The Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres ( CAML ; French : Association canadienne des bibliothèques, archives et centres de documentation musicaux , ACBM) is a national association that represents music librarians across Canada. Members work in organizations that support musical activities in Canada, including libraries, archives, conservatories, and universities. The organization aims to support all aspects of music librarianship in Canada, including research and scholarship, and to cooperate with other national and international organizations concerned with music.
16-524: CMLA may refer to: Canadian Music Library Association , now the Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres Chief Martial Law Administrator Collegiate Middle Level Association Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CMLA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
32-546: A naturalized Canadian in 1946. In Toronto, he studied piano with Naomi Adaskin, Greta Kraus (1944–45), and Florence Steinhauer (1947–48). Kallmann enrolled in the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music . On the recommendation of Arnold Walter , he chose the recently launched School Music program. He studied with Richard Johnston , Robert Rosevear, Arnold Walter and Leo Smith , completing his B.Mus. in 1949. When Kallman noticed that Canadian composers were rarely covered in
48-496: Is responsible for giving advice on proposed rule changes as brought forward by the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing , which is a national advisory committee on matters of cataloguing and bibliographic control. The Cataloguing Committee also communicates information to members about developments in the field of music cataloguing. This committee is responsible for abstracting Canadian music publications, which are then added to
64-705: The International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML). The association archives are held at Library and Archives Canada . The association was preceded by the Canadian Music Library Association (CMLA), which was a section of the Canadian Library Association founded in 1956. In 1971, the association was reconstituted as the Canadian Association of Music Libraries , and in 1992
80-679: The MS Sobieski , part of a convoy of 2,000 other "prisoners of war". He was held in a series of internment camps, first near Fredericton, New Brunswick , then Farnham, Quebec , Sherbrooke, Quebec , and finally Ile aux Noix , Quebec. While at Sherbrooke, Kallmann passed an external examination in harmony and counterpoint from McGill University . In 1943, a Jewish family in Toronto agreed to sponsor him. He moved to Toronto, working first for an accountancy firm, and then at Coles bookstore, while studying piano and finishing high school. Kallmann became
96-697: The Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) database. In addition to monographs and doctoral dissertations, the RILM Canada Committee abstracts the following journals: Primary: Secondary: CAML began publishing a journal in 1972 entitled Newsletter/Nouvelles . The title was changed to CAML Review / Revue de l'ACBM in 2001. Since 2006, CAML Review / Revue de l'ACBM has been published as an open access journal. It includes research articles (peer-reviewed section), reports, news, essays, and reviews on topics relevant to
112-799: The English edition was the largest book that University of Toronto Press had published up to that time. Kallmann retired from the library in 1987, and he and Potvin edited the second edition of the encyclopedia, released in 1992. With Clifford Ford , Elaine Keillor and others, Kallmann helped form the Canadian Musical Heritage Society, serving as its chair for much of its existence. In 1975, Carleton University appointed Kallmann an honorary adjunct professor, later an adjunct research professor. As recently as 2006–2007, he and Keillor were teaching graduate courses in Canadian music. In his memory,
128-640: The Helmut Kallmann Award for excellence in music librarianship and archives work in Canada. The award is named after Dr Helmut Kallmann , chief of the music division at the National Library of Canada from 1970 until 1981. The award is open to those who have made a substantial contribution to the preservation, development and/or research of Canadian music collections. Helmut Kallmann Helmut Max Kallmann CM (7 August 1922 – 12 February 2012)
144-601: The curriculum, he began to gather information on Canadian composers and their published compositions, work that continued throughout his lifetime. Kallmann worked in the Toronto Music Library of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1950 to 1970, becoming the library supervisor in 1962. While there, he built an archive of some 1,000 Canadian compositions. In 1960, he published A History of Music in Canada 1534–1914 . In 1970, Kallmann became
160-646: The family sent Kallmann to London as part of the Kindertransport rescue mission in 1939. His mother, father and older sister Eva were unable to get the necessary papers to leave Germany, and were murdered in the Holocaust . In London, Kallmann studied piano with Margery Moore and music theory with Russell E. Chester. He was free to study until May 1940, when he was rounded up as an " enemy alien " and taken to Canada. He arrived in Quebec City, Canada in 1940 on board
176-590: The head of the newly created music division of the National Library of Canada, now Library and Archives Canada . He led the building and preserving of a broad collection of musical Canadiana: printed material, manuscripts and recordings. With Gilles Potvin and Kenneth Winters, he edited the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada , released in English in 1981 and in French in 1983. At almost 1,100 pages,
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#1733084586075192-410: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CMLA&oldid=947219071 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Canadian Music Library Association CAML is the Canadian branch of
208-617: The name was changed to the Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres . Helmut Kallmann was made an honorary member in 1987. The association meets annually, often with the Canadian University Music Society (MusCan) and the Congress Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences . The first IAML meeting to be held in Canada took place in Montreal in 1975. The Cataloguing Committee
224-530: The purposes of the Association, particularly those pertaining to music in Canada, music librarianship and archival management, and bibliography. The print version of CAML Review was discontinued in 2011. An index to volumes 1 - 38 of the CAML Newsletter and CAML Review was compiled by Kathleen McMorrow. CAML provides awards for conference attendance, participation, and research. In 1998, CAML established
240-645: The university has established a fund for the Helmut Kallmann Chair in Canadian Music. The University of Toronto granted Kallmann an honorary doctorate in 1971. He was awarded the Canadian Music Council Medal in 1977. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1986. The Helmut Kallmann Award for Distinguished Service relating to music libraries and archives in Canada was established by
256-449: Was a Canadian musicologist , music educator, librarian, and scholar of Canadian music history. He was a librarian at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , head of the music division at Library Archives Canada , and co-founder of the Canadian Music Library Association . Kallmann was born in Berlin in 1922, the son of Jewish parents, Arthur and Fanny Kallmann. Urged by Helmut's teacher,
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