George Edwards papers, 1963-2012

George Edwards papers, 1963-2012

Summary Information

Abstract

George Edwards (1943-2011) was an American composer, critic, and teacher. He taught in Columbia University's Music Department from 1977 to 2006 and was named an Edward MacDowell Emeritus Professor of Music by Columbia's Board of Trustees. This collection includes scores, teaching materials, audio recordings, programs, clippings, correspondence, and biographical materials, including medical records and information surrounding Edwards' death from Alzheimer's disease.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1573
Bib ID:
8704587 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Edwards, George, 1943-2011
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
16 linear feet (20 document boxes 7 flat boxes and 1 CD box)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

George Edwards (1943-2011) was an American composer, critic, and teacher. Edwards' papers include scores, teaching materials, audio recordings, programs, clippings, correspondence, and biographical materials, including medical records and information surrounding Edwards' death from Alzheimer's disease. The papers also include some subject files and written and musical works by other authors.

The strength of the collection is the documentation of Edwards' activities as a composer. Most of Edwards' major works are represented here, in sketches, drafts, and/or published scores. There are a large number of composition notebooks, showing Edwards' compositional process for some of his major works. There are also a significant number of draft fragments and sketches that have not yet been identified. A collection of programs shows that many of Edwards' works received numerous performances throughout his lifetime. Many of Edwards' works are also represented in the audio recordings included in this collection.

Edwards' activities as a teacher and scholar are also well documented. There are drafts of his written works, as well as syllabi, musical analyses, and handouts for Music Humanities and Species Counterpoint classes in Columbia University's Music Department. For the most part, Edwards' administrative activities are not documented in this collection.

A final noteworthy aspect of this collection is the inclusion of Edwards' medical records, which document his decline and death from Alzheimer's disease from 2005 to 2012. This file includes correspondence between Edwards' wife and his doctors that documents the effects and challenges of the illness for Edwards and his family.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in 10 series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

The medical records in Box 19 are open to researchers.

To use audiovisual materials in Series VIII, please contact the library to discuss access options as most of these materials have not been reformatted and are not readily available for use.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes, except that permission is required to copy musical scores. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); George Edwards Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accrual

No additional material is expected

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2010-2011-M166: Source of acquisition--Rachel Hadas. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--6/10/2011.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Papers processed by Emily Clark (GSAS), 2015.

Finding aid written by Emily Clark (GSAS), 2015.

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2015-05-23 File created.

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Biographical / Historical

George Edwards (1943-2011) was an American composer, critic, and teacher. He attended Oberlin College from 1961-1965, and Princeton University from 1965-1968, where he studied with Milton Babbitt, Edward T. Cone, and Earl Kim, and obtained an Master of Fine Arts (MFA). He taught music theory and composition at the New England Conservatory in Boston from 1969-1976. He was a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome from 1973-1975, and won the Rome Prize in Composition in 1975. In 1977 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Music at Columbia University in New York. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in both 1980 and 1986, and earned tenure at Columbia in 1987, heading the composition program from 1987 to 1995. He also served on the Advisory Committee of the Alice M. Ditson Fund from 1988 to 2005, serving as the Committee's Secretary from 1995-1998. He served as Chair of the Department of Music at Columbia from 1996 to 1999. After his retirement in 2006, he was named Edward MacDowell Emeritus Professor of Music by Columbia's Board of Trustees.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Audiotapes
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Programs (documents)
Scores (documents for music)
Name
Columbia University -- Faculty
Columbia University. Department of Music
Edwards, George, 1943-2011
Subject
Composers -- United States
Music -- United States -- 20th century

Series I: Biographical and Personal Files, 1965-2011, undated

This series includes Edwards' biographical information and personal files, including curriculum vitae (CV) drafts, lists of works, diplomas and certificates, a datebook and expense log, miscellaneous notes, and materials relating to his death and memorial concert at Columbia, including programs, correspondence, recordings, and photographs.


Box 1

Curriculum Vitae (CV) drafts, lists of works, publicity photo facsimiles,, undated


Box 1

Oberlin College diploma, 1965


Box 1

Tanglewood Composition Prize certificate, 1967


Box 9

American Academy in Rome certificate, 1976


Box 9

Norlin Fellowship in Composition certificate, 1977


Box 1

Copyright certificate, 1970


Box 1

Personal expense log, 1980-1986


Box 1

Datebook, 1992


Box 1

Materials related to MacDowell Colony, undated


Box 1

Miscellaneous notes, undated


Box 1

Program, correspondence, clippings, and notes regarding Edwards's death and memorial concert,, 2011-2012


Box 25

Recordings of Edwards's memorial concert, 2012 (10 CDs), 2012


Box 25

Photo CD from Edwards's memorial concert, 2012

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])

Series III: Written Works, 1962-1998, undated

This series contains drafts and published copies of essays and articles written by Edwards, from college essays to journal articles. Edwards' collected essays were published in the volume Collected Essays on Modern and Classical Music in 2008; that volume is not included in this collection, though most of the essays within it are represented here in draft form.


Box 15

"What Is My Religion" essay, 1962

(Typed manuscript with professor's comments)


Box 15

"The Role of Set Structure in Formal Articulation" essay, 1964

(Typed manuscript with professor's comments)


Box 15

Letter to New York Review of Books, 1989

(Handwritten draft (facsimile) and typed draft (contain markings) )


Box 15

"Music and Discourse: Toward a Semiology of Music" review, 1990

(Draft (computer printed) )


"Involuntary Affinities" article, 1990


Box 15

Drafts (2; computer printed)


Box 15

Published article (in Southwest Review )


Box 15

"The Pleasure of Its Being Over" article, 1990

(Draft (computer printed) )


"A 'Conversation' about New Music" article, 1990


Box 15

Draft (computer printed; contains markings)


Box 15

Published article (facsimile from Threepenny Review )


"The Nonsense of an Ending: Closure in Haydn's String Quartets" article,, 1991


Box 15

Draft (computer printed)


Box 15

Notes (computer printed)


Box 15

Published article (facsimile from The Musical Quarterly )


Box 15

"Music and the Politics of Postmodernism" article, 1991

(Drafts (3, computer printed; one contains markings) )


"A Palimpsest of Mozart in Schubert's Symphony No. 5" article, 1998


Box 15

Draft (computer printed)


Box 15

Notes (pen)


Box 15

Published article (facsimile from Current Musicology )


"Papa Doc's Recap Caper: Haydn and Temporal Dyslexia" article, 1998


Box 15

Notes (pen)


Box 15

Draft (computer printed)


Box 15

"A Golden Age?" essay, undated

(Draft (computer printed) )


Box 15

"Composition as Research" essay, undated

(Draft (computer printed) )


Box 15

"Taking the 'Cult' out of Culture" essay, undated

(Draft (computer printed) )


Box 15

"Casting Away the Yoke or How to be Just a Little Ahead of Your Time" article,, undated

(Drafts (5, computer printed; two contain markings))


Box 15

"Is Lessing More?: Problems of Time in Contemporary Music" article,, undated

(Drafts (3, computer printed; two contain markings))


Box 15

Notes for an unidentified written work or talk, undated (pen), undated

Series IV: Teaching Materials, 1997-2002, undated

Edwards taught in Columbia University's Department of Music from 1977 to 2006. This series includes notes, syllabi, musical analyses, and handouts for Music Humanities and Species Counterpoint classes at Columbia. Many of these materials are undated.


Box 16

Music Humanities handouts, 1997


Box 16

Music Humanities notes and handouts, 2000 undated


Box 16

Music Humanities handouts, 2002 undated


Box 16

Music Humanities handouts, undated


Box 16

Music Humanities handouts and analyses (Debussy, Wagner, others), undated


Box 16

Musical analyses (Schoenberg), undated


Box 16

Musical analyses (various), undated


Box 17

Species Counterpoint notes and handouts, undated

Series V: Programs and Clippings, 1964-2007, undated

This series contains programs, program notes, and clippings and facsimiles of reviews, which all document the many performances that Edwards' works received throughout his lifetime.


Subseries V.1: Programs and Program Notes, 1964-2007, undated

This subseries contains programs collected by Edwards that include performances of Edwards' works, starting at Oberlin College and ending in 2007. It also includes several drafts of program notes, including Edwards' biographical statement, and descriptions of his works.


Box 17

Programs, 1964-1979


Box 17

Programs, 1980-1984


Box 17

Programs, 1985-1989


Box 17

Programs, 1990-1994, (2 folders)


Box 18

Programs, 1995-1999


Box 18

Programs, 2000-2004


Box 18

Programs, 2005-2007


Box 18

Programs, undated


Box 18

Program note drafts, 1977-2005 undated, 1977-2005, undated


Subseries V.2: Clippings, 1965-2000

This subseries contains clippings and facsimiles of reviews of performances of Edwards' works, from newspapers, newsletters, and magazines.


Box 18

Reviews, 1965-2000

Series VI: Correspondence, 1967-2005, undated

Correspondence from Edwards includes letters written home from the American Academy in Rome, and unfinished letters towards the end of his life. Correspondence to Edwards includes letters from Richard Hoffman, Jacques Monod, David Saperstein, and other colleagues, teachers, students, performers, and figures from the New York City contemporary music scene.


Box 18

Correspondence from Edwards at American Academy in Rome, 1973-1975


Box 18

Unfinished correspondence from Edwards, c., 2004


Box 18

General correspondence, 1967-1979


Box 18

General correspondence, 1980-1989


Box 18

General correspondence, 1990-2005


Box 18

General correspondence, undated

(including letters from Susan Blaustein, Sylvia Benitez-Stewart, Frank Robertson)

Series VII: Subject Files (Created by Others), 2005-2012

This series contains materials created by others regarding Edwards, mostly dating towards the end of his life. Much of it was created by his wife, Rachel Hadas. The series includes correspondence regarding a concert and a recording session of Edwards' works, a list of books, scores, and recordings owned by Edwards at the time of his death, and a folder of extensive medical records and correspondence regarding Edwards' illness and death. Edwards began to experience unidentified symptoms in the late 1990s that developed to include dementia, and were attributed to Alzheimer's disease after a brain autopsy following his death in 2011. The medical records may be useful to researchers aiming to understand the experience of Alzheimer's sufferers and their families.


Box 19

Correspondence and notes regarding December 2005 concert, 2005-2006, December 2005, 2005-2006


Box 19

Correspondence regarding CD recording sessions, 2009


Box 19

List of books, scores, and recordings owned by Edwards, circa, 2011


Box 19

Edwards medical records and correspondence, 2005-2012, (2 folders)

Series VIII: Sound Recordings, 1964-2006, undated

Many of Edwards' works are represented here on recording, from his Oberlin senior recital through performances in the mid-2000s. The series is divided into subseries by audio media type, and within the subseries arranged chronologically by work. Performers include the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gunther Schuller, Collage, Parnassus, the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, the Pro Arte Quartet, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and the Columbia University Sinfonietta conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky.


Subseries VIII.1: Tape reels, 1964-1981, undated

Tape reels include performances from the 1960s at Oberlin College through the early 1980s.


Box 22

"Collaborations", 1964, (5-inch reel)

(Alden Ashforth, George Edwards, Richard Hoffman, Steven Anderson)


Box 20

George Edwards Senior Recital, 1965, (7-inch reel)

(Contains "Octet," "Fluctuations," "String Trio," "Piano Piece," and "Variants")


Box 20

"Variants," "Piano Piece," "Two Piano Pieces," and "Bits", 1965-1967, (7-inch reel)


Box 22

"Variants", undated, (5-inch reel)


Box 22

"Piano Piece", five-inch reel, 1966

(Graduate Student Composers' Concert; Robert Miller, piano)


Box 20

"Two Piano Pieces", 1966, (7-inch reel)

(William Benjamin, performer)


Box 20

"Two Piano Pieces", undated, (7-inch reel)


Box 22

"Double Play", 1970 (2 copies), 1970, (5-inch reel)

(Robert and Pamela Jones, pianos)


Box 22

"The Captive", 1971 (2 copies), 1971, (5-inch reel)

(with Karen Komar, soprano; Gunther Schuller, conductor)


Box 20

"Monopoly", 1973, (7-inch reel)

(performed by members of the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor)


Box 20

"Monopoly", undated, (7-inch reel)


Box 23

"Three Hopkins Songs", 1974, (5-inch reel)

(Karen Komar and Barbara Winchester, sopranos; Malcolm Payton, conductor)


Box 23

"Exchange Misere", 1975 (2 copies), 1975, (5-inch reel)

(performed by Angelo Persichilli, Michele Incenzo, Massimo Coen, Frances Uitti, and David Saperstein)


Box 23

"Two Bagatelles", 1976, (5-inch reel)

(Leslie Amper, piano)


Box 23

"Wild Air", 1976, (5-inch reel)


Box 20

"Exchange Misere" and "Sonda", 1977-1978, (7-inch reel)


Box 20

"Exchange Misere", undated, (7-inch reel)


Box 20

"Gyromancy", 1977 (2 copies), 1977, (7-inch reel)

(performed by Collage)


Box 20

"Draconian Measures, 1978, (7-inch reel)

(Robert Pollack, pianist)


Box 20

"Draconian Measures", 1979, (7-inch reel)

(Robert Pollack, pianist)


Box 20

"Draconian Measures", 1980 (2 copies), 1980, (7-inch reel)


Box 21

"Veined Variety", undated (2 copies), undated, (7-inch reel)


Box 21

"Northern Spy", 1981 (4 copies), 1981, (7-inch reel)

(performed by Parnassus; Anthony Korf, conductor)


Box 21

"Moneta's Mourn", undated, (7-inch reel)

(performed by American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor)


Box 21

Two unidentified reels, undated, (7-inch reels)

(Possibly blank)


Subseries VIII.2: LPs, 1975, undated

This subseries contains commercially published LPs featuring three of Edwards' works.


Box 24

"String Quartet (1967)," LP (CRI 265), undated


Box 24

"Kreuz und Quer," LP (CRI 323), 1975


Box 24

"Veined Variety," LP (Opus One 62), undated


Subseries VIII.3: Cassettes, 1982-1997, undated

Cassettes include professional live performances from the early 1980s through late 1990s.


Box 25

"Kreuz und Quer", cassette, undated

(from "composers conference")


Box 25

"Monopoly", cassette, undated

(performed by New England Conservatory Winds; Gunther Schuller, conductor)


Box 25

"Sonda," cassette, undated


Box 25

"String Quartet #2" (performed by Pro Arte Quartet) and "Moneta's Mourn" (performed by American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor), cassette, 1982-1983 (3 copies), 1982-1983


Box 25

"Moneta's Mourn", cassette, 1983 (5 copies), 1983

(performed by American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor)


Box 25

"Moneta's Mourn" cassette, undated


Box 25

"Suave Mari Magno", cassette, 1984 (5 copies), 1984

(Alan Feinberg, piano)


Box 25

"Five Etudes", cassette, 1985

(Sonia Rubinsky, piano)


Box 25

"Five Etudes," cassette, undated


Box 25

"Suave Mari Magno," "Veined Variety," "Monopoly," and "Northern Spy," cassette,, 1987


Box 25

"Moneta's Mourn," "Kreuz und Quer," "Exchange Misere," and "String Quartet [#1]," cassette,, 1987


Box 25

"A Mirth But Open'd," cassette, 1987


Box 25

"Heraclitean Fire," cassette, 1987 (2 copies), 1987


Box 25

"Trio", cassette, 1990

(performed by CCP of University of Chicago)


Box 25

"Trio", cassette, 1994

(from Wellesley College Composers Conference)


Box 25

"Trio", cassette, 1996

(performed by University of California at Davis Contemporary Music Players)


Box 25

"Parallel Convergences", cassette, 1992

(Performed by University of California at Davis Contemporary Music Players; performance and run-through. Also contains "Anaphora" by Ross Bauer)


Box 25

"Piano Concerto" ("A.S.O. #2"), cassette, 1991 (2 copies), 1991

(One copy also contains works by Haydn and Bernstein)


Box 25

"Plus Ça Change", cassette, 1993

(Performed by Parnassus; Anthony Korf, conductor)


Box 25

"The Isle is Full of Noises", cassette, 1997

(performed by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players)


Box 25

Unlabeled cassette (possibly blank), undated


Subseries VIII.4: Compact Discs, 2002-2006, undated

CDs include multiple performances from American Composers Alliance annual music festivals, a performance by the Columbia University Sinfonietta, and two "demo CDs" dubbed from other performances.


Box 25

"…The Mere Thread of This…", burned CD, 2002

(performed by the Chamber Players of the League of Composers)


Box 25

"The Isle is Full of Noises", burned CD, 2003

(from American Composers Alliance American Music Festival 2003)


Box 25

"Czeched Swing", burned CD, 2004

(from American Composers Alliance American Music Festival 2004 performed by Blair McMillen, Stanley Yerlow, and Christopher Oldfather)


Box 25

"Trio", burned CD, 2005

(from American Composers Alliance American Music Festival 2005)


Box 25

"The Isle is Full of Noises", burned CD, 2006

(performed by the Columbia Sinfonietta; Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor)


Box 25

"Suave Mari Magno" and "Second String Quartet," burned CD, undated


Box 25

"Demo CD 1", burned CD, undated

(includes "The Isle is Full of Noises," "Suave Mari Magno," "Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano," and "Czeched Swing")


Box 25

"Demo CD 2", burned CD with note from Rachel Hadas to Jonathan Edwards,, undated

(includes "Moneta's Mourn" and other works)

Series IX: Works by Others, 1987-1991, undated

This series is divided into audio recordings of musical works by other composers, and written works by other authors.


Subseries IX.1: Recordings of Musical Works by Other Composers, undated


Box 21

Works by Mozart and Haydn,, undated, (7-inch reel)


Box 21

Bach Sonatas and Partitas, seven-inch reel, undated

(Alexander Schneider, piano)


Box 21

Works by Mozart, Schubert, and Schoenberg, undated, (7-inch reel)


Box 21

Sonatas by Mozart and Bach, undated, (7-inch reel)

(Alexander Schneider and Ralph Kirkpatrick, performers)


Box 21

Works by Purcell, seven-inch reel, undated


Box 23

"The Music Box and the Piano: A Musical Fable" by John Souza, seven-inch reel,, undated


Box 23

"Rain" by Conrad Pope, five-inch reel, undated


Subseries IX.2: Written Works by Other Authors, 1987-1991, undated


Box 26

"A Compositional Investigation" manuscript by Jacques Monod, 1987


Box 26

Draft (contains markings; 2 folders)


Box 26

"Underlying Musical Schemata" article by Fred Lerdahl, 1991


Box 26

Published article (from Representing Musical Structure)


Box 26

Poems by George Herbert, undated


Box 26

Typed poems (contain markings and notes)


Box 26

Poems by Rachel Hadas, undated


Box 26

Published poems


Box 26

Jonathan Edwards' piano notebook, undated

Series X: Additions to the Papers

This series includes material added to the papers since their original processing.


2016:


Box 27

"Monopoly" (complete score: Mobart Music Publications) and other miscellaneous sketches, 1972 and undated

Gift of Rachel Hadas, July 2016. (Accn #2016.2017.M089)


2019:

Gift of Rachel Hadas, 4 June 2015. (Accn #2019.2020.M085)


Box 28 Folder 1 & 2

George Edwards letters to Rachel Hadas (ca. 75 letters), 1976-2000


Box 28 Folder 3

George Edwards letters to Ross Bauer (7 photocopy letters), 6 October 1986-29 September 1997


Box 28 Folder 4

George Edwards letters to Stephen Gerber (3 letters), n.y. and 23 July 1983


Box 28 Folder 5

Geroge Edwards letter to Jacques-Louis Monod, 15 March 1982

Resignation letter as President and member of the Composers Guild


Box 28 Folder 6

"Where we stayed in Venasque", 1988

(a letter, rental contract, general information and brochures)


Box 28 Folder 7

George Harrision Edwards, May 11, 1943-October 23, 2011 (Memorial booklet), 3 items


Box 28 Folder 8

Memorial Tribute to George Harrison Edwards. Department of Music and the Edwards Family, 28 September 2012, 19 items


Box 28 Folder 9

GEH Memorial Data CD (printed with iTunes)


Box 28 Folder 10

Miscellaneous programs, bulletins, ads, and article, 1977-1992, 15 items

(The Composers' Guile for Performance; Prospective Encounters; Collage; Composers String Quartet; Kean College of NJ; Article on Richard Hoffman)