured -- She may have seen better days -- She was bred in old Kentucky -- Sidewalks of New York -- Somebody's sweetheart I want to be -- Story of the rose [from Last Rohans] -- Streets of Cairo (Poor little country maid) -- Streets of New York [Red Mill] -- Sunshine of Paradise Alley -- Sweetest story ever told (Tell me, do you love me?) -- Sweet Rosie O'Grady -- Take back your gold (Make me your wife) -- Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay! -- Teasing (I was only, only teasing you) -- Tell me pretty maiden [from Florodora] -- Those wedding bells shall not ring out! -- Throw him down McCloskey (Throw him down M'Closkey) (M'Closkey's great fight -- Toyland [from Babes in Toyland] -- Under the bamboo tree -- Waiting at the church (My wife won't let me) -- Wait 'till the sun shines Nellie -- Waltz me around again Willie ('Round - 'Round - 'Round) [from Miss Dolly Dollars] -- When you were sweet sixteen -- Where did you get that hat? -- Where the River Shannon flows -- Whistler and his dog -- Who threw the overalls in Mistress Murphy's chowder -- Will you love me in December as you do in May? -- Yale boola ! -- Yankee Doodle Boy [from Little Johnny Jones] -- You're a grand old flag [from George Washington Jr.] -- You're not the only pebble on the beach -- You're the flower of my heart, Sweet Adeline -- You tell me your dream, I'll tell you mine.

Letter from Edmonds Music Studio which appeared on the Agenda for the 1978 May 29 Meeting of Council re: Illegal Signing

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 14921

Meeting Date: 12-Jun-1978

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 44

Item No.: 4

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 14921

Meeting Date: 12-Jun-1978

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 44

Item No.: 4

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 14921

12-Jun-1978 Meeting Minutes

Memory lane, the golden age of American popular music 1890 to 1925

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Wilk, Max

Publication Date: 1976; c1973

Call Number: 781.98 WIL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0345250966595

Call Number: 781.98 WIL

Author: Wilk, Max

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Publication Date: 1976; c1973

Physical Description: 88 p., [40] p. of music : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Music title pages; Popular music

Notes: Chiefly col. reproductions of sheet music covers.; "Inventory of covers"--P. 87-88.

Parlour / Music room in Love farmhouse

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1971 (date of original), copied 1990

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the Love farmhouse parlour / music room while Elsie (nee Love) Hughes, her husband John and son Brent lived in the house. There is a piano and stereo against the outside interior walls and a large picture window. The house was located at 7651 Cumberland Street (Address…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm print

Material Details: Copy print was made from re-photographing an original colour slide

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the Love farmhouse parlour / music room while Elsie (nee Love) Hughes, her husband John and son Brent lived in the house. There is a piano and stereo against the outside interior walls and a large picture window. The house was located at 7651 Cumberland Street (Address pre 1960: 1390 Cumberland Road) and was moved from its original site to the Burnaby Village Museum in 1988 and designated a Municipal Heritage Landmark in 1992.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Musical Instruments - Pianos

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Street Address: 7651 Cumberland Street

Accession Code: BV992.15.5

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1971 (date of original), copied 1990

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Parker, Albert "Bert"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Parlour / Music room in Love farmhouse, 1971 (date of original), copied 1990 thumbnail

Interview with David Skulski

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, at…

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: David Skulski Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 6 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 80 min., 38 sec. Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, attending school in New Westminster and Burnaby and Hebrew school in Vancouver. David recalls his early experiences in music, instruments that he played and describes some of his Jewish family traditions. 00:22:23 – 00:49:57 David talks about his experiences studying music at university and following his passion as a musician and oboist. He recalls his experiences of working with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Orchestra, Vancouver Society for Early Music, the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, other musical ensembles and venues where he’s performed. 00:49:58 – 01:00:00 David talks about living in Burnaby in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. David describes some his experiences playing traditional music from different countries. 01:01:01 – 01:14:15 David comments on the changes that he’s seen in Burnaby over the years, some of his favourite places, activities, cultural amenities and development on the Fraser River. David talks about the Jewish community in Burnaby, his involvement with the Peretz Centre and examples of Jewish cuisine. 01:14:16 – 01:20:38 David talks about Yiddish being his first language, his language studies in Lithuania, the roots of the language and provides some examples of speaking Yiddish.

History: Interviewee biography: Murray "David" Skulski was born in 1942 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and moved to British Columbia with his parents in 1948. Skulski and his family settled in New Westminster before moving to Burnaby in the late 1950's. Skulski took piano lessons at an early age and began playing obo while attending junior high school in New Westminster. In 1960 at the age of 17 years, Skulski began performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as solo English horn and is the youngest player to ever be employed with the VSO. In 1991, Skulski started playing with the Vancouver Folk Orchestra and was the conductor between 1997 and 2004. Skulski has been the principal oboe player in many orchestras. In 1968, Skulski founded the Hortulani Musicae; in 1970, he founded the Vancouver Society for Early Music and in 1983 he founded Harmonie, an ensemble concentrating in classical wind music. In 2003, Skulski became president of the Pertez Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. In 2005, Skulski became principal oboist of the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra and between 2009 and 2019 he was the principal oboist for the Pilgrim Orchestra under Pilwon Suk. David has served as president of the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture and since 2022, he’s served on the board of the Vancouver Chamber Music Society. Skulski has taught summer courses in Renaissance music in Austria (1972-1979), has been a music resident at Simon Fraser University (1973-1976), has lectured on the history of musical instruments at SFU and UBC and in 2008 began teaching at the Pacific Coast School of Music, Richmond School of Music and Oakridge Music Studios. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Foods; Music; Musical Instruments; Occupations - Musicians; Performances - Concerts; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Religions - Judaism

Names: Burnaby Symphony Orchestra; Burnaby South High School; Burquest; Skulski, Murray "David"; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Vancouver Society for Early Music; Peretz Centre

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Accession Code: BV023.16.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0010_004

Audio Tracks

Interview with David Skulski, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

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Fifty piano pieces without octaves for beginners : op.70

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Berens, Hermann, 1826-1880

Publication Date: 1898

Call Number: 781.3 BER

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.165.38

Call Number: 781.3 BER

Author: Berens, Hermann, 1826-1880

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: G. Schirmer

Publication Date: 1898

Series: Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, v. 504-507

Physical Description: 21 p. : 31 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Piano--Studies and exercises; Piano; Piano music; Music; Composition (Music)

Notes: "Complete in one volume and in three books" -- Title page

Cylinder records 1901-1919

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1901-1919] (date of original content), April 1987 (date of recording), digitized in 2020

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (28 min., 48 sec.)

Scope and Content: Audio recording titled "Cylinder Records 1901-1919". Recording consists of samples of music recorded from the Burnaby Village Museum cylinder record collection. This recording may have been used for an exhibit or as part of a public or school program.

1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (28 min., 48 sec.)

Material Details: Track Number: 1 (side A of audio cassette); Total Number of Tracks : 1

Scope and Content: Audio recording titled "Cylinder Records 1901-1919". Recording consists of samples of music recorded from the Burnaby Village Museum cylinder record collection. This recording may have been used for an exhibit or as part of a public or school program.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Music

Responsibility: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5.729

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1901-1919] (date of original content), April 1987 (date of recording), digitized in 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of sound recording; Label on audio cassette reads: "Cylinder Records 1901-1919 / Recorded at BVM Apr 1987); Label on audio cassette case reads: "CYLINDER RECORDS 1901-1919"

Audio Tracks

Cylinder records 1901-1919, [1901-1919] (date of original content), April 1987 (date of recording), digitized in 2020

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Interview with Eleanor Dricos by Eric Damer October 15, 2012 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1956-2012

Length: 0:09:46

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Eleanor (Toebeart) Dricos' memories of the concert scene in Vancouver and of listening to music on the radio and television as a child. She tells the story of getting married in her parent's backyard. Eleanor also explains why she moved to Port Coquitlam fo…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Eleanor (Toebeart) Dricos' memories of the concert scene in Vancouver and of listening to music on the radio and television as a child. She tells the story of getting married in her parent's backyard. Eleanor also explains why she moved to Port Coquitlam for teaching.

Date Range: 1956-2012

Length: 0:09:46

Subjects: Music; Occupations - Teachers

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 15, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Eleanor (Toebeart) Dricos conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 15, 2012. Major themes discussed are: music students and music teachers.

Biographical Notes: Born in Vancouver in 1947 Eleanor Toebaert (later Dricos) and her parents came to the new Parkcrest neighbourhood of Burnaby nine years later. While at Sperling Elementary, Eleanor took group piano lessons with June Perry and began her career studying, playing, and teaching piano. Eleanor finished her schooling at Kensington Junior High and North Burnaby High Schools. During the mid-nineteen-sixties Eleanor often attended concerts at North Burnaby community halls to listen to her fiance’s band play. After getting married, Eleanor (Toebaert) Dricos and her husband settled in Port Coquitlam where she continues to teach private piano lessons.

Total Tracks: 3

Total Length: 0:27:47

Interviewee Name: Dricos, Eleanor Toebeart

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track three of recording of interview with Eleanor Dricos

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-008/MSS171-008_Track_3.mp3

Chansons de notre chalet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: 5th ed.

Publication Date: 1971

Call Number: 369.4 COO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: BV015.35.37

Call Number: 369.4 COO

Edition: 5th ed.

Place of Publication: Delaware, Ohio

Publisher: Cooperative Recreation Service

Publication Date: 1971

Physical Description: 80 p. ; 17 cm.

Inscription: "Mrs. J. P. Holbrick 1471-Fell Ave Burnaby #2 BC Phone 298-0087" "April 22nd 1972" "International Adviser's Conferance 'World Round Up'" [handwritten in blue ink on inside front cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Girls--Societies and clubs; Children's songs; Songbooks; Music; Folk songs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Notes: Includes index.

Crowning glory no. 1 : a choice collection of gospel hymns ; Crowning glory no. 2 : a collection of gospel hymns

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Bilhorn, P. P. (Peter Philip), 1865-1936

Publication Date: c1891

Call Number: 783.9 BIL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV974.89.4

Call Number: 783.9 BIL

Author: Bilhorn, P. P. (Peter Philip), 1865-1936

Contributor: Beirly, Alfred

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: P. Bilhorn

Publication Date: c1891

Printer: W. B Conkey Co.

Physical Description: 1 vol. (unpaged) : music ; 21 cm.

Inscription: "isa 53=6 [written in pencil on first page] rom 3=23 ijoh 1=29 Hart 11=2-8 [crossed out] 18=3 John 6=37 Halt 11=28 luke 19=10 Act 8=29=31 John 5=24 ron 10=910"

Library Subject (LOC): Gospel music; Hymns, English

Notes: "Assisted by A. Beirly."-- first title page; Includes index.; music and lyrics in English.

The psalms of David in metre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary30

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1890

Call Number: 223.2 OXF

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV971.6.13

Call Number: 223.2 OXF

Place of Publication: Oxford, Hampshire.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1890

Inscription: "M.A. Yerill A Lmonte Ont March 20/90" -- handwritten in ink on the first page

Library Subject (LOC): Psalms (Music); Hymns, English; Church of Scotland

Notes: "according to the Version approved by the Church of Scotland, and appointed to be used in Worship"; Includes index.

Sousa album : a collection of twenty favorite marches and other compositions etc. for piano

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932

Edition: Carl Fischer ed.

Publication Date: c1890

Call Number: 786.4 SOU

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 786.4 SOU

Edition: Carl Fischer ed.

Author: Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Carl Fischer

Publication Date: c1890

Physical Description: 72 p. of music

Inscription: "WESTERN MUSIC (B.C.) LIMITED / Music Exclusively / 570 Seymour Street / Vancouver, B.C." stamped on cover.

Library Subject (LOC): Piano music, Arranged; Marches

Notes: Contents: The march past of the Corcoran Cadets -- The rifle-regiment march -- "Sound off" march -- The crusader march -- The gladiator march -- The high school cadets march -- The loyal legion march -- The march past of the National Fencibles -- Mother Hubbard march -- The occidental march -- Our flirtation march -- The picadore march -- Semper fidelis, march -- The thunderer, march -- Triumph of time, march -- The Washington post march -- La reine de la mer valses -- Nymphalin, reverie -- The coquette, characteristic dance -- The Presidential polonaise.

Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Century Park Museum Association

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Physical Description: 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History

Notes: 4 copies held: copy 4.

Digital Books

Burnaby Clef Society subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940-2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the records of the Burnaby Clef Society, including programs, posters, newsletters, membership lists, correspondence, financial records, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940-2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Clef Society subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS1985-12; BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the records of the Burnaby Clef Society, including programs, posters, newsletters, membership lists, correspondence, financial records, scrapbooks, and photographs.

History: The Clef Society of Burnaby was incorporated on February 8, 1949, with original subscribers Elizabeth Dawson, Lilian Haste, Mona Weeks, Emily Scott, and Eleanor Cailes. As a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering music appreciation and music advancement in Burnaby, and to promoting musical instruction and education and encouraging outstanding musical talent, the Society created musical evenings in homes, public recitals and concerts, children's plays, light operas, and scholarship competitions.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Burnaby Clef Society

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC142 and MSS020

Interview with Eleanor Dricos by Eric Damer October 15, 2012 - Track 2

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1959-2012

Length: 0:09:12

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Eleanor (Toebeart) Dricos' memories of getting her music degree and how it influenced her own teaching style. She discusses the music she played on days off as well as competitions, recitals, and exams as well as concerts in the neighbourhood.

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Eleanor (Toebeart) Dricos' memories of getting her music degree and how it influenced her own teaching style. She discusses the music she played on days off as well as competitions, recitals, and exams as well as concerts in the neighbourhood.

Date Range: 1959-2012

Length: 0:09:12

Subjects: Occupations - Musicians; Occupations - Teachers

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 15, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Eleanor (Toebeart) Dricos conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 15, 2012. Major themes discussed are: music students and music teachers.

Biographical Notes: Born in Vancouver in 1947 Eleanor Toebaert (later Dricos) and her parents came to the new Parkcrest neighbourhood of Burnaby nine years later. While at Sperling Elementary, Eleanor took group piano lessons with June Perry and began her career studying, playing, and teaching piano. Eleanor finished her schooling at Kensington Junior High and North Burnaby High Schools. During the mid-nineteen-sixties Eleanor often attended concerts at North Burnaby community halls to listen to her fiance’s band play. After getting married, Eleanor (Toebaert) Dricos and her husband settled in Port Coquitlam where she continues to teach private piano lessons.

Total Tracks: 3

Total Length: 0:27:47

Interviewee Name: Dricos, Eleanor Toebeart

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track two of recording of interview with Eleanor Dricos

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-008/MSS171-008_Track_2.mp3

Kasual Affair

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1978

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of country music band Kasual Affair play at the A&N Unit in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1978

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 19 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-708

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of country music band Kasual Affair play at the A&N Unit in Burnaby.

Subjects: Occupations - Musicians; Performances - Concerts

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "SWINGING IN COUNTRY-STYLE Kasual Affair, one of the many popular country music bands on the local scene, provide lively entertainment for patrons at the A & N Unit 100, 2211 Kingsway in Burnaby."

Images

Methodist hymn and tune book

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Methodist Church (Canada)

Publication Date: c1894

Call Number: 783.9 MET Ver. 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.3907.1

Call Number: 783.9 MET Ver. 1

Author: Methodist Church (Canada)

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Methodist Book and Pub. House

Publication Date: c1894

Printer: Methodist Book and Pub. House

Physical Description: 1 vol. (unpaged) : music ; 22 cm.

Inscription: numbers written in pencil on first page.

Library Subject (LOC): Methodist Church; Hymns, English

Notes: "Compiled and published by authority of the General Conference of the Methodist Church."; Includes index.; music and lyrics in English; Version 1 of 2

Photocopies of Albert Parker photographs

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1893-1960] (date of originals), copied 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies from loose photographs owned by Albert Parker with notes that were added by Lisa Langlet and Colin Stevens as they went through the content with Albert. Photographs include: members of the Hughes and Parker families; early exterior views of the Love farmhouse; William P…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love family photographs subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies from loose photographs owned by Albert Parker with notes that were added by Lisa Langlet and Colin Stevens as they went through the content with Albert. Photographs include: members of the Hughes and Parker families; early exterior views of the Love farmhouse; William Parker in the garden of the Love farmhouse; a postcard with the title "Cariboo Rd. / Burnaby"; Silver anniversary card to Sarah (nee Love) and William Parker with names of family members and friends; Sarah Parker (1940s); Phoebe (nee Love) and William Feedham; music "The Violet / For Mrs. Will Parker.../ Christmas 1938 / words by Jane Taylor / Music by W.R. Lowe (neighbour to the Parkers when they lived on Newcombe Street); tennis court on the grounds of the farmhouse on Cumberland and a wedding cake in the parlour of the farmhouse at Frank Charles Stanley and Esther Love's wedding.

History: Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker lived in the Jesse Love farmhouse with their children: Albert, Bill and Elsie from 1925. Elsie married John Hughes in 1942 and they had three children; Brent, Anne and John. Sarah Parker sold the Love farmhouse to her daughter Elsie and husband John Hughes in 1966. Elsie and John Hughes had four children; John Jr., Ann, Brent and Merle. They lived in the Love farmhouse with their son Brent until 1971.