The Call to Arms: a descriptive fantasia cover and first page, by Ezra Read

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The cover and first page of music of The Call to Arms: a descriptive fantasia, by Ezra Read. Ezra Read was born in Willenhall, Staffordshire in 1862. He was apprenticed to a blacksmith but after finishing his training he opted to try his hand at making a living as a pianist. He travelled with orchestras and over the next 25 years his compositions were published in both London and United States. Read's compositions were intended for the amateur pianist for entertainment for family and friends. For inspiration he often used current events and such is the case for the descriptive fantasy ?The Call to Arms?. This is a piano composition with a number of continuous movements with names such as ?War Declared? and "Recruiting".(from A brief life of Ezra Read n.d. 4 Nov. 2011)

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 2 pages
Physical repository Collection
  • World of Mary's Wedding Reminiscences of World War One
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 1978-019
Fonds title Fonds identifier Date digitized
  • September 21, 2011
Technical note
  • 600 DPI TIFF, scanned on Epson GT15000 by KM. Migration metadata by KD.
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  • This material may be protected by copyright. Personal use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Victoria is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from Special Collections and University Archives.
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