George Edwards papers, 1963-2012

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Series II: Musical Works, 1963-2004, undated

Most of Edwards' works are represented here by sketches, drafts, and/or bound holographs. The series begins with musical notebooks containing a number of unidentified sketches and drafts. Individual scores range from early works as a composition student at Oberlin College to vocal, chamber, and large-ensemble pieces composed as late as 2004. There is a significant amount of unidentified loose fragments of sketches and drafts that may include some unfinished or unpublished works. This series is arranged chronologically by work, with unidentified materials at the end of the series.



Box 2 Music notebooks, undated (9 Items), undated

(Includes sketches and analyses)



Box 3 Music notebooks, undated (10 Items), undated

(Includes "Bagatelles," "Hopkins Songs," and other sketches)



Box 4 Music notebooks, undated (9 Items), undated

(includes sketches for "A Mirth But Open'd," "Trio," "Concerto," "Canon," and "The Isle Is Full of Noises")



Box 14 Music notebook, undated



Box 4 Oberlin work, 1963-1968

(includes "Oberlinisch Gesang" [undated], "Octet" [1963], "Piano Piece" [1965] )



Box 5 "Bits" for chamber ensemble, 1966


Box 5 Bound holograph facsimile (3 copies)


"Two Pieces" for piano, 1966


Box 5 Bound holograph facsimile


"String Quartet [#1],", 1967


Box 5 Bound holograph facsimile


Box 5 Holograph facsimile


"Double Play" for two pianos, 1970


Box 5 Bound holograph facsimile (3 copies)


"The Captive" for soprano and chamber ensemble, 1970



Box 9 Bound holograph facsimile


"Kreuz und Quer" for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello, 1971



Box 5 Bound holograph facsimile


Box 5 Holograph facsimile (3 copies)


"Three Hopkins Songs" for two sopranos and two pianos, 1972


Box 5 Bound holograph facsimile (3 copies)


"Monopoly" for chamber orchestra, 1972



Box 9 Bound holograph facsimile (2 copies)


Box 9 Holograph facsimile (2 copies)


"Suspension Bridge" for solo cello, 1972



Box 5 Holograph facsimile


"Two Bagatelles" for chamber ensemble, 1972


Box 5 Holograph (pen) of "First Bagatelle" and fragment of "Second Bagatelle"



Box 10 Holograph (pen) of "Second Bagatelle" (contains markings)


"Exchange-Misere" for chamber ensemble, 1974



Box 5 Bound holograph facsimile (2 copies)



Box 6 Bound holograph facsimile (3 copies)


"Giro" for chamber orchestra, 1974



Box 10 Bound holograph facsimile


"A Renaissance Garland" for soprano, tenor, recorders, lute, and viol, 1975


Box 10 Holograph facsimile


"Sonda" for flute and piano, 1975



Box 6 Bound holograph facsimile (3 copies)


"Wild Air" for alto voice and recorders, 1975


Box 6 Bound holograph facsimile (2 copies)


"Gyromancy" for chamber ensemble, 1977


Box 6 Bound holograph facsimile (2 copies)


"Veined Variety" for soprano and chamber ensemble, 1978


Box 6 Bound holograph facsimile (3 copies)


"The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo" for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, and chamber ensemble,, 1979



Box 10 Draft (pencil)


Box 10 Bound holograph facsimile (2 copies)


"Northern Spy" for chamber ensemble, 1980



Box 6 Draft (pencil)


Box 6 Bound holograph facsimile (3 copies)


Box 6 Holograph facsimile (4 copies)


"String Quartet #2,", 1982



Box 7 Draft (pen)

(Contains markings)


"Moneta's Mourn" for chamber orchestra, 1983



Box 10 Holograph facsimile (3 copies)



Box 11 Bound holograph facsimile (5 copies)

(One copy contains white-out markings)


"Two Songs" for soprano and piano, 1985

(First two songs of "A Mirth But Open'd")



Box 12 Text, sketches, and draft (pen)



Box 7 Bound holograph facsimile


"Five Etudes" for solo piano, 1985



Box 12 Draft (pen)



Box 7 Bound holograph facsimile


"Canon" for two violins, 1985


Box 7 Holograph (pen)


"A Mirth But Open'd" for soprano and piano, 1986


Box 7 Bound holograph facsimile


"Heraclitean Fire" for string quartet and string orchestra, 1987


Box 7 Bound holograph facsimile


"Trio" for horn, violin, and piano, 1987


Box 7 Bound holograph facsimile


"Parallel Convergences" for chamber ensemble, 1988



Box 12 Sketch (pen)


Box 12 Draft (pen; contains markings)



Box 7 Bound holograph facsimile


"Concerto" for piano and orchestra, 1990



Box 12 Sketches and drafts



Box 13 Holograph (pencil)


Box 13 Bound holograph facsimile (2 copies)


"The Resurrection of the Wheat" for voice and piano, 1993


Box 13 Holograph facsimile



Box 7 Bound holograph facsimile (3 copies)


"Czeched Swing" for piano, 1994


Box 7 Holograph facsimile (contains markings)


"The Isle Is Full of Noises" for chamber ensemble, 1995


Box 7 Holograph facsimile (contains markings)


"Trio" for clarinet, viola, and piano, 1999


Box 7 Holograph facsimile of viola part


"…The Mere Thread of This…" for chamber ensemble, 2000


Box 7 Draft (pen)


Box 7 Holograph facsimile with one-page sketch (pen)


Box 7 Holograph facsimile of individual instrument parts (contains markings)


"Venetian Swell" for chamber ensemble, 2003


Box 7 Holograph (pen; contains markings)


"The Scales Have Fallen from My Eyes" for chamber ensemble, 2004


Box 7 Fragments of holographs and holograph facsimile



Box 8 Unidentified draft fragments, undated (6 Items), undated


Box 8 Unidentified fragments of drafts and sketches, (4 Folders)



Box 14 Unidentified draft fragments, undated

(May include draft of "Plus Ça Change" [1992])