Finding Aid to the Ernst Bacon Papers ARCHIVES BACON.1
Keith Stetson
Music Library
1996
mweber@library.berkeley.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Music Library
Title: Ernst Bacon Papers
source:
Elkus, Elizabeth
creator:
Bacon, Ernst
source:
Edmunds, John
Identifier/Call Number: ARCHIVES BACON.1
Physical Description:
3.25 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1926-1987
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ernst Bacon papers, ARCHIVES BACON 1, The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Ernst Bacon Papers were given to The Music Library by Elizabeth Elkus in 1955. Additions were made in 1987 by John Edmunds
and Arthur Bacon, in 1991 by Ellen Bacon, and in 1998 by Ellen and Madi Bacon. The copy of Bacon's oral history recording
was furnished by the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library in 1998.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Musical settings.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Musical settings.
Syracuse University -- Faculty.
Songs with piano -- Scores.
Sonatas (Violin and piano)
Composers -- United States
Pianists -- United States
Elkus, Elizabeth
Bacon, Ernst
Edmunds, John
Series 1 : Music Compositions
Scope and Contents
Arranged alphabetically by title. Ozalid copies of manuscripts, unless noted.
Box 1, Folder 1
Alabaster Wool
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 2
Ample Makes This Bed
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 3
As I Love Thee
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 4
At the Gate
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 5
A Cemetery
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 6
A Cemetery
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 8, Folder 1
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Full score.
Box 5, Folder 1
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Full score (photocopy of holograph transparencies).
Box 5, Folder 2
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Full score (photocopy of holograph transparencies).
Box 5, Folder 3
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Full score (ozalid copy of holograph).
Box 7, Folder 2
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Full score (engraver's first proof).
Box 8, Folder 2
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Full score (first proof).
Box 5 , Folder 4
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Full score (supplemental reading of first proof).
Box 7, Folder 1
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Full score (photocopy of second proof).
Box 5, Folder 5
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Full score (third proof).
Box 6, Folder 1
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Vocal score (proofs).
Box 6, Folder 2
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Vocal score (uncorrected first proof).
Box 6, Folder 3
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Vocal score (ozalid copy of Bacon's arrangement).
Box 6, Folder 4
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Vocal score (arr. Hans Leschke).
Box 6, Folder 5
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Vocal score (photocopy of 6:3).
Box 6, Folder 6
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Vocal score (photostat of ozalid copy).
Box 6, Folder 7
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Vocal score (Leschke arrangement; ink manuscript?).
Box 6, Folder 8
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Choral tenor part (ozalid copy).
Box 6, Folder 9
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Choral soprano part (ozalid copy).
Box 6, Folder 10
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Solo bass part (photocopy of ozalid).
Box 6, Folder 11
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Solo bass part (pencil ms.; text in ink).
Box 6, Folder 12
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Orchestra parts (photocopies of 1936 set; winds and percussion only. See 8:3 for remaining parts).
Box 8, Folder 3
Ecclesiastes : The Song of the Preacher
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Orchestra parts (photocopies of 1936 set. Strings only; see 6:12 for remaining parts).
Box 1, Folder 7
Eden
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 8
Eternity
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 9
Farewell
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 10
Few Get Enough
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 11
Foreign Laws
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by A. E. Housman.
Box 1, Folder 12
I'm Nobody
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 13
In the Silent Night
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 14
The Last Invocation
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 1, Folder 15
The Lasting Stone
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 1, Folder 16
Lingering Last Drops
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 1, Folder 17
Meeker Morn
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 18
The Morns Are Meeker
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 19
The Mountain
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 20
Noah
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
For single voice or unison chorus. Photocopy. For Dr. Franklin : see series 7, subseries A, folders 1-7.
Box 1, Folder 21
Oh, Shadow
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 23
Passage of Infinity
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 24
Past Surmise
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 22
Poor Little Heart
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 25
The Postponeless Creature
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 26
Sailing Homeward
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 1, Folder 27
She Went
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 28
The Simple Days
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 29
The Starry Train
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by A. E. Housman.
Box 1, Folder 30
Summer's Lapse
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 31
Sunset
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 32
The Swamp
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 33
Sweet Is the Swamp
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 34
There Is a Solitude of Space
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 35
There's This to Say
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by A. E. Housman.
Box 1, Folder 36
A Threadless Way
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 37
The Trade of Man
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by A. E. Housman.
Box 1, Folder 38
Treading
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 39
Two Legacies
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 40
Water
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 41
We Never Know
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 42
Weeping and Sighing
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 43
With the First Arbutus
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 44
A Word
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 45
Yellow
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Box 1, Folder 46
The Yellow Sea
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
Series 2 : Writings
Scope and Contents
Divided into two sub-series : Bacon's Column in the Argonaut and Creative Writings. The first sub-series is arranged chronologically;
the second, alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 47
Subseries A : Column in The Argonaut (S.F.)
January 26-December 28, 1934
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Subseries B : Creative Writing
Physical Description: 2 Folder
Box 1, Folder 48
Fables
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
57 leaves of typescript, 5 leaves of manuscript.
Box 1, Folder 49
Verses, mostly rhymed
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Poems by Bacon. Inscribed to John Edmunds; 1985. Printed volume.
Series 3 : Correspondence
Physical Description: 29 Folder
Scope and Contents
Arranged alphabetically by author, and then chronologically.
Box 2, Folder 1
Boyden, David
1945
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 1-9
Edmunds, John
1929-1986
Physical Description: 9 Folder
Scope and Contents
Also listed under Series 7, Subseries C.
Box 2, Folder 2
Elkus, Albert
1931-60
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 3
Emerson, Thomas
1985
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 4
Evans, Herbert
1938-61
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 5
Frankenstein, Albert
1938-62
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 6
Gossens, Eugene
1939
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 7
Hall, Jesse
1939-41
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 4, Folder 9
Lengyel, Cornel
1939-87
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Also listed under Series 8, Subseries B.
Box 2, Folder 8
Leschke, Hans
1941-43
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 9
Mallory, Charles
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 10
Raab, Alexander
1926-32
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 11
Search, Frederick Preston
1941-58
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 12
Shere, Charles
1985
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 13
Silvio, Giulio
1931-66
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 14
Stoll, Jeanie
1939-40
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 15
Stoll, Raisch
1935-45
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 16
Sullivan, Noel
1932-54
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 17
Usigli, Gastone
1931-40
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 18
Yagodka, Tomo
1938-48
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 19
Letters from Ernst Bacon to various people
1939
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Carbon copies.
Series 4 : Biographical Materials
Physical Description: 2 Folder
Scope and Contents
Lists of published and unpublished works by Bacon, and obituaries and remembrances.
Box 2, Folder 20
List of published works
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 21
List of unpublished works
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 22
Obituaries
3/18-19-/90
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 23
"To Remember Ernst Bacon," by Paul Horgan
3/31/90
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 24
Series 5 : Photographs
Scope and Contents
1) 11" x 14" b/w, accompanied by letters from John Emerson and Arthur Bacon.
2) 5" x 7" b/w
3) 5" x 7" color
Series 6 : Recordings
Physical Description: 4 Items
Scope and Contents
Four recordings of compositions by Bacon and others.
binder 4, Item 1
Bacon, Ernst : Violin/Piano Sonata
1987
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 4, Item 2-3
Bacon, Ernst : Oral history
9/16-17/98
Physical Description: 2 Items
Scope and Contents
Interview conducted by Keith Stetson.
Box 4, reel 4
La Pierre, Gerald : Horizons
11/17/75
Physical Description: 1 Reels
Scope and Contents
Performed by the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players, conducted by Gerald La Pierre. 5" reel.
Box 4, reel 5
Reale, Paul : Late Telephone
2/8/72
Physical Description: 1 Reels
Scope and Contents
Recorded at Schoenberg Hall, UCLA.
Box 4, reel 6
[Ste...?], Frank : Humble Cake
Physical Description: 1 Reels
Box 4, reel 7
[Unlabeled]
Physical Description: 1 Reels
Scope and Contents
7" reel.
Series 7 : John Edmunds
Physical Description: 38 Folder
Scope and Contents
Divided into six subseries : Music Compositions, Writings, Correspondence, Biographical Materials, Photographs, and Miscellaneous.
A composer, author, and fabulist, Edmunds was a close friend and long-time collaborator of Bacon.
Subseries A : Music
Physical Description: 8 Folder
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts in pencil, unless noted.
Box 2, Folder 25
Geluckig Vaderland
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
From Valerius' Gedenck-clanck. Manuscript in ink.
Box 2, Folder 26
In Praise of Polly
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Inscribed "to my very dear Peggy." Ozalid.
Box 2, Folder 27
Jehovah and the Ark. XXI : Paean
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
FL : All Creatures of Our God and King.
Box 2, Folder 28
Jesus Christ Was Born for Us
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Inscribed "For Peggy Bacon of Berkeley."
Box 2, Folder 29
A Parliament of Fowls
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 30
Putto Care
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
From an anonymous Venetian ballad realized by Edmunds.
Box 2, Folder 31
Songs From a Colonial Tavern
12/15/63
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Corrected copy.
Box 2, Folder 32
Voyage to Ararat : Pavan
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Subseries B : Writings
Scope and Contents
Texts for musical works and essays.
Box 2, Folder 33
Babel (Babylonian Inventions)
8/70
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
A ballet in 3 acts for solo dancers and corps de ballet with music for orchestra, baritone, and alto soloists, and chorus.
Scenario by Edmunds.
Box 2, Folder 34
Fables
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Suite for Orchestra and Narrator. Text by Edmunds and Bacon.
Box 2, Folder 35
A Parliament of Fowls
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Text, outlines and notes in pencil and ink.
Box 2, Folder 36\
A Parliament of Fowls. IV : The Amorosia (Wild Swans)
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 37
Jehovah and the Ark = Noah's Ark : A Children's Ballet for Jehovah (Narrator) and Orchestra
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
First version, libretto. Manuscript in ink.
Box 2, Folder 38
Jehoavh and the Ark, a Masque in five scenes for twenty-four children, eight adult solo dancers, and Jehovah (speaker), on
a text by John Edmunds
1968
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Libretto.
Box 2, Folder 39\
The Voyage to Ararat : Noah and the Animals, a Ballet to be danced by Children and Adults, with the Prophet Noah as Master
of Ceremonies, text by Edmunds
1973
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 40
The Voyage to Ararat (Noah's Ark), a Ballet, with music for two pianos
1974
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 41
[Untitled]
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
Box 2, Folder 42
A. E. Housman and the Composer
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Manuscript in ink.
Box 2, Folder 43
The Songs of Ernst Bacon
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 2, Folder 44
John Clare and the Songs of Ernst Bacon
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Manuscript in ink.
Subseries C : Correspondence
Physical Description: 11 Folder
Scope and Contents
Box 3, folders 1-9 also listed under Series 3.
Box 3, Folder 1
To Ernst Bacon
1929-49
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 2
To Ernst Bacon
1950-54
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 4
To Ernst Bacon
1960-64
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 5
To Ernst Bacon
1965-69
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 6
To Ernst Bacon
1970-74
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 7
To Ernst Bacon
1975-79
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 8
To Ernst Bacon
1981-86
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 9
To Ernst Bacon
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 10
Guggenheim Foundation
1938
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Letters from others for Edmunds' grant application.
Box 3, Folder 11
Letters regarding the Edmunds Archive
1986-87
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Subseries D : Biographical Materials
Physical Description: 3 Folder
Box 3, Folder 12
Biographical pamphlet
1960s
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 13
Compositions and Editions of XVIIth and XVIIIth Century English and Italian Solo Vocal Music
4/78
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Bound and printed.
Box 3, Folder 14
Obituaries
12/11/86
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Box 3, Folder 15
Subseries E : Photographs
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Three photographs : one 8" x 10" b/w, one 3 3/8" x 4 1/2" b/w, one 3" x 4 1/2" color.
Subseries F : Miscellaneous
Physical Description: 3 Folder
Box 3, Folder 16
A Garland of Lyrics
1974
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Taken mainly from mid-seventeenth century and mid-twentieth century sources, chosen by his friend John Edmunds. For Ernst
Bacon on the publication of his volume Fifty Songs. 7 leaves, typescript.
Box 3, Folder 17
Poems
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
With a handwritten note to Bacon on the back pages concerning the first performance of Campion Bestiary.
Box 3, Folder 18
Players : The Magazine of American Theatre
4-5/75
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Series 8 : Cornel Lengyel
Physical Description: 10 Folder
Scope and Contents
Divided into three sub-series : Writings, Correspondence, and Biographical Materials. An author of books on American history,
Lengyel wrote the script (and eventually the libretto) of an opera/musical play on the subject of Benjamin Franklin, which
was to have been a collaborative project with Bacon.
Subseries A : Writings
Physical Description: 8 Folder
Scope and Contents
Box 4, folders 1-7 are evolving versions of an opera/musical play on the subject of Benjamin Franklin.
Box 4, Folder 1
Bonhomme Richard
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Rough synopsis.
Box 4, Folder 2
Bonhomme Richard. Opera in Three Acts by Ernst Bacon. Libretto by Cornel Lengyel
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Brief outline and rough synopsis.
Box 4, Folder 3
Doctor Franklin, a Comedy-Drama of the American Revolution centering on major events in the life of Benjamin Franklin
1975
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Libretto, some corrections.
Box 4, Folder 4
Doctor Franklin : a Music Play, text and lyrics by Cornel Lengyel, music by Ernst Bacon
1975
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Complete libretto; different version from above.
Box 4, Folder 5
Doctor Franklin : a Music Play, text and lyrics by Cornel Lengyel, music by Ernst Bacon
1975
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Libretto.
Box 4, Folder 6
Doctor Franklin
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Revised pages.
Box 4, Folder 7
Ben Franklin's French Affair
1984
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
A play with incidental music.
Box 4, Folder 8
SOS From Easter Island
1954
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
A play in three acts.
Box 4, Folder 9
Subseries B : Correspondence
1939-87
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Also listed under Series 3.
Box 4, Folder 10
Subseries C : Biographical Materials
Physical Description: 1 Folder
Scope and Contents
Montages of newspaper reviews and headlines, and other clippings.
