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is a significant amount of unidentified loose fragments of sketches and drafts that may include some unfinished or unpublished works.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
"Kreuz und Quer" for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello, 1971
"Three Hopkins Songs" for two sopranos and two pianos, 1972
Box 5
Bound holograph facsimile (3 copies)
"Monopoly" for chamber orchestra, 1972
"Suspension Bridge" for solo cello, 1972
"Two Bagatelles" for chamber ensemble, 1972
"Exchange-Misere" for chamber ensemble, 1974
"Giro" for chamber orchestra, 1974
"A Renaissance Garland" for soprano, tenor, recorders, lute, and viol, 1975
Box 10
Holograph facsimile
"Sonda" for flute and piano, 1975
"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
"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
"Moneta's Mourn" for chamber orchestra, 1983
"Two Songs" for soprano and piano, 1985
(First two songs of "A Mirth But Open'd")
"Five Etudes" for solo piano, 1985
"Canon" for two violins, 1985
"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
"Concerto" for piano and orchestra, 1990
"The Resurrection of the Wheat" for voice and piano, 1993
"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])