a. Folder containing information pertaining to the acquisition of the John Edmunds Papers by the University of California Music Library.

b. Appraisal by Burton Weiss (Serendipity Books) of Vera Edmunds' gift to the University of California, Berkeley. Spiral-bound photocopy.

c. Appraisal by Burton Weiss (Serendipity Books) of Vera Edmunds' gift to the University of Wyoming. Spiral-bound photocopy.

Bibliography of the musical compositions, writings, and performances of John Edmunds (John St. Edmunds) entitled Compositions, Including Folksong Settings and Editions of English and Italian Music, 1600-1750.

a. Typescript, 5 leaves, cover dated " April, 1978." Lacks musical examples and copies of musical performances.

b. Typescript (corrections by J.E. in ink), 5 leaves, cover dated " January, 1983." Lacks musical examples and copies of musical performances. Photocopy.

c. Bound volume, 229 leaves, preface dated "Berkeley, California, 10 June 1983." Photocopy.

Personal journals of John Edmunds covering the period from September 24, 1962 through April 30, 1965. (Other journals have been deposited with the Library at the University of Wyoming). Bound notebooks, leaves not numbered, autograph hand.

Journal I, Sept. 24, 1962-Nov. 4, 1962.

Journal II, Nov. 5, 1962-Dec. 8, 1962.

Journal III, Dec. 9, 1962-Dec. 31, 1962.

Journal IV, Jan. 1, 1963-Jan. 31, 1963.

Journal IVa, July 25, 1971-Sept. 8, 1975; probably belongs to another series of journals.

Journal V, Feb. 1, 1963-March 22, 1963.

Journal VI, March 24, 1963-Sept. 3, 1963.

Journal VII, June 20, 1963-Dec. 11, 1963.

Journal VIII, Dec. 12, 1963-Feb. 22, 1964.

Journal IX, Feb. 22, 1964-March 28, 1964.

Journal X, March 29, 1964-May 11, 1964.

Journal XI, May 11, 1964-June 28, 1964.

Journal XII, July 2, 1964-April 30, 1965.

Additional diaries and calendars.

a. Appointment calendar for the year 1955. Small bound volume with a green cover. Bears the title page inscription "John Edmunds, Villa il Poderino, Via del Giuggiolo 4, Firenze." Contains daily entries about Mr. Edmunds's research trip to Italy.

b. 1968 Calendar. Spiral-bound notebook containing a number of entries dating from June 6, 1968-Jan 19, 1969.

c. 1985 diary. Bound notebook with a green cover containing a few scattered entries.

d. Commonplace book (II). Bound notebook with a green marbled cover containing various quotes and comments.

e. Record. Bound notebook with a gray cover containing entries dating from January 2, 1940-March 1 [?] 1943.

Graduation diplomas.

a. Harvard University, March 1, 1943; Master of Arts.

b. Columbia University, June 1, 1954; Master of Library Science.

Twenty (20) student counterpoint and harmony exercises and essays, 1939-1953. Written for classes at the Curtis Institute of Music, Harvard University, and Columbia University. Among the professors were Rosario Scalero, Walter Piston, and G. Wallace Woodworth.

Scrapbook containing items dated, 1942 through 1949. Large volume, green cover with the inscription "Scrap Book." 70 pages numbered in ink. Pages 36 through 69 are particularly important since they contain many programs of music and reviews associated with the musical activities of John Edmunds in the San Francisco Bay Area and in particular the Campion Society. Pages 1 through 35 are clippings from the Christian Science Monitor and the Cornell Daily Sun of short prose and poetry by Edmunds under various pseudonyms (among them Edmund Scott and Roger Challis).

Photocopy of item #7.

Scrapbook containing items dated, 1946 through 1950. Binder with a black cover, unnumbered leaves. An important scrapbook covering the musical activities of John Edmunds, particularly with the Campion Society and the Carmel Festival of Songs in English, in the San Francisco Bay Area. (See also item 22).

Photocopy of item #8.

Scrapbook containing items dated, 1951 through 1955. Binder with a brown cover. Unnumbered leaves. In particular covers the activities of the Campion Society in the San Francisco Bay Area. (See also item 22).

Photocopy of item #9.

Two scrapbooks containing items pertaining mostly to the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, April and May, 1962. Mr. Edmunds served as an American Observer and was sponsored by the Institute of International Education. These two scrapbooks contain many letters, programs, snapshots, etc. (See also item 20c, a report on the competition).

Photocopy of part 1 of item #10a.

Photocopy of part 2 of item #10a.

Photocopy of part 1 of item #10b.

Photocopy of part 2 of item #10a.

Biographical information about John Edmunds and lists of his musical compositions and arrangements. This folder contains a substantial number of documents.

John Edmunds. Three (3) studio photographs. "Returned to Vera Edmunds at her request.".

John Edmunds. Studio portrait of John Edmunds (1984) by Arthur Bacon, son of Ernst Bacon.

John Edmunds. Snapshots (9 items).

Professional correspondence. Folder contains about 60 items.

Correspondence with Peter Yates (1909-1976). The folder contains a bound photocopied volume of the letters from Peter Yates written to John Edmunds from 1952 to 1968. Also enclosed are about 8 original letters (some are incomplete).

Correspondence with Arnold Goldsbrough, 1892-1964. 13 letters, dated ca. 1953-1957.

Correspondence: personal and family. About 40 letters.

Correspondence: letters relating to contributions made by John Edmunds to the Thurston Dart Memorial Fund, University of London Library. Three (3) items plus a letter regarding a contribution made to the Irving Lowens Fund, The Sonneck Society.

Letters of recommendation "used for bio-bibliographical leaflet published in February, 1962." Original letters from: Ned Rorem, Peter Yates, Henry Cowell, John Langstaff, Jeanne Behrend, Wiley [Hitchcock], Edgard Varèse, Lou Harrison, Ernst Bacon, and two unidentified persons (First names only).

Projects, proposals, and final reports:

20a: Reports to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Cultural Relations, Rome. Four progress reports relating to a grant to study in Italy, 1956-1957.

20b: Documents and letters relating to "A General Report on The New York Public Library's Americana Music Collection and its proposed development in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts." 1961. About 30 items.

20c: The Second International Tchaikovsky Competition. A Report for the Institute of International Education, Moscow, April-May, 1962. Mr. Edmunds was the American Observer at the Competition (see also items 10 a-b, which are scrapbooks compiled by Mr. Edmunds).

20d: A Proposed Music Program for Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, January, 1963. 21 pp.

20e: Application for a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Grant, September, 1969 to June, 1970.

20f: Proposal, letters, etc. for a performance of Henry Purcell, Westminster Requiem. Done in conjunction with Denis Stevens. 1981. About 40 leaves.

20g: Miscellaneous projects related to the following organizations: Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, 1967; American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1961; American Council of Learned Societies, May, 1967; Contemporary Music Project, 1964; Project for Asian Tour, 1960; National Endowment for the Humanities, 1968; and several other incomplete proposals.

Published programs featuring the musical compositions of John Edmunds. One folder containing ca. 50 items and some duplicates.

Posters and programs of music performed by The Campion Society of San Francisco, John Edmunds, Director. (See also items 8 and 9, scrapbooks pertaining to the activities of the Campion Society).

The Composers's Forum, New York, founded by Ashley Pettis. John Edmunds was chairman of the board of Directors. Seven items including programs.

The Orchestra of American, Richard Korn, musical director. Five programs, 1961-1962 season. Program notes by John Edmunds.

Article in the New Yorker magazine about John Edmunds and American Music Section of the New York Public Library. Carbon copy.

List of writings: Books and articles by John Edmunds held by the Music Library, University of California and the Division of Music, New York Public Library. Photocopy of the catalog cards. Two items not found in this collection should be noted:

a. Book. Some Twentieth Century American Composers; a selective bibliography. By John Edmunds and Gordon Boelzner. With an introductory essay by Peter Yates. (New York: New York Public Library, 1959-1960), 2 vols.

b. Book. Fux, Johann Joseph (1660-1741). Steps to Parnassus; the Study of Counterpoint. Translated and edited by Alfred Mann with the collaboration of John St. Edmunds (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1943), 156 pp.

"Chamber Cantatas: the Mastery of Alessandro Scarlatti," in Tempo ,vol. 42 (Winter, 1956-1957), pp. 24-30.

Clarke, Larry, Elmer [Gantry]: Opera in Three Acts and an Epilogue. Libretto by Paul Forster (1977). John Edmunds assisted with the preparation of the libretto. Folder contains correspondence, drafts of the libretto, etc. About 40 leaves.

The Clerihew Unloosed(San Francisco, 1985). A collection of unpublished poems based on this verse quatrain. Contents: two (2) bound volumes (entitled The Clerihew Unhinged) and drafts(s), about 70 leaves. One of Mr. Edmunds' last works.

The Quiet Place. Some Poems of Emily Dickinson Chosen by John Edmunds(Berkeley, 1978). Bound copy. Unpublished. Ca. 40 unnumbered leaves.

John Edmunds, compiler. The George Carroll Collection of Early American Martial Musick. A List of Tunes for Fife, Flute and Drum in the Carroll Collection as of April 17, 1963. "This index runs to 68 pp. and contains about 2, 176 titles." Original typescript copy. This volume has been removed from The John Edmunds Papers and has been cataloged separately for the Case X collection of the Music Library. The George Carroll Collection is located at Williamsburg, Virginia. This folder also contains a spiral-bound publication of 50 selected tunes from The Carroll Collection volume 2. Edited by George P. Carroll, no date.

Madeline Gleason ,[a biography by] John Edmunds. Bound volume, 30 leaves, unpublished. Dated January, 1983. This folder also contained a group of translations (typescript) by Madeline Gleason, and a children's story (hand-copied in a notebook) called "Etty the Contrary Hen," by Madeline Gleason and Beatrice Edmunds.

Goldoni, Carlo, 1707-1793. Mirandolina, a Comedy in Three Acts. Adapted from the Italian by John Edmunds [pseud. Jonathan Annon], dated: London, Sept. 25, 1970. Based on Goldoni's La Locandiera (1752). The folder contains the typescript original (90 leaves), bound, & a carbon copy (ca. 84 leaves).

Article "Roy Harris," published in Oscar Thompson's Cyclopedia (1964), p. 922. Folder also contains a typescript (pp. 14-25) comparing several reference works which include entries regarding American composers of the 20th century (authorship uncertain, probably Edmunds).

Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856. Firedrake, Love and Irony in Poems, from Das Buch der Lieder, Neue Gedichte, Romanzero & the Nachlese ,with English versions and a Preface by John Edmunds, October, 1982, [Berkeley]. Contents: original typescript, 38-238 pp., unbound loose pp. in a box; two (2) bound versions pf the Preface; two (2) bound notebooks containing typescript versions of the poems (these are preliminary drafts). Total: five (5) thick items.

Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1865. Lyric Poems ,in English versions by John Edmunds (1982). Bound volume, draft copy, photocopied 167 leaves. Pasted into the front of the volume is a letter from Mrs. Albert W. Barrows, Kentfield, California, regarding "corrections" she has made (in pencil) to the translations.

A History of American Music from the Landing of the Pilgrims to the Present Dayillustrated with one hundred annotated slides and an introductory essay, by John Edmunds, Americana Collection, Music Division of the New York Public Library. (Chicago: Musicamera, 1960). (The slides that go with this instruction booklet are lacking from this collection).

Housman, Alfred Edward, 1859-1936. New Poems. Edited by John Edmunds with a preface and notes by Hilary Bacon (San Francisco: 1985), xvi-61 pp.

a. Two spiral-bound copies, the first with a yellow cover and the second blue, unpublished. The Preface, which is lacking from the bound volumes, is contained in the folder. It is the typescript original with corrections in ink; 19 loose leaves.

b. Revisions and additions. Loose leaves with notes and corrections made in ink.

c. Master copy. Sixty-five loose leaves.

Housman, Alfred Edward, 1859-1936. A Train of Stars. Lyrics and Fragments from the notebooks of A. E. Housman in the Library of Congress. Selected by John Edmunds. Bound photocopy of an advanced draft, 38 leaves. Dated Christmas, 1977. Alternative title of the draft: "The Cauldron of Imagination."

Housman, Alfred Edward, 1859-1936. Trumpets Blown in the Empty Night. Poems from the Notebooks, not included in the canon of A. E. Housman's work. Edited by John Edmunds. Dated Berkeley: 1981 and 1985. The two folders contain a notebook based on the poems of Housman "examined at the Library of Congress," and four "drafts." (Apparently the 1985 edition is a draft of the more complete 1981 collection.)

Scattered notes of John Edmunds from his editions of the poems of Alfred Edward Housman. These notes relate to the items 38, 39, and 40a-b. Autograph hand, typescript, and photocopies. About 50 leaves.

Hymnal, Church, and Artist. Some preliminary notes towards a new hymnal, with an appendix of thirty-two tunes mainly from traditional secular sources. By John Edmunds. Dated May, 1964. Two copies: copy 1 is bound in a hard, blue cover and consists of draft pages. Copy 2 is a 12-page reduced version, photocopied from a typescript original.

Overtones ,April 1940. Contains Edmunds' "The Lyrics of the Elizabethan Ayres." A photocopy of the article is also present in this folder.

Relishes. An anthology of short poems from a variety of English and American sources. Chosen and edited by John Edmunds. (Georgetown, California: Dragons Teeth Press, 1978). Two bound copies, the original typescript and a copy.

"Some problems facing the experimental composer in America." Typescript, carbon copy, 9 leaves, no place or date.

A dictionary article entitled "Song." Typescript, carbon copy, 10 leaves, no place or date. Mr. Edmunds has written on the first page "For a Chicago encyclopedia. I don't know whether or not it was ever published." Another inscription reads, "Article for New Encyclopedia of Music."

"Songs from a Colonial Tavern. Preface." Typescript, carbon copy with many corrections, 16 loose leaves.

"Lucybird and other animals." This is a collection of eight fables. The author is signed "John Exe." this must be John Edmunds, because the same name -- John Exe -- is used on one of the copies of "Relishes" (see item 44). Four (4) typescript original and carbon copies. Dedicated to "Johanna Harris / one of the great musicians / of our time."

1. Lucybird (a sow)

2. Egby (a parrot)

3. Fleetiebell (a cow)

4. Alupia (a badger)

5. Serena (a chicken)

6. Arabiscus (a heron)

7. Flora (a goose)

8. Mauncy (a bear)

"Some unorthodox American composers of the twentieth century. Five lectures for radio presentation in Europe in the summer of 1960." A two-page mimeographed outline. No further information.

Ferrabosco, Alfonso, Four Fantasias for String Quartet. Edited by John Edmunds. in the series The Penn State State Music Series ,no. 21 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1969. Two scores and parts.

Marcello, Benedetto, Arias from Solo Cantatas set for high voice and keyboard by John Edmunds. Volumes 1 and 2 (New York: R. D. Row Music Co., 1967-1968).

Purcell, Henry. Two Publications:

1. King James II Suite, for woodwind quartet. Transcribed by John Edmunds. Score and parts.

2. Queen Mary Suite, for Woodwind quintet. Transcribed by John Edmunds. Score and parts. Published by Carl Fischer, 1972 and 1973.

Purcell, Henry. [Twelve] Songs with realizations of the figured bass by John Edmunds. (New York: R. D. Row Music Co., 1960), 64 pp. Two copies each of high and low voice (each set a slightly different printing). Contents:

Purcell, Henry. [Twelve] Songs with realizations of the figured bass by John Edmunds. (New York: R. D. Row Music Co., 1954). Eleven (11) songs from item 53 which were published separately as single pieces of music, but published earlier in 1954.

Vivaldi, Antonio. Five Arias from Solo Cantatas. Transcribed from a manuscript in the library of the Conservatorio de Musica "Luigi Cherubini" in Florence; with a realization of the bass by John Edmunds. (New York: R. D. Row Music Co., 1955), 20 pp. Contents:

1. Piango gemo sospiro

2. Ingrata si mi svena

3. O di tua man mi svena

4. Filli di gioia vuoi farmi morir

5. Pur ch'à te grata

[Carols]. Carols of the Western World. A new collection of carols and Christmas hymns from the 14th to the early 19th century in two volumes. Edited and arranged by John Edmunds (Cincinnati, Ohio: World Library of Sacred Music, 1966), 184 pp. (volume 2 was never published). Contents:

a. One (1) copy of the published edition.

b. Five (5) draft versions of the publication.

Edmunds, John. Clambake on the Potomac. Five American and English Folk Songs set for Soloists, Three-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, Piano and Large Battery. (New York: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, 1970), 56 pp. Contents:

1. The Handsome Soldier

2. John Riley

3. What shall we do with the Drunken Sailor

4. Katy Cruel

5. The Highly Educated Man

[Eleven] Folksongs: American-English-Irish ,set by John Edmunds (New York; R. D. Row Music Co., 1959), 41 pp. Contents:

[Eleven] Folksongs: American-English-Irish ,set by John Edmunds (New York: R.D. Row Music Co., 1953). Seven (7) pieces from item 57 which were published earlier in 1954 as separate pieces of music.

Edmunds, John. Three separate pieces for voice and piano placed in a single folder:

a. The Blackbird and the Crow, an Appalachian Folksong. Setting by John Edmunds (Boston: R.D. Row Music Co., 1961), 5 pp.

b. Like to the Damask Rose,from a Ms. in Christchurch College. Oxford. Realized and edited by John Edmunds (Boston: Boston Music Co., 1956), 3 pp.

c. Music Thou Soul of Heaven,from a Ms. in Christchurch College, Oxford. Realized and edited by John Edmunds (Boston): Boston Music Co., 1956), 3 pp.

Edmunds, John. Two separate pieces for voice and piano placed in a single folder.

a. The Faucon(New York: Music Press, Inc., 1947). 5 pp.

b. Milkmaids(New York: Music Press, Inc., 1947), 5 pp.

Eight (8) choral compositions by John Edmunds issued in octavo editions:

a. Three Christmas Chorals. Words by Beatrice Quickenden, music by John Edmunds (Cincinnati: World Library of Sacred Music, 1967), 22 pp.

--The Birth of Christ

--Sing we to our Jesus

--High overhead the stars of heaven

b. Four Newly-Reconstructed Madrigals(17th century), ed. John Edmunds (Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Music 70 Music Publishers, 1980), 16 pp.

--Sweet Muses

--Sound, Ye Shepherds

--Ay, Me! Can Love and Beauty so Conspire

--It was a Lover and His Lass

c. Five Dutch Carols. Settings by John Edmunds (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1965), 11 pp.

--A Noble Child

--The Day has Come

--Let us Start

--The Stork She Rose

--This Night There Comes

d. The Crownless King. Words by Bruce Bradley, music by John Edmunds (Cincinnati: Library of Sacred Music, 1967), 8 pp.

e. Jesus Christ, Our Lord is Risen. Arranged by John Edmunds (New York: Lawson-Gould, 1968), 8 pp.

f. Lord, God of Hosts ,by John Edmunds (New York: Lawson-Gould, 1966), 11 pp.

g. Praise the Lord, O My Heart(Handel), arranged by John Edmunds (New York: Lawson-Gould, 1968), 8pp.

h. A Son is Born. Five carols to old English texts by John Edmunds (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1967), 20 pp.

--All that 'Lieve; Blessed Be that Lord; Jesus Christ; A Babe is Born; be Merry, I Pray You.

"Stevenson." Hymn tune by John Edmunds, photocopied from an unknown (possibly Episcopal?) hymnal. Folder also includes a photocopied excerpt from the hymnal's introduction, headed The Commissioned Hymns ,referring to Edmunds and his wife Beatrice Quickenden.

Songs by John Edmunds sung by Dorothy Rienzi (2/17/1961).

Campion Festival in San Francisco, 1952.

Betty Allen sings 2 songs by John Edmunds, Town Hall, New York, 1957?.

Songs of John Edmunds and William Meyer, sung by Dorothy Rienzi, NY, Feb. 20, 1964.

Parliament of Fowls, "all music by Ernst Bacon, no time for me." Dated 5/6/1975.

Atheneum Marin Festival, August, 1967. Sung by Francesca Howe, John Edmunds, keyboardist; music by John Edmunds.

Same as item 67.

Same as item 67.

John Edmunds songs, performed by Carole Bogard, Francesca Howe, and John Langstaff, no date.

Settings by John Edmunds; Carole Bogard, Francesca Howe, John Langstaff, Donald Pippin, performers. Dated August, 1968 (Same as item 70?).

John Edmunds Program, Hertz Hall, University of California, April 20, 1966.

Songs by John Edmunds, performed by John Langstaff and John Edmunds, piano. Dated: MacLean, Virginia, 1959.

Same as item 72.

Same as item 72.

The inscription on this tape reads " 28 February 1960, John Edmunds, Jack Langstaff, 1st half, John's realizations."

"Langstaff-Edmunds Program, German songs, French, Scarlatti, Middle English." Apparently tape no. 2 of item 77.

" 11/7/1960, John Langstaff, Part I, John Edmunds. Terrible recording, microphone too far away from Jack."

" 11/7/1960, John Langstaff." Part II of item 78.

John Edmunds. Three New Carols. Sung by the San Francisco Boys' Chorus, Madi Bacon, director. Dec. 12, 1965.

Same as item 80.

Hertz Hall recital. Same as items 72, 74, and 75.

Same as item 82.

Wigmore Hall recital, Dec. 17, 1973. Part I.

Part II of item 84.

Another copy of item 84, part I.

Another copy of item 85, part II.

Wigmore Hall recital, parts I and II.

Songs by John Edmunds and Ernst Bacon, sung by Marni Nixon. Apparently dated 1962.

Tape box contains the inscription "Edmunds Improvisations," but this is crossed out with a red pencil.

"Langstaff-Edmunds. German tradition, French tradition A. Scarlatti, Middle English. John Edmunds." Probably the same as items 76 and 77. The box has another label which is an error.

An empty tape box bearing the inscription "Williamsburg, experimental tape (first trial)." J. E. Carroll [Collection] Master tape.

Tape with the label inscription "Trial music for the Turner film." Also "John Edmunds. George Carroll & experimental rape for documentary film on Mrs. Turner (Painter)." Dubbed tape "not good, original tape [item 92] much better." Dated April 1962.

Tape with the inscription "John Edmunds with 6 noisemakers," and "Improvisations with friends."

Tape with the inscription "Experimental improvisation. John Edmunds, George Carroll, percussion & clarinet." Also "Colonial Williamsburg. 1st experimental tape." Dated 3/13/1960. See also items 92 and 93.

Seven (7) reels of tape entitled Studies for Player Piano. The tapes bear the stamped inscription "Conlon Nancarrow. Apartado 20-550. Mexico 20, D. F., Mexico." The boxes bear addresses of John Edmunds in Sausalito, California, London, England, and New York City.

John Edmunds. Tape of recital at the Institute of Music and Art, San Francisco, 10/11/1971. Performers: Marjory Tede, Frederick Jagel, Margaret Fabrizio.

Duplicate of item 103.

Duplicate of the San Francisco Boys' Chorus recital, see item 80.

Seven Psalms of David ,1960. Part I: Wigmore recital. Dec. 17, 1973. See items 84-88.

Seven Psalms of David(1960). Part II of item 106. Cassette tape.

"Purcell segment of the Museum Concert, 4/19/1959."

"Marni Nixon singing songs by Henry Purcell realizations by John Edmunds." Dated 1951.

Watergate: a Political Burlesque ,with words and music jointly written and composed by Ernst Bacon and John Edmunds. In good condition. No date.

Cassette tape. Marni Nixon sings. July, 1985.

Cassette tape. Marni Nixon sings Edmund songs and Ernst Bacon songs. 1959.

Cassette tape. Marni Nixon sings. Copy of item 111.

Cassette tape. Parliament of Fowls. Jan. 1979.

Cassette tape. Parliament of Fowls. February, 1979.

Cassette tape. Parliament of Fowls. June, 1979.

Cassette tape. Parliament of Fowls. 1974?.

Cassette tape. Voyage to Ararat. Seven Psalms of David. 1972.

Cassette tape. Voyage to Ararat. 1980.

Cassette tape. 10 Dances from The Voyage to Ararat and Dowland songs. 1973.

Cassette tape. The Urban Muse. Hertz Hall, May?, 1966.

Cassette tape. Alfred Edward Housman, 1859-1936. Poems from the Notebooks ,Manilius dedication. 9/1/1979.

Album of twelve 10" phonograph records (red cover). According to the labels, these were recorded in various studios in New York and Chicago, and are probably unique.

a. Loveliest of trees, True love doth pass away, Her mouth, The cuckoo

b. John Edmunds (Various Animals) played by Jeanne Behrend [Curtis Institute], Various Animals: 12 pieces for children; piano [play inside out]

c. The farms of home [Housman], Salley Gardens [Yeats], Second verse of Salley Gardens [Yeats], Procne [Quennel]

d. "Isle of Portland" (Edmunds) Janet Fairbank, "Sourwood Mountain" (Bacon) Janet Fairbank

e. The faucon, Wenlock Edge, The lonely, The fish

f. Your yen two, For old friends, Cloths of Heaven, Half-moon westers low

g. Improvisations (John Edmunds), "Improvisation by? Not me"

h. The falcon, True love doth pass away, Loveliest of trees

i. Your yen too [sic], Wenlock Edge, He standing hushed..., The cuckoo, Upon Julia's voice

j. Pioneers part 1, Pioneers part one [sic]

k. Three improvisations (John Edmunds), Auf Enthalt

l. Hymn (Tallis), Jerusalem, As dew in Aprille (conclusion)

Cardboard mailer containing ten (10) records of various sizes. These are probably also unique recordings.

a. Procne, [blank side, no grooves]

b. 1. Lilliburlero - Purcell-Edmunds, 2. Hymn (Canon) Tallis-Edmunds. Carl Hague - tenor, Gladys Steele - piano, Alfred Frankenstein broadcast May 1946, [blank side, no grooves]

c. Bacon - Five songs by major American poets. Robert Lancaster & Wm. Corbett Jones. Bernstein - Three songs from "La Bonne cuisine"; Thompson- Three songs. Elizabeth Pharris and Robert Bennett. Aug. '52, Edmunds - Six songs. Margot Helmuth-Blum & John Edmunds. Copland - Sonata for violin and piano (1943). Willard Tressel and Douglas Thompson. Seventh Annual Campion Festival. (KPFA) August 1952

d. Schubert - March in C minor; March in C major; Fantasie in F minor. Dorothy Franklin and Raylene Pierce, pianists. Seventh Annual Campion Festival. (KPFA) August 1952, Sonata (Four Hands) (Hindemith) Dorothy Franklin and Raylene Pierce, pianists. Seventh Annual Campion Festival. August 1952 (KPFA)

e. "When Johnny comes marching home" Westinghouse... [label torn] John Ch...[label torn], [blank side, no grooves]

f. Author of light [Campion], What then is love [Rossetter] trans.by John St. Edmunds; baritone: Robert Grooters [?--writing is unclear], [label missing; one band]

g. Double elegy (Purcell). Piano - Fritz Berens. Dated Sept. 4 1946, Sheep [may] safely graze (J. S. Bach). Piano - Fritz Berens. Dated Sept. 4 1946.

h. "O Death rock me asleep." Music by John Edmunds. Words by Ann Boleyn. Sung by Robert Grooters. Recorded at Curtis Institute-1940, "Lilliburlero" (Purcell - Edmunds). Carl Hague - tenor, Gladys Steele - piano. Alfred Frankenstein broadcast, May 1946.

i. Corelli - Violin sonata (11) in E major. Willard Tressel & Douglas Thompson. Danyel - Mrs. M. E. her funeral tears for the death of her husband. Robert Lancaster & Wm. Corbett Jones. KPFA - August 1952, Handel - Three arias. Robert Lancaster & Wm. Corbett Jones. Purcell - Five songs. Margo Helmuth-Blum & John Edmunds. Seventh Annual Campion Festival. August 1952 KPFA studio performance.

j. Four English catches; Rameau - Hymn to Poseidon. Schola Cantorum. Ariosti - Concertino for 'cello and piano. Catherine Connolly & Marion Winkler. Seventh Annual Campion Festival August 1952, Kodaly - Sonata in f sharp minor. Catherine Connolly & Marion Winkler. Bacon - Three hymns; Four canons. Schola Cantorum. Seventh Annual Campion Festival. August 1952.

Cardboard mailer containing five (5) phonograph records of various sizes.

a. The pity of love (W. B. Yeats). George Prall, John St. Edmunds. Our first record - the first reord of any of my music. 4 Nov. 1937, San Francisco, Daybreak (Donne). George Prall, John St. Edmunds.

b. Here the deities ap. [sic] Voice - Corrine Barrow Williams. Piano - Gladys Steele. Sept 2 1946, [blank side, no grooves]

c. Dowland - I saw my lady weep. St. Edmunds - To a young girl. Rosseter - When Laura smiles. Robert Grooters - baritone. Willa Stewart - soprano. John St. Edmunds - piano, Ann Boleyn - O, Death rock me to sleep. Daniel - Why canst thou not. Robert Grooters - baritone. John St. Edmunds - piano.

d. "As dew in Aprille" "Conclusion", [no label]. This record is broken.

e. The curlew (Yeats); The pity of love (Yeats); Her mouth (Aldington). Musical settings by John Edmunds. George Prall, tenor; with John Edmunds at the piano. 12/31/51, On Wenlock Edge (Housman); Her anxiety (Yeats); What meanest thou my fortune (XV cent.); My silks and fine array (Blake). Musical settings by John Edmunds. George Prall, tenor; with John Edmunds at the piano. 12/31/51.

Brown album containing eight (8) phonograph records of various sizes.

a. Side 1: Double elegy (Purcell - Edmunds).Fritz Berens, piano. Sept 4 1946. Master, Side 3 [sic]: Hark the flutes. Fritz Berens, piano. Sept. 4 1946. Master.

b. Side 5: Watermill. Fritz Berens, piano. Sept 4 1946. Master, Side 7 [sic]: Isle of Portland. 6 eyes. Fritz Berens, piano. Sept 4 1946. Master.

c. Procne [...?]. ...[unreadable] my lady weep. Dowland, Heart of woman [sung by Willie Stewart]. O death, rock me to sleep [sung by Robt. Grooters].

d. Side 6: Pigeons on grass. Fritz Berens, piano. Sept 4 1946. Master, Side 8 [sic]: Silver. When I bring to you. Fritz Berens, piano. Sept 4 1946. Master.

e. The lonely. The fish, The faucon. Wenlock Edge.

f. 1. "Jesus, Jesus, rest your head." 2. "The isle of Portland." Fritz Berens, piano. Sept 4 1946. Copy, 1. "Come again, sweet love." 2. "Early one morning." Fritz Berens, piano. Sept 4 1946. Copy.

g. The cloths of heaven. The half moon westers low. George Prall, Your yen two. For old friends. George Prall. [n.b.: this record is broken]

h. As ever I saw. Where to show. 2 Sept 46 at concert, 1) [no title] Tallis- Edmunds. 2) Surely you hear my lady (Handel).

This folder contains the original paste-up title pages of works by John Edmunds. The title pages are copied on onion-skin paper, heavy mats, etc. These have been saved since they contain important bibliographical information. Virtually all of the lettering is original ink. About 40 leaves.

The Book of the Governor, for two pianos. From the ballet, based on Sir Thomas Eliot's The Boke Named The Governor (1531). The music by John Edmunds, London, 1974.

a. The original autograph manuscript copied on onion-skin master sheets.

b. Two (2) spiral-bound photocopies of the score.

c. Various drafts (3 items).

d. Two (2) hardbound ozalid copies of the score (spine title: The Book Named the Governor Ballet).

Boreas. A Book of Songs for Voice and Piano to texts from Anonymous Middles English Poets, Barnaby Googe, Charles Sackville, Thomas Haywood, William Blake, William Butler Yeats, A. E. Housman, and others. Composed for voice and piano (1935-1960) by John Edmunds (San Francisco, 1983). Contents:

a. The original autograph manuscript copied on onion-skin master sheets.

b. Two (2) spiral-bound photocopies of the score.

c. One unbound photocopy of the score.

d. Two (2) additional spiral-bound photocopies of the score. The cover graphic is changed. Additionally, these include a dedication, an author's note, and 32 songs where 125b includes only 29.

[Carols]. The Adams Book of Carols. Fifty new carols to old texts, set mostly for mixed voices, with a few for soprano or baritone solo. The accompaniments, where required, may be played on a keyboard, or by any other suitable instruments. Composed by John Edmunds, 1957-1962.

a. The original autograph manuscript copied on onion-skin master sheets.

b. Mastersheets on onion-skin paper (revised edition 1966).

c. Two (2) bound blueprint copies of the score.

d. One (1) photocopy of the score, unbound.

e. One (1) hardbound typescript of the carol texts only. Contents differ from table below.

[Carols]. The Adams Book of Carols.

[Carols]. Carols of Earth and Sky. A new collection of carols and Christmas songs from the fourteenth to the early nineteenth century the tunes derived from traditional sources, English, Dutch, German, French, and American, with texts old and new. Set for unison chorus and keyboard by John Edmunds (San Francisco: 1966 and 1983), 105 pp. Contents:

a. One (1) spiral-bound photocopy.

b. Some materials pertaining to the various drafts (for a list of titles, please see the following pages), including drafts and a paperbound copy of Carols of the Western World.

c. One (1) spiral-bound typescript draft of the Preface (with corrections) and a photocopy of six additional songs (67-72) not included in contents below.

[Carols]. Carols of Earth and Sky.

Celebrations. A ballet for strings, harpsichord, and percussion. Composed for performance with the participation of the course on dance and music, Fromm Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of San Francisco, Fall semester, 1978, [by] John Edmunds. Contents:

a. One (1) spiral-bound photocopy of the score (29 pp.).

b. Various materials pertaining to drafts of the score. One bears the inscription "Transcribed for two pianos 30 III 79."

[Children's music, for piano solo. Four groups of compositions].

a. Various Animals(San Francisco, 1940). Dedicated to Leonard Ralston. Blueprint copy and original masters.

b. Flowers and Vegetables(San Francisco, 1940-41). Dedicated to Ernst Bacon. Blueprint copy and masters.

c. The Staple Spices(San Francisco, 1947-48). Dedicated to Sally Carrigher. Blueprint copy & masters.

d. The Lion's Nosegay(London, Festival of Britain, 1951). Dedicated to Arnold Goldsborough. Original onion-skin masters sheets.

Dance Requiem, for a company of dancers, soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, mixed chorus and organ. Latin texts set to Renaissance dance forms by John Edmunds. [In memoriam Beatrice-Beatrice Quickenden Edmunds- 24 November 1967, San Francisco] ([San Francisco]: 1968-1975).

a. One (1) spiral-bound photocopy score (110 pp.).

b. Original autograph manuscript(s) copied on onion-skin master sheets.

c. One (1) spiral-bound blueprint copy of the Choric Requiem.

d. Various drafts and (what appear to be) parts (about 100 leaves).

The Cities of Heaven and Earth, for narrator, mixed chorus, and organ by John Edmunds (no place, 1975). One (1) spiral-bound Photocopyscore (75 pp.).

Fanfare.

A. The Golden Age (Ovid)

I Hail, Festal Day (La Folia)

B. The Countryside of Heaven (J. Clare)

II Blessed City, heav'nly Salem (Sarum Plainsong)

C. Byzantium (R. de Clari)

III See, the Conqueror mounts in triumph (Claret)

D. The City of Heaven (T.Traherne)

IV Around the throne of God (Lovely Joan)

E. London (O. Sitwell)

V A great and mighty wonder (Maiencourante)

F. The Vision of Cathay

VI O Trinity of blessed Light (Robin Hood and the Pedlar)

G. Petra (F. Stark)

VII Round the lord in glory seated (Branle)

H. Venice (J. Ruskin)

VIII Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (Es taget im Osten)

I. A place of the Han dynasty (Anon)

IX Christian, seek not yet repose (L'homme armé)

J. Delphi (L. Durrell)

X Alleluia, O let us sing (Alleluia, den bleijentonn)

The Council of Rooks. A Ballet for Twelve Dancers and Actor.

a. Original typescript libretto (16 pp.), dated London, July, 1975.

b. Musical score, photocopy, bound, 22 pp. bearing the inscription: "Rookmaster. Ballet of seven dances and introduction on ancient French, Dutch, and English tunes. Set for solo piano by John Edmunds, 1976."

The Emissaries. Preliminary sketches for a work using the text of The Countess Cathleen by William Butler Yeats as the libretto. Dated "John Edmunds, New York, August, 1959." Contents of the folder: four items. It is difficult to determine the nature of this composition from what remains.

The Faucon. And Twenty-three additional songs with texts by anonymous Middle English poets; also by John Bunyan, William Blake, A. E. Housman, William Butler Yates, and others. Set for high voice and piano by John Edmunds.

a. Spiral-bound, photocopy (dated Berkeley, 1983).

b. Spiral-bound, photocopy (dated Berkeley, 1978).

c. Original autograph manuscripts copied on onion-skin master sheets.

The Flowers of the Field. Collected settings of folk songs: English, American, German, and French, [by] John St. Edmunds (San Francisco: 1939-1974)

a. Original autograph manuscript copied on onion-skin master sheets (about 250 leaves).

b. Photocopy master, 246 loose leaves

English

1. Brigg Fair

2. An acre of land

3. Searching for lambs

4. Scarborough Fair

5. Dabbling in the dew

6. The Turtledove

7. Six dukes went a-fishing

8. Gently, Johnny, my jingalo

9. Blow away the morning dew

10. Early one morning

11. The forsaken maid

12. I'm seventeen come Sunday

American

13. St. James's Hospital

14. The preacher's farewell

15. The nightingale

16. Pretty Saro

17. Black is the color of my true love's hair

18. Night thought

Irish

19. She moved through the fair

20. The sea

21. The pigeons

22. Ballynure

23. Reynardine

Scottish

24. Sir Patrick Spens

25. The bens of Jura

26. The three ravens

27. The cuckoo's nest

28. Proud Maisie

French

1. Que faire s'amour me laisse

2. J'ai vu le loup, le renard, le lièvre

3. Je suis deshèritée

4. Nous estions troys jeunes fillettes

5. Las, en mon doux printemps

6. Ma belle, si tu voulais

7. Margot, labourez les vignes

8. Las, il n'a nul mal

9. Au bois, madame

10. En ce premier jour de May

11. Cruelle départie

12. Allons gay, gayement, ma mignonne

German

1. Christ ist erstanden

2. Gut G'sell und du musst wandern

3. Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal

4. Der Winter ist vergangen (XVth century)

5. Der Kuckcuck auf dem Baume sass

6. Die Sonn, die ist verblichen

7. Nun will der Lenz uns grüssen

8. Der treue Mägdelein klag' mich sehr

9. Wach auf, mein Hort! Es leucht dort her

10. Hinunter ist der Sonnenschein

11. Dort nieden an dem Rheine

12. Ich hört ein Sichelein rauschen

13. Der Tag ist hin

14. Der grimmig Tod mit seinem Pfeil

15. Der Winter ist vergangen (ca. 1600)

16. Es sungen drei Engel

17. Es sang gut Spielmann durch das Ried

18. Der Tag vertreibt die finstre Nacht

19. Wie schön blüt uns der Meyen

20. Wenn ich des Morgens trüb aufsteh

21. Es muss nur sein

22. Flieg her, flieg hin, Waldvögelein

23. Gesgen dich Laub, gesegn dich Gras

24. Von edler Art

The Fortunate Isles, 1935-1960. Fifty songs to texts by Lydgate, Wyat, Googe, Fletcher, Sedley, Blake, Darley, Gogarty, and others. Set for voice and piano by John [St.] Edmunds (London, 1976), 164 pp.

a. Set of original autographed manuscripts leaves copied on 164 onion-skin master sheets.

b. Hardbound ozalid copy of ms. with corrections and paste-overs, 167 pp.

The Fortunate Isles, 1935-1960.

Now would I fain some mirthes make (Godwhen)

Earth goes upon earth glittering (Anon.)

Tarry no longer (Lydgate)

Since fortune favours not (Googe)

And wilt thou leave me thus ? (Wyat)

The ballad of the cherry tree (Traditional)

In youth is pleasure (Wever)

The Spanish Armada (Still)

Venus (Southwell)

The Earl of Murray (Traditional)

Care-charming Sleep (Fletcher)

Shine out, fair sun (Chapman?)

Come, be my valentine (Andrewes)

O Lord, how excellent is thy name (Psalm 8)

The lament of Anne Boleyne (The Queen's lament) (Anon.)

Gaily I lived (Regnier)

How should I your true love know? (Shakespeare)

In numbers, and but these few (Herrick)

Dear, when I did from you remove (Cherbury)

I dare not ask a kiss (Herrick)

The shepard boy sings in the Valley of Humiliation (Bunyan)

What sweeter music can we bring? (Herrick)

Hold, cruel Love (Anon.)

To Mistress Margaret Falconbridge (Now is your turn, my dearest, to be set) (Herrick)

Trail all your pikes (Winchelsea)

Milkmaids (Traditional)

The twa corbies (Traditional)

A choir of bright beauties (Dryden)

Love still has something of the sea (Sedley)

To all you ladies now at land (Sackville)

Proud Maisie (Scott)

To the Accuser, who is the God of this world (Blake)

True love doth pass away (Blake)

Music, when soft voices die (Shelley)

If thou wilt ease thy heart (Beddoes)

Found a family, build a state (Melville)

Procne (Quennell)

So sweet love seemed (Bridges)

The daisies (Stephens)

Her mouth (Aldington)

Molly Samways (Warner)

The ballad of the pigs (De la Mare)

Thine elder that I am (Field)

Ann Monk (Warner)

The black panther (Wheelock)

Idbury bells are ringing (Warner)

Leda and the swan (Gogarty)

Country burial (Lewis)

One night the angels sang (Yates)

The Garden of the Muses. Five new madrigals by Orlando Gibbons, Robert Johnson, William Byrd, Richard Martin, and Thomas Morley from various sources, revised or reconstructed and edited by John Edmunds (Berkeley: April, 1981).

a. Photocopy, bound, of the published work (Music 70 Music Publishers, 1985), 50 pp.

b. Photocopy, spiral-bound, of the proof copy with annotations in the hand of John Edmunds.

c. Two (2) photocopies, bound, of the proof copy.

The Garden of the Muses

1. Orlando Gibbons. The sun the season in each thing revives (Hunnis) replacing Leighton's text: O Lord, how do my woes increase (4 voices).

2. Robert Johnson. Hard by a hill there grows a flow'r (Breton) replacing Leighton's text: Yield unto God (4 voices).

3. William Byrd. Young shepherd, turn aside (Young), replacing Leighton's text: I laid me down to rest (5 voices)

4. John Dowland. So shuts the marigold her leaves (Wm. Browne).

5. Richard Martin. Change thy mind (unchanged text, tr. from R. Dowland's A Musical Banquet, 1610) (4 voices).

6. Thomas Morley. Sleep, slumb'ring eyes (Ayre for soprano and instrumental bass, with unchanged text. Alto and tenor parts supplied) (4 voices).

7. Thomas Weelkes (?). Instrumental (?) canon, with text from motto of Mary, Queen of Scots: In my end is my beginning (5 voices).

published by Music 70 (Lawson-Gould)

New York, 1983

Greenbuds. Twelve songs to words by A. E. Housman.

a. Set of original autograph manuscript leaves copied on 43 onion-skin master sheets.

b. Photocopy, spiral-bound, of the score.

Hesperides.Fifty songs by John Edmunds. Published by the Dragon's Teeth Press, El Dorado National Forest, Georgetown, California, 95634. Copyright by John Edmunds, 1975. Revised edition consisting of ten copies reproduced in 1983, San Francisco, 157 pp.

a. Spiral-bound photocopy of the revised 1983 edition.

b. Master copy of the publication, 157 pp.

c. Master copy of the 1983 publication, 160 pp.

d. Another master of the 1983 edition, 157 pp. containing mockups of the mastheads, etc.

Collected Songs (1934-1961).

Hesperides. Georgetown, California; Dragon's Teeth Press, 1975.

O love, how strangely sweet (Marston)

When daisies pied and violets blue (Shakespeare)

Your eën two (Chaucer)

Apothecary's song (And can the physician...) (Anon.)

Behold a simple tender babe (Southwell)

Weep no more, sad fountains (Anon.)

Stay, O sweet (Donne)

The two rivers (Says Tweed to Till...) (Anon.)

Seal up her eyes, O Sleep (Cartwright)

Why canst thou not, as others do (Danyel)

Even such is Time (Ralegh)

Come away, Death (Shakespeare)

Canticle ('Twas my beloved spake...) (Norris)

Take, O take those lips away (Shakespeare)

Close now thine eyes (Quarles)

Tagus, farewell (Wyat)

The stork (Anon.)

The little pretty nightingale (Anon.)

O mortal folk (Hawes)

On the destruction of Walsingham Abbey (Anon.)

Hallelujah (O.T.)

Glory be to the Graces (Herrick)

To Music (Begin to charm...) (Herrick)

To Electra (More white than whitest lilies...) (Herrick)

Upon Julia's hair (Tell me what needs...) (Herrick)

Whenas in silks my Julia goes (Herrick)

Here she lies in a bed of spice (Herrick)

How many times do I love thee, dear (Beddoes)

Ardan Mor (Ledwidge)

Jerusalem (Blake)

Helen (Poe)

O my dear heart (Wedderburne)

The Keeper (Anon.)

To music (Silver key of the fountain of tears) (Shelley)

Eden (Bridges)

Mother, I cannot mind my wheel (Landor)

Hear the voice of the Bard (Blake)

When will the fountain of my tears be dry (Anon.)

On the Truth (Patmore)

Inside the skull (Gleason)

Absalom (Gleason)

Dame Melancholy (Gleason)

Instinctively, unwittingly (Lewis)

If thou wast Christ the King (Lewis)

Love that is rooted deep (Lewis)

Praise ye the Lord (Psalm 113)

Behold, how good and pleasant it is (Psalm 133)

The Lord is my shepherd (Psalm 23)

When Israel went out of Egypt (Psalm 114)

O Lord, my heart is fixed (Psalm 108)

Hymns Sacred and Profane. No bibliographical information accompanies this piece. Scored for organ, tympani, chorus, and voices.

a. Spiral-bound, blueprint copy of music. No title page or date and place. Pieces entirely different than from the master sheets.

b. Master sheets on onion-skin, 72 leaves. Ink.

c. Loose leaves, blueprint copies, about 40 leaves.

Hymns Sacred and Profane.

1. Personent Hodie (pp. 1-16)

2. The King of Love my Shepherd Is (pp.17-29)

3. Christmas, Seek Not Yet Repose (pp. 30-45)

4. Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah (pp. 46-61)

5. Alleluia, O Let Us Sing Alleluia (pp. 62-72)

[Hymnal]. The Berkeley Hymnal. A Collection of popular European tunes (1400- 1800) derived mainly from secular sources. Texts chosen for the most part from Protestant hymnody by Beatrice Quickenden. Tunes and texts mutually accomodated, and the tunes harmonized by John Edmunds (Berkeley, California: 1966).

a. Autograph, master sheets on onion-skin paper, 58 loose leaves.

1. Round the Lord in glory seated (R. Mant) BRANSLE

2. He who would valiant be (J. Bunyan) WILHELMUS VAN NASSOUWE

3. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (W. Williams) ES TAGET IM OSTEN

4. Lord to our humble prayers attend (Greek; Tr J. Brownlie) IK SACH MYNEN HEREN VAN VALKENSTEEN

5. Alleluia, O let us sing Alleluia (B. Quickenden) ALLELUIA, DEN BLIJDEN TOON

6. Lord, thy word abideth (H. W. Baker) FRED'RIK HENDRIK VAN NASSAU

7. We love the place, O God (H. L. Jenner) HARDUYN

8. O Father, thy soldiers' crown and guard (Latin; Tr J. M. Neale) GENADIGE HERE MIJN TOEVERLAAT

9. O brightness of th' immortal Father's face (Greek; Tr E. Eddis) O GOD ALMACHTIG, VADER GOED

10. Above the clear blue skies (J. Chandler) SAL ICK NOCH LANGHER MET HEETE TRANEN

11. Ten thousand times ten thousand (H. Alford) GEWETST BEN IK VAN BINNEN

12. See, the Conqueror mounts in triumph (C. Wordsworth) CLARET

13. Around the throne of God (J. M. Neale) LOVELY JOAN

14. Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear (J. Keble) WIDE WATER

15. O Trinity of blessed light (Latin; Tr J. M. Neale) PEDLAR

16. Immortal, invisible, God only wise (W. C. Smith) SPANISH LADIES

17. The King of Love my Shepherd is (Psalm 23; Pr H. W. Baker) HANSKIN

18. This day the first of days was made (Latin; Tr R. Bridges) THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE

19. Hail, Festal Day! (J. Baden-Powell) FOLIA

20. A great and mighty wonder (Latin; Tr. J. M. Neale) AMI, DANS CETTE VIE

21. Hark! a herald voice is calling (Latin; Tr. E. Caswall) Cupidon nous flatte

22. Praise the Lord of heaven (T. B. Browne) NOUS ALLONS, MA MIE

23. We come unto our fathers' God (T. H. Gill) FLIEG HER, FLIEG HIN, WALDVOGELEIN

24. For thee, O dear, dear country (Latin; Tr J. M. Neale)

25. Beneath the starry heavens (B. Quickenden) MARIENLIED

26. Holy Father, great Creator (A. V. Griswold) JUNGFRAU KOMMET ZU DEM REIHEN

27. Praise we the Lord this day (Anon.) SAG, WAS HILFT ALLE WELT

28. Three angels gave voice to a wonderous song (B. Quickenden) ES SUNGEN DREI ENGEL

29. Now glad of heart be everyone (German; Tr A. H. Fox-Strangways) WIR WOLLEN ALLE FROHLICH SEIN

30. Lord God of Hosts (B. Quickenden) THIRD MODE TUNE

31. O one with God the Father (W. W. How) GEBET AUF DAS NEUE JAHR

32. Hail to the Lord's annointed (J. Montgomery) Pavane: LA BELLE QUI TIENS MA VIE

33. O Love, who formest me to wear...(J. Scheffler, Tr C. Winkworth) LIEBE DIE DU MICH ZUM BILDE

34. The strife is oer (Latin: Finita jam sunt praelia - XVIIIth cent.?. Tr F. Pott)

35. Thou hallowed chosen morn of praise (St. John of Damascus, c. 750. Tr from the Greek by John Mason Neale)

36. Beyond that boundless sea (J. Conder) Laet sang en spel

37. The King of Kings from Heaven cometh down (H. R. Bramley, alt. by B. Q.) Ic seg Adieu!

38. Long did I toil (Frances Quarles). HOE GROOT, O HEER

39. Still will we trust (W. H. Burleigh, alt by B. Q.) SLAET OP DEN TROMELE

40. Our Father, by whose servants our house was built of old (G. W. Briggs) GELUCKIG VADERLAND

41. Jesu, my Lord, my God (H. Collins) BRANSLE GUINEE

42. Most high omnipotent (St. Francis of Assisi. Tr by Robbins) HELPT NU U SELF

43. All praise to thee, our heavenly King (B. Quickenden) ANCIENT DANISH CHINE

44. Lord, thy word abideth (H. W. Baker) FREDERIK HENDRIK VAN NASSAU

45. O Quickly come, dread Judge of all (L. Tuttiett) BRANSLE DOUBLE

46. O what their joy and their glory must be (P. Abelard: O quanta qualia sunt illa sabbata. Tr. by J. M. Neale). LA TRADITORE MY FA MOIRE

47. O praise ye the Lord! (H. W. Baker) Henry Lawes: CORIDON TO HIS PHYLLIS

48. Sing Alleluia forth in duteous praise (Latin: Alleluia piis edite laudibus. Tr. by John Ellerton) BUSHES AND BRIARS

49. Lord, when the kingdom comes (W. D. Maclagan) FORTUNE MY FOE

50. Thy hand, O god has guided (E. H. Plumptre) Du Caurroy?

51. O thou to whose all-searching sight (N. L. von Zinzendorf, Tr John Wesley) WINTERAUSTREIBEN

52. How happy is he born and taught (H. Wotton) MACHT HOCH DIE THUR (Freylinghausen)

53. Thou who sentest thine apostles (John Ellerton) M. A. Charpentier

54. In majesty that all may see (Beatrice Quickenden) ES MUSS NUR SEIN

55. To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise (W.Chatterton Dix) O NEDERLAND

[Hymnal]. The Campion Hymnal. A Collection of traditional European tunes (1400- 1800) derived mainly from secular sources with texts chosen from Protestant hymnody, by John Edmunds (San Francisco: 1966; London, 1972), 101 pp.

a. Spiral-bound, photocopy and a second copy of loose master sheets.

b. A Preface to the Hymnal, blueprint, loose leaves which is not bound in item a.

c. Master sheets on onion-skin, 10 loose leaves containing selected hymns from the collection. These are accompanied with photocopies of Mr. Edmund's original transcriptions.

[Hymnal]. The Campion Hymnal.

[Hymnal]. The Marin Hymnal. Fifty hymns by Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, John Mason Neale, Robert Bridges, and others. Set by John Edmunds (London, 1974), 103 pp.

a. Spiral-bound, photocopy.

b. Master sheets, loose leaves with an alphabetical index; 105 pp.

c. Hardbound ozalid of manuscript; 103 pp.

d. Hardbound manuscript, unpaginated. Spine title: Marin Hymnal. Title given on title page as Easter Carols (Preceded by a few Christmas Carols). Different selections in some cases, and in different order, than the later versions. Note on title page reads: "New name: Berkeley Hymnal."

[Hymnal]. The Marin Hymnal.

The Imaginary Zoo. Nine pieces for piano (four hands) with texts to be read by two speakers in alteration. John Edmunds ([Berkeley]: May, 1986), 43 pp.

a. Spiral-bound, photocopy, 43 pp.

The Imaginary Zoo.

The Lord of Misrule. A masque for an adult actor and a singing and acting boys chorus.

a. Spiral-bound, photocopy. One score (loose sheets).

b. Set of 37 parts bearing the inscription:

The Lord of Misrule.

Mass (Episcopal), for mixed chorus, soloists, and orchestra [by] John Edmunds (no place: 1948), 22 pp.

a. Kyrie, Gloria, and Agnus Dei. Spiral-bound, blueprint copy, 22 pp. No other materials.

The Parliament of Fowls. A ballet for children and three actors. Ten dances preceded by a Parade and followed by a Deparade. Composed for solo piano by Ernst Bacon and John Edmunds (San Francisco: August, 1974).

a. Two (2) spiral-bound, photocopies of the score, irregular pagination = 52 pp. each.

b. Two (2) libretti, typescript, 18 pp. There are major differences between the two texts and the arrangement of songs.

c. Draft libretto filled with corrections.

d. Autograph of the music, bound in two notebooks and two (2) separate pieces: the Paven and Corola.

e. Spiral-bound photocopy of text and score (unmarked blue cover).

The pastoral kingdom. A Cantata for boys chorus, speaker, piano, and optional trumpet on Middle English texts. San Francisco: 1963. Hardbound photocopy of the score with dialogue sheets (photocopy, 8 1/2 x 11) pasted in. Prefatory material includes an epigraph by Jacques Maritain, a Preface, A Note on Staging, Scenario, blocking diagrams, and Notes on the Texts.

The Phases of the Moon. Forty songs to words by William Butler Yeats. Set to music by John Edmunds (1935-1952). (No place: ?1952), 171 pp.

a. Autograph, master sheets on onion-skin, 171 leaves.

b. Spiral-bound, blue print copy, 171 pp.

c. Hardbound ozalid copy of autograph, 171 pp.

The Praise of the Created World. For narrator, mezzo-soprano, chorus, and organ, by John Edmunds (No place: [1974]), 95 pp.

a. Autograph, master sheets on onion-skin, 95 loose leaves.

b. Music note book containing drafts of the music. Contains the date " Dec. 17, 1974."

c. Hardbound ozalid copy of autograph (95 pp.).

The Praise of the Created World

The Rising of the Sun. Fifty-five songs to Middle-English Songs (1939-1960), by John Edmunds (San Francisco; [London]: 1975), 197 pp.

a. Spiral-bound, blueprint copy of the score, 197 pp.

b. Master copy with pasteup headings, etc., 197 pp.

c. Master sheets on onion-skin paper, 175 loose leaves.

The Rising of the Sun.

The Faucon

I sing of a maiden (I)

The Allegory of Love

The bailey beareth the bell away

The ballad of the Crucifixion

I saw a fair maiden

There is no rose of such virtu

St. Steven

The Fair City

Kings and shepherds

The little child (I)

Winchester

The first day when Christ was born

Sing we all

The Tower of the World

In praise of Venus

Adam's lament

In praise of caution

Now is well and all thing a-right

Rex Pacificus

The wounded knight

My Ghostly Father

Maiden in the moor

What meanest thou, my fortune

Under a forest that was so long

In youth, in age, in weal and woe

Adam lay y-bounden

I sing of a maiden (II)

About the fields they piped full right

The cock croweth Chrstus natus est

Him that I loved all the best

This is the key of the Kingdom

At a spring well, under a thorn

Some there are be merry, some be sad

I sing of a maiden (III)

Green grow'th the holly

The Annunciation

As I outrode the other night

Susanni (A little child there is y-born) (II)

The bells of Paradise

The Angel to the Virgin said

Down in yon forest

The heron flew east, the heron flew west

There comes a ship far sailing

Jesu, my soul

Now the holly bears a berry

A maid peerles

The other day I heard a may

When that my sweetè Son was thirty winter old

The Resurrection

The Rites of Christmas. Fifty carols with texts chosen mainly from Medieval English sources and freely adapted by Beatrice Quickenden. Tunes from secular urban sources (1400- 1800) chosen and set for solo voices or unison chorus and keyboard by John Edmunds (San Francisco, 1966; addenda and substitutions, 1980),

a. Two (2) spiral-bound, photocopies of the 1966 first edition, one with a green cover and the other with a copy of the title page copied onto brown card stock.

b. Typescript, carbon copy of the song texts, 1966.

c. Collection of music in loose sheets representing the "Addenda and substitutions, 1980."

d. Hardbound manuscript, 55 pp.

e. Hardbound manuscript of earlier draft. Unpaginated.

The Rites of Christmas.

1. Now comes Yule with gentle cheer (Pastime with good company)

2. There is a blossom sprung of a thorn (Bonny sweet Robin)

3. A God, a God, and yet a man? (Loth to depart)

4. Good people all (When the King enjoys his own again)

5. As I was once a-walking (Rigadoon royal)

6. And by a chapel as I came (Almachtig God)

7. Another year it may betide (Chestnut)

8. A babe is born (Balow)

9. Christ was born of Mary free (Watkin's Ale)

10. Nature's decorations glitter (Unknown)

11.The heron flew East, the heron flew west (Scottish folktune)

12. Ivy's fair to see (John, come kiss me now)

13. Almighty Jesu, King of bliss (La peronelle)

14. Come, mad boys, be glad boys (Well-a-day)

15. Under a tree in sporting me (Ecce novum gaudium)

16. King Herod and the cock (Oxford City)

17. Out of a blossom sprang a thorn (The Spanish Pavan)

18. There were three kings (Raggle taggle gypsies)

19. A Child is born, ywis (Bransle de l'officiel)<

20. Now be joy unto the Trinity (Westron Wynde)

21. Have good day, my masters all (The hunt's up)

22. Lift up your hearts (Lilliburlero)

23. Ivy, it is both fair and green (Van minnen ben ik...)

24. Welcome be thou, Heaven's King (We be three poor mariners)

25. Here we carry new water (The Cuckoo)

26. On a night the shepherds of Galillee's pastures (Daphne's delight)

27. The day of Yule have we in mind (Nu laat ons...)

28. Heavens, distill your balmy dews (What is a day...)

29. Hail thou Lord whom shepherds love (Beault&eacute;)

30. Butler How! Bevis a towt! (doubting virgin)

31. About the field they piped full right (London lads)

32. When righteous Joseph wedded was (The flight of the earls)

33. This time is born a Child full good (O Rex Coelorum)

34. Be joyful, Man (Agincourt song)

35. Be we merry now in this feast (Tourdion)

36. O Mary, for the love of thee (Geordie)

37. Wecome, Yule, thou merry man (Youth's the season made for joy)

38. The brightest star (Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag)<

39. Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost (Come, love, let's walk...)

40. Holly, he beareth berries (All in a garden green)<

41. O come away, ye shepherds in the fields (Essex)

42. Nowell, good news I bring (Come, shepherds, deck your heads)

43. Eastern monarchs, Sages three (Que Phebus soit dedans l'onde)

44. On, on with the cakes and ale (Cherping of the lark)

45. The Holy daughter of Syon (Banks of sweet primrose)

46. Out of the East (I tell thee, Dick)

47. Farewell Advent, Yule is come (Jamaica)

48. Three ships they were beating (Scottish tune)

49. Shout and rejoice (Vive le roi)

50. With majestic mien (Crimson Velvet)

Seven psalms of David. Hardbound ozalid copy of Edmunds' work, dated 1960. Lacks title page and table of contents.

[Song]. Slow, slow, fresh fount. Words by Ben Jonson to the pavan Mille regrets published by Tylman Susato in 1550. In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky. [By] John Edmunds (no place, no date), 5 pp.

a. Autograph, master sheets on onion-skin paper, 5 leaves.

[The Collected Songs of John Edmunds, composed between 1934 and 1960]. A collection of 177 songs bound in twelve (12) spiral-bound volumes. 690 total pages. Autograph, photocopy, and blueprint copies.

Vol. I

Vol. II

Vol. III

Vol. IV

Vol. V

Vol. VI

Vol. VII

Vol. VIII

Vol. IX

Vol. X

Vol. XI

Vol. XII

[ The Collected Folksongs of John Edmunds, set between 1939 and 1970]. A collection of 88 folksongs bound in seven (7) spiral-bound volumes. 430 total pages. Autograph, photocopy and blueprint copies.

Vol. I

Vol. II

Vol. III

Vol. IV

Vol. V

Vol. VI

Vol. VII

Songs of the Pleasure Garden. Set for solo voice and keyboard by John Edmunds (Williamsburg, April, 1963), 39 pp.

a. Bound volume, blueprint copy, 39 pp.

Songs of the Pleasure Garden.

Towards the Western Hills. In memoriam [Arthur Tracy] to texts by William and Dorothy Wordsworth, for two speakers, male and female, mixed chorus, and organ. Singing texts by George Gascoigne, Isaac Watts, John Mason Neale, Robert Bridges, and others. The music by John Edmunds (Berkeley: 1389 Grizzly Peak Boulevard, March 21, 1984), xi-14 pp.

a. An advanced (probably final) draft. Spiral-bound photocopy which includes texts and music.

b. A later draft than [a.], with added and substituted texts. Spiral-bound photocopy which includes texts, music, and inked corrections and notes.

Towards the Western Hills.

The Voyage to Ararat[formerly titled: Jehovah and the Ark].

The Voyage to Ararat. Sacred Addresses to the Hosts of Heaven, Man and Beast, Noah and the Flood. Imparted to Andrew Longbow = poem [by John Edmunds] (San Francisco: Lawton Kennedy Press: sole distributor Dragon's Teeth Press, Georgetown, California, 1981), 27 pp. Two copies; one is the author's proof (copy #0), and the other is copy #42, which has (along with many of the other copies) had all references to Andrew Longbow excised and replaced with blank cardstock or other text. A copy of the second edition (somewhat less lavish) is also included.

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 John Edmunds; music by Ernst Bacon and John Edmunds; orchestral version by Ernst Bacon (various versions: 1968, 1973, 1979).

i. Two copies of the printed poem, item 1, together with eight different drafts containing multiple additions and corrections.

ii. Four (4) copies of item b, the ballet, arranged for two pianos. Spiral-bound copies, photocopied leaves, 16 pp.

iii. Text, 14 typescript leaves, photocopy, of the ballet.

Jehovah 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, with music based mainly on Renaissance dance forms and consisting of twelve numbers composed by Ernst Bacon and twelve by John Edmunds. For two pianos and percussion. Orchestral version by Ernst Bacon.

a. Libretti and stage directions: dated variously "Oisabaw Island, Savannah, Georgia, March, 1968," "revised, 1972," and "recast as an independent mock-music poem, February, 1980." Eight (8) different versions.

b. Folder containing various drawings: Noah's Ark, etc., presumably as stage directions.

c. Folder containing original drafts and sketches, about 60 leaves.

d. Autograph master sheets, about 50 leaves.

e. Orchestra version of Jehovah and the Ark by Ernst Bacon. Bound, blueprint copy, 108 pp.

f.. Seven (7) spiral-bound volumes containing two-piano versions of John Edmunds 12 contributions to the composition. These are either photocopies or blueprint copies.

Table of contents based on the orchestral score by Ernst Bacon.

1. Intrada

2. Bour&eacute;e

3. Ground

4. Tordion

5. Menuet

6. Air des Bouffojs

7. Bransle

8. Gaillarde

9. Embarcation Procession

10. Pavan

11. Canaries

12. Serpents

13. Deluge

14. Round-o

15. Sarabande

16. Hornpipe

17. Basse-Danse

18. Tartantella

19. Jehovah's Rebuke

20. The Basilisk

21. Triumphal Debarkation

22. Brawl

23. The Featherbates

24. Blessing and Jubilation

Other two-piano versions contain the following different arrangement of pieces.

1. Intrada

2. Tourdion

3. Chaconne

4. Tarantella

5. Buffen's Dance

6. Passamezzo

7. Canaries

8. Pavan

9. Gailliard

10. Sarabande

11. Hornpipe on a ground

12. Finale

13. Bourr&eacute;e

14. Entry March

15. Pavan

The Urban Muse. A cantata for mixed chorus and organ. Based mainly on traditional tunes from secular sources (fifteenth to eighteenth centuries) with texts by John Mason Neale and others. Selected and adapted by Beatrice Quickenden. The music set by John Edmunds. The orchestration by Lou Harrison. Commissioned for the Tamalpais Festival, 1967.

a. Autograph orchestra score in the hand of Lou Harrison; mastersheets on onion-skin; about 100 leaves, not numbered.

b. Two (2) spiral-bound, blueprint copies of the orchestra score.

c. One (1) box of loose leaves from the orchestra score containing markings in red crayon.

d. Two (2) spiral-bound photocopies (reduced size) of item a.

e. Set of orchestra parts: mastersheets, onion-skin; about 100 leaves.

f. Set of orchestra parts: blueprint copies of item e; about 200 leaves.

g. Choral parts: Thirteen (13) spiral-bound, blueprint copies; each copy has 77 pp.

h. Small bound notebook containing "Some ostinati for use in The Urban Muse, for Chorus and Orchestra. Sausalito, California, 30 May 1965."

Urban Muse: SOURCES OF TUNES AND TEXTS

I. Hail, festal Day!

II Round the Lord in glory seated.

III. O Trinity of blessed light

IV. O Lord, in me there lieth nought

V. Around the throne of God

VI. See the Conqueror mounts in triumph

VII. Whence comes that scent, that fragrance...

VIII. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

IX. Christians, seek not yet repose

X. Alleluia, O let us sing Alleluia

Westminister Requiem. Devised by John Edmunds from the court odes, sacred songs, and incidental music [of Henry Purcell]. London, July 18, 1955; Berkeley, January 7, 1986.

a. Spiral-bound photocopy with annotations, 194 pp. Full score, final draft version.

b. Notebook containing the preliminary draft of the Westminister Requiem. According to this source, the original title was "Goldsbrough Requiem" [after Arnold Goldsbrough, 1892-1964, one of the editors of The Purcell Edition], for soloists (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), mixed chorus, and orchestra; to music by Henry Purcell. Derived from his Birthday Odes. Welcome Songs, incomplete anthems, and short works. With Latin texts drawn from the Requiem Mass and other liturgical sources. Devised by John Edmunds, 1975."

c. Spiral-bound (wire) notebook bearing the inscription: "Addenda & Corrigenda. Purcell: Westminister Requiem. John Edmunds, 1389 Grizzly Peak, Berkeley, California, 1986."

d. Original manuscript (donated 1988)

e. Modern edition prepared from 159a. Spiral bound, 112 pages. (donated 1988)

f. Photocopy of manuscript (147 loose leaves). There are also approximately 60 loose leaves of addenda (photocopies of manuscript).

Selected from many works and adapted to Latin texts by John Edmunds. For solo Soprano, Mixed Chorus, Strings, Organ and Harpsichord. (London, 1976.)

Part I

Part II

Whitby Bells [The Bells at Whitby]. A masque based on a sixteenth-century legend. To be sung, danced, and mimed. For narrator, baritone soloist, unison chorus, miscellaneous instruments, percussion, and a full set of hand bells. On a ballad by Beatrice Quickenden and interspersed with lyrics from medieval Latin, English, French, and Danish sources; the translations by various hands. The music composed or adapted from folk songs by John Edmunds (No place: 1964).

a. Folder containing the text, carbon copy with paste-in additions.

b. Bound, blueprint copy of the "short score," 27 pp.

Ethnologist's Nosegay. Several pieces for piano solo by John Edmunds (No place: 1940; revised Jan. 8, 1972), 6 pp. Dedicated to Johana Harris.

--"The Marquesan cannibal's ill-gotten surplice."

--"The Patagonian's happiness with his beaded ballet pumps."

--"The Hottentot tries to run his sewing machine."

--"The Ainu is elected to the Shriner's committee on fezzes and sashes."

Anomalies. A book of fables for narrator and orchestra by Ernst Bacon and John Edmunds (no place: new title, December, 1977).

a. Autograph draft score, 6 pp.

[Song]. "Tarry, delight, so seldom met." Text by A. E. Housman. Music by John Edmunds (No place: 1938), 2 pp. (blueprint copy).

[Song]. "Epitaph." Text by Stephen Hawes. Music by John Edmunds (No place or date, 2 pp. (blueprint copy).

a-c. [Songs], Three songs to texts of W. B. Yeats:

--"Fallen majesty," blueprint copy, 2 pp., no place or date.

--"For old friends," blueprint copy, 2 pp., dated 1937.

--"Lullaby," autograph, vocal line only, 1 leaf, dated 1937.

[Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685- 1750].

a. In thee is joy, onion-skin original, 7 leaves and copy.

b. Passion chorale, onion-skin original, 2 leaves.

c. Now again be joyful, onion-skin original, 4 leaves.

d. A mighty fortress, onion-skin original, 9 leaves.

e. Sanctify us through grace, onion-skin original, 4 leaves.

f. Sonatina, onion-skin original, 3 leaves and 3 copies.

Bach, Johann Sebastian].

Songs from the Notebook of Anna Magdalene Bach. With English texts by Madeline Gleason and realizations of the bass by John Edmunds (No place or date, bound volume, photocopy), 31pp.

[Blow, John, 1648- 1708].

a. Folder containing the following arrangements. All are onion-skin mastersheets, autograph in ink:

--Myrtilla to Phylander, 5 leaves, 3 different copies.

--It is not that I love you less, 2 leaves.

--Fairest work of happy nature, 3 leaves.

--A pastoral elegy, 5 leaves.

--Tell me no more, 4 leaves.

b. Small hardbound collection of transcriptions in pencil and ink [spine title: John Blow: Songs, arias for 3 & 4 voices].

c. Hardbound ozalid copy of 168a, above. The songs are in a different order than that given in 168a's contents.

[Cavalli, Pier Francesco, 1602-1676]. Arias from four of Francesco Cavilli's [sic] operas: La Calisto, L'Artemisia, Il Giasone, Il Xerse. Hardbound pencil and ink manuscripts of Edmunds' transcriptions, from various sources, of Cavalli arias. 79 pp. Spine title: Venetian operatic arias of the XVIIth century.

Tavola

Cavalli

La Calisto

L'Artemisia

Il Giasone

Il Giasone

[Cesti, Antonio, 1623-1669].

--Dammi aita, 2 leaves.

--Disserrate via abissi, 4 leaves.

--Notte amica agli amanti, 3 leaves.

[Freschi, Domenico, 1625- 1710]

--Rai dolent se volete, 3 copies, 4 leaves.

--Vo'intreccindo un laberinto, 3 copies, 4 leaves.

--Lascia amor, 4 leaves, 1 copy.

--Luci amate, 3 copies, 3 leaves each.

--Il lasciar loggetto amato, 1 copy, 2 leaves.

[Gay, John, 1685- 1732].

[Handel, George Frederick, 1865-1759].

--Let me wander, 2 leaves

--O Lord whose mercies, 4 leaves, 2 copies

--Vouchsafe O Lord, 4 leaves, 2 copies

--O Lord in Thee, 3 leaves, 1 copy

--Let me wander, 3 leaves, 1 copy

--In Jehovah's awful sight, 4 leaves, 1 copy

--Ah cherish, 4 leaves, 1 copy

--In our heav'ly Fathers sight, 2 leaves, 1 copy

--O my heart, 3 leaves, 1 copy

--Cherish well, 4 leaves, 1 copy

--Under the laurel, 3 leaves, 1 copy

--Behold, thou cruel one, 2 leaves, 1 copy

--Would thou dwell, 2 leaves, 1 copy

--Thou art the king, 4 pp., 1 copy

[Hasse, Johann Adolf, 1699- 1783].

--Putto care, 1 leaf

--Quel occhi me, 1 leaf

--Quel malignetto, 1 leaf

--Amor quel furbazzazo, 1 leaf

[Jacobus, Clemens non Papa, 1510-1556].

--Ah grief, stand back, 4 leaves.

[Legrenzi, Giovanni, 1626-1690].

--O ristoro de mortali, mastersheets on onion-skin paper, 2 copies, 5 leaves each.

[Locke, Matthew, 1620-1677].

--Consorts 1, 2, and 4

[Marcello, Benedetto, 1686-1739]. See also item 51.

a. Folder containing the following transcriptions; all are mastersheets on onion- skin paper.

-- Sio chiedo, 4 leaves

-- La pastorella, 4 leaves

-- Dimando a voi, 4 leaves

-- Dal di ch'io rimirai, 5 leaves

-- Cara nel dirti addio, 4 leaves

-- Mie pecorelle, 1 leaf, incomplete

-- In te se specchi Irene, 5 leaves

-- Un guardo lusinghier, 5 leaves

-- One (1) notebook with transcriptions from Marcello's Didone, dated December, 1949, New York City.

b. Hardbound ozalid copy of manuscript entitled Benedetto Marcello: Twenty-three arias from solo cantatas transcribed from manuscripts in the Marciana Library (Venice), the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory (Venice), the Royal College of Music (London) & the British Museum, and with realizations of the figured bass by John Edmunds 1955-1956 ( 126 pp.). The author has appended to the beginning of this copy a brief biography of Marcello (typescript), a preface (typescript), a letter from Caroline Sites pertaining to sources (mimeograph), a biographical note about Marcello by James Cleghorn (typescript), and a negative photocopy of Notizie Biografiche, Bibliografia, and Intorno alle Musiche from an unidentified source (in Italian). Appended to the end of this copy are the following: a negative photocopy of a sheet of printed music entitled "Come, souls, behold today (Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag)" (provenance unknown), several pages of handwritten notes by Edmunds, and negative photocopies of articles from Italian and German encyclopedias regarding Marcello. There are also a number of items laid in: a photocopy of William S. Newman's article "The keyboard sonatas of Benedetto Marcello" ( Acta Musicologica vol. XXIX 1957, pp. 28-41) and a photocopy of a French encyclopedia article about Marcello.

1. In te se specchi Irene

2. Mie pecorelle l'erbe novelle

3. Al bell'idolo ch'adoro

4. Amor se mi stringi

5. Almeno anima mia

6. Io desio prima morire

7. Se ti perdono

8. Qual lampo, qual fiore

9. Costanza in lontananza

10. No v'&egrave; momento

11. Un guardo lusinghier

12. Se langui o fiore

13. Se mi perli

14. Spera la rondinella

15. Deh vanne al mar

16. S'io chiedo all'amor

17. La pastorella

18. Lassa ch'io sento amor

19. Cara nel dirti addio

20. Sono qual navicella

21. Dimando a voi piet&agrave;

22. Dal di ch'io rimarai

23. Ah che sol

24. Co' suoi guardi la bella severa

Marcello, Benedetto, 1686-1739. Solo cantatas. [London]: 1975. [Preceding information from spine] Hardbound manuscript of transcriptions of various Marcello works, done by Edmunds from original sources at the British Museum and the Royal College of Music. 172 pp. Title page, table of contents, and introduction lacking.

[Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852].

-- What the bee

-- Quick we have

-- I'd mourn

-- When through life

-- Dear harp

-- When ere I see

-- Come rest

-- Love's young dream

-- When in death

-- Fly not yet

-- Tis the last rose

-- The ministrel boy, two copies

[Playford, John, 1623-1686]

-- Preludium

-- The canaries

-- Courant

-- Plesant spring

-- Countrie dance

-- Parthenia

-- Jacobelle

-- Italian rant

-- Bow bells

-- Gerard's mistress

-- Antick dance

-- Saraband

[Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695]. John Edmunds transcribed an enormous amount of music by Henry Purcell. The following inventory describes the collection only in general terms.

a. Five (5) spiral-bound (wire) volumes containing " 112 songs and Solo Cantatas with realizations by John Edmunds, 1950-1951."

Record print copies. A list of songs is not given here.

b. Transformations. Twelve songs adapted to Henry Purcell's instrumental music. The texts by 17th and 18th century poets. Words and music accommodated to each other by John Edmunds. New York, 1956-1957. One bound volume, blueprint copies. 30 pp.

c. Three series of songs.34 songs bound in one volume, blueprint copies, 82 pp. Dated: San Francisco, Florence and New York, 1954-1957.

d. Twelve Songs of Henry Purcell. With realizations of the figured bass by John Edmunds. Three (3) copies. This spiral-bound (wire) volume bears the following series information: "First series, volume IV. Thomas Campion Library of Songs. Music Division, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California, 1949." [The final page of this volume contains a list of editions xxxx planned for The Campion Historical Survey of the English Song, 12 volumes].

e. Purcell Dances. Bound volume, 16 pp. Contains autograph settings by John Edmunds. Dated: British Museum, April 4, 1951.

f. On the Death of His Mistress. Text: Patteriche Jenkyn (1661) (altered) to a slow air in The Old Batchelor. Introduction and coda-derived from a ritornello in the Masque of Dioclesian. Adapted by John Edmunds. Blueprint copy in 7 loose gatherings; 96 pp. (the end is lacking).

g. "Henry Purcell: Instrumental Pieces arranged for four hand by John Edmunds." Bound volume containing draft transcriptions, 40 numbered leaves. Dated: July 19, 1954, Aquati Park.

h. The Prince of Denmark. Transcribed and edited by John Edmunds. Dated: London, April, 1956. Score, 10 pp.; flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon parts, 5 leaves. Typescript foreword (1 leaf) stating that this piece was transcribed from the British Museum. MS 20.h.8.

i. Five (5) bound notebooks bearing the inscription: "Augener's Manuscript Music Books, no. 93r." These notebooks contain voluminous transcriptions and notes in the hand of John Edmunds. These notebooks are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 (nos. 5 and 6 are lacking).

j. Transcriptions of single pieces of Henry Purcell by John Edmunds. This folder contains a miscellaneous collection of transcriptions, all in the hand of Mr. Edmunds, some of which are on onion-skin mastersheets.

--Dulcibella, 6 leaves, no place or date.

--Close now thine eyes, 5 leaves, no place or date.

--How blest are shepherds, 4 leaves, dated: November 23, 1953.

--What shall I do to show, 1 leaf, no place or date.

--The amorous flute, 8 leaves, dated: 1969.

--My heart whenever, 2 leaves, dated: Tempe, Arizona, November, 1954.

--When first Amyrytas, 2 leaves, dated; November 15, 1972.

--An hymn upon the last day (and other pieces), 16 pp., no place or date.

[Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660- 1725].

List of arias, volume 1:

Contents of volume 2:

Contents of volume 3:

1. Langue Clori vezzosa

2. E dolce conforto

3. Note cara

4. Se il mio ben reveder

5. Quando visse amante

6. Di Filli vage

7. Tu non dove vi

8. Quanto pene ahi quanto ardore

9. Sospiretto vezzosetto

10. Lascin, seti lascia al fine

11. Cosi piace

12. Colui che fiso

13. Vi commanda

14. Se m'ami

15. Chiedo poco in tanti affanni

16. Voglio a marti

17. In te vivo

18. In morirei contento

19. S'ogni fiamma

20. H&ograve; una pena intorna

21. Del mio seno la costanza

22. Nel duol che mi tormenta

23. Lieta placide e belle

24. Darsi inbraccio alle speranze

Contents of volume 4:

1. Se amassi da dovere

2. Si, cadrai tr&agrave; l'armi

3. Va pur lungi da me

4. Morr&ograve; contento

5. Quelle pupille

6. Sono un alma tormentata

7. Tiranne e crude sponde

8. Notte placite e lieta

9. Fa ch'io sogui

10. Amor sei crudo tanto

11. Ma prima ch'io mora

12. Gi&agrave; per Dana&euml;

13. O di fere ed augelli

14. F&agrave; che non giunga &agrave; me

15. Bastava dirmi spera

16. A dar la calma all'alma

17. Il mio duolo infinito

18. Vorr&agrave; ch'io mora

19. Viva luce all 'aer fosco

20. Voi nell'onde

21. Deh' lascia per poco

22. Povero cor

23. La vezzosa Celinda

24. Tutto di sciolto in lagrime

25. La vaga tra belt&agrave;

26. Morta cruda

27. Da te lungi o bella mia

28. Fa che torni

29. No, poss' io pi&ugrave; amarti mio ben'

Grand total: 106 songs (not 50, as per title)

[Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678- 1741].

a. Score in 4 volumes (volume 3 is lacking). Each volume is spiral-bound (wire) in heavy board covers, and the music is a blueprint copy.

b. Parts:

violin I (master copy and 10 blueprint duplicates).

violin II (master copy and 10 blueprint duplicates).

viola (master and 6 blueprint duplicates).

cello (master and 8 blueprint duplicates).

[Ziani, Marco Antonio, 1653-1715]. Seven [i.e., eight] arias, with realizations of the figured bass by John Edmunds (Firenze: November, 1954).

a. Bound notebook containing notes and transcription taken at the Conservatorio library. The notebook contains the dates " 30 Jan. 1955, Firenze" and "revisions, 14 December 1956."

b. Mastersheets on onion-skin paper:

1. Non piangere, no bei lumi

2. Debol' &egrave; il mio dolor

3. E la femina superba

4. Leonilde, coraggio

5. Tanto foco io ti consegno

6. S'ebbe ce sari duo soli

7. Voi nesceste

8. Sono in guerra colle stelle

Miscellaneous single songs transcribed by John Edmunds.

-- Winter solstice, 4 leaves, mastersheets.

-- L'homme arm&eacute;, 5 leaves, mastersheets.

-- Down in the forest, 1 leaf, mastersheet.

-- The salutation carol, autograph draft copy, 6 leaves.

-- Make we merry, autograph, 5 pp.

-- No, I never was in love, autograph, 4 pp.

-- The first day when Christ was born, autograph, 5 pp.

-- Blackfriars Bridge, autograph, 4 pp.

-- I'm seventeen come Sunday, autograph, 9 pp.

-- The gifts of the three shepherds, autograph, 8 pp.

-- Sing we all merrily, autograph, 2 pp.

-- When I am singing, autograph, 4 pp.

-- Virtue, blueprint copy, 4 pp.

-- Under a forest that was so long, blueprint copy, 4 pp.

-- O death, rock me asleep, blueprint copy, 3 pp.

-- I saw a fair maiden, blueprint copy, 4 pp.

-- Children's New Year song, blueprint copy, 1 leaf.

-- Out of your sleep arise, blueprint copy, 1 leaf.

-- The Countess Cathleen in Paradise, blueprint copy, 3 pp.

-- Christmas, seek not yet repose, blueprint copy, 17 pp.

-- Psalm 133: Behold how good, blueprint copy, 3 pp.

-- And will he not come again, photocopy, 4 leaves.

-- Pavan, autograph, 8 pp.

-- It was a lover and his lass, mastersheets, 13 pp.

-- Garter, autograph, 3 pp.

-- Fly, ozalid, 4 pp.

-- If you will love me, ozalid, 7 pp.

Collection of "second-class songs" composed by John Edmunds (some are signed with the pseudonym "John Heron").

-- Mother, I cannot mind, dated: 1939.

-- Fare you well, dated: 1939

-- Down in the meadow, dated: 1939

-- And will he not, dated: 1939

-- Edward, dated: 1939

-- Dirce, dated: 1939

-- Into the twilight, dated: 1938

-- Weep you no more, dated: 1938

-- And wilt thou leave, dated: 1938

-- How should I my true love, dated: 1938

-- The bard, dated: 1938

-- Fair and true, dated: 1938

-- The constellations, dated: 1937

-- Do not love too long, dated: 1937

-- The cloths of heaven, dated: 1937

-- The heart of the woman, dated: 1937

-- Half close your eyelids, dated: 1936

-- When I was one and twenty, dated: 1936

-- It is not that I love you less, dated: 1936

-- The lonely, dated: 1936

-- Take, o take those lips away, dated: 1935

-- When you are old, dated: 1935

-- The knight of Bethlehem, dated: 1935; copyright, 1951

-- Evenfall, dated: 1935

-- O love, how strangely sweet, dated: 1935

-- To Helen, dated: 1935

-- The sigh that heaves the grasses, dated: 1938

-- Fresh fields, dated: 1938

-- Oh, when I was in love with you, dated: 1938

-- The half-moon westers low, dated: 1938

-- The twa corbies, dated: 1939

-- The wife of usher's well, dated: 1939

-- Thine elder than I am, dated: 1942

-- Second birth, dated: 1943

-- Fallen majesty, dated: 1944

-- A farewell to Janet, dated: 1947

-- Gaily I lived as ease, dated: 1947

-- Summer in winter, dated: 1947

-- Country thought, dated: 1948

-- The manager, dated: 1949

-- Dame melancholy, 1949

-- Instinctively, unwittingly, dated: 1949

-- The cold heaven, dated: 1951

-- The rider, dated: 1951

[Hymns]. Collection of 160 hymns in two (2) volumes.

Singapore Notebook. Collection of five compositions and various notes collected in a spiral-bound (wire) notebook with a red cover. Work done while Mr. Edmunds visited Singapore, 48 pp.; dated: June 22, 1985.

a. Psalm 61: Hear my prayer.

b. Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd.

c. "Technical notes."

d. Flow my tears.

e. A shepherd in a shade.

f. Self-blinding error seizeth all those minds.

Celebrations in honor of Will Challis, Parts I and II.

-- The poet reproves

-- Who goes with Fergus

-- Thou art like starlight

-- The shepherdess

-- The old men admiring

-- The poet hears

-- The countess Cathleen

-- The falling of leaves

-- To a child dancing

-- An evening falls

Collection of nine songs, no title, date, or place.

-- The lark in the morning

-- The turtle dove

-- We've been awhile a-wandering

-- Searching for the lambs

-- Arise, arise

-- An acre of land

-- Brigg fair

-- The pretty maiden

-- Greensleeves

Collection of nine songs: no title, date or place.

-- O, no, John

-- The turtle dove

-- Brigg fair

-- Early one morning

-- Searching for lambs

-- Gently, Jonny, my jingalo

-- The cuckoo

-- Six dukes went a fishing

-- The little beggerman

Late Middle English Songs, arranged by John Edmunds.

-- Westron wynde (two versions)

-- Alas, what shall I do

-- Mistress mine

-- Ah, the sighs

-- Pastime with good company

-- Though some say

-- Adew, my hartis lust

-- Nowell, nowell

-- Alas, departing is ground for woe

-- Where should I express

-- Hail God's son

-- Nowell, nowell (different version)

-- Go, heart, hurt with adversity

-- Agincourt

Madrigals and a canon. Dated London, March and April, 1976.

-- Gibbons, Orlando: The sun, the season.

-- Johnson, Robert: Hard by a hill.

-- Byrd, William: Young shepherd

-- Anonymous: canon

-- Anonymous: In my end is my beginning

-- Martin, Richard: Change thy mind

-- Morely, Thomas: Sleep, slumbering eyes.

Songs (1935-1960), for Dorothy Renzi.

-- Why cans't thou not as others do

-- Though you are in your shinning days

-- Chaconne (revised)

-- Pavan

Scrapbook containing information about Christmas carols. Large scrapbook, blue cover with the inscription "Scrap Book," binding: string.

Bound scrapbook containing information about the Child ballads. Yellow cover.

Bound notebook containing texts of carols.

Songs written [printed] in America, 1765-1830.

Songs in History. Religious, narrative, amorous, trivial, political, and martial. Collected and set for solo voice and keyboard by John Edmunds. The texts edited and in some places devised by Beatrice Quickenden. November, 1966.

a. Bound notebook containing song texts. Pasted to the back cover is a letter explaining the nature of this proposed project.

b. Hardbound photocopy of song texts, unpaginated.

Housman scrapbook #3: Spiral-bound photocopyof various critical works having to do with A. E. Housman, including excerpts from The confines of criticism (ed. by John Carter), Robert Hamilton's Housman the poet, Percy Withers' A buried life, George L. Watson's A. E. Housman: A divided life (complete), and F. R. Leavis' "Re: 'Wake, the vaulted shadow shutters.'" Various paginations.

The Major Epoch of English Song (1940-1985), issued in 12 volumes. The Seventeenth Century from John Dowland to Henry Purcell.

A collection of some three hundred Elizabethan and Jacobean ayres: songs from the masques and plays with realizations of the basses; Florid songs and songs from the Interregnum and the Restoration. Transcribed and edited by John Edmunds. [This title is taken from Prospectus to the series].

Foreword (1986 version) to The Major Epoch series: Major Epoch of English Song

Foreword

[ The Major Epoch. Prospectus to the series].

a. Spiral-bound, Photocopy of the Prospectus. The title page was added in 1985, but the remainder of the volume was prepared in 1972:

Forward, pp. i-v

Introduction, pp. 1-51; includes the prospective contents of the series, a bibliography, and some critical notes.

Musical example, pp. 1-110.

b. Mastersheets of the Forward and Introduction, including a financial statement stating that the estimated cost of producing The Major Epoch would be $ 6,000.00.

[The Major Epoch, volume 1].

a. John Dowland. Twenty-one new ayres with contemporaneous texts adapted to compositions originally written for solo lute, consort, mixed voices, etc. And transcribed for solo voice and keyboard by John Edmunds.

Revised edition: San Francisco, 1984. Spiral-bound, Photocopy, 104 pp. See item 213 for the original mastersheets.

b. Spiral-bound, Photocopy of the 1973-1979 draft, in one volume, not paginated.

c. Spiral-bound, Photocopy of the London, 1973 edition, in one volume, 112 pp.

d. Folder containing draft versions of the text, foreward, etc.

[The Major Epoch, volume 1].

I. JOHN DOWLAND: Twenty-one ayres with new texts adapted to pieces written originally for solo lute, consort, mixed voices, etc.

NOTE: The table of contents of Volume I was revised (1978-1982), and the numbers with asterisks in the foregoing table of contents have been replaced with the following new ayres of Dowland:

[ The Major Epoch, volume 2].

a. John Dowland. Twenty-one new ayres, with contemporaneous texts adapted to compositions originally written for solo lute, consort, mixed voices, etc. And transcribed for solo voice and keyboard by John Edmunds. Revised edition: San Francisco, 1984. Spiral-bound, Photocopy, 121 pp. See item 213 for the original mastersheets.

b. Spiral-bound, Photocopy of the revised, 1983 draft of volume 2, 157 pp.

c. John Dowland: Lachrimae, Seven Passionate Pavans. Spiral-bound, Photocopy, part of volume 2, 52 pp.

d. Bound notebook, blue cover, 182 pp., containing the draft version of the revised edition of volume 2, 157 pp.

e. Folder containing typescript Foreward to the revised edition, letters, and other notes, all of which pertain to this volume.

[ The Major Epoch, volume 2].

[ The Major Epoch, volume 3].

a. Anthony Holborne. Twenty-one new ayres. Transcribed for solo voice and piano from compositions written originally for solo lute, bandora, or instrumental consort, with texts derived from contemporaneous printed and manuscript sources. Freely adapted to the music by John Edmunds.

List of songs: III. ANTHONY HOLBORNE

[ The Major Epoch, volume 4].

a. John Bull, Thomas Morley, Giles Farnaby, and others.

Twenty-four new ayres. Transcribed for solo voice and piano from compositions originally written for solo lute, virginals, instrumental consort, or other media, with texts derived from contemporaneous printed and manuscript sources. Freely adapted to the music by John Edmunds. London, 1973, 131 pp.

For the mastersheets of this volume, see item 213.

NOTE: In volume IV, # 7 ("Damon, as thou cam'st this way") has been replaced with "I loved a lass, a fair one" (words by George Wither, music by William Byrd), and there is now an addendum consisting of the following seven ayres:

[ The Major Epoch, volume 5].

a. Edition with 10 songs. Spiral-bound photocopy, 93 pp.

b. Edition with 24 songs. Spiral-bound photocopy dated London, 1971, 100 pp.

c. Edition with 32 songs. Typescript introduction (16 pp.) and 130 loose leaves of music, photocopies.

d. Edition with 36 songs. 115 loose leaves, photocopies.

e. Edition (two volumes) with 39 and 40 songs respectively. Spiral-bound, autograph copies of the music.

f. Folder containing miscellaneous notes by Mr. Edmunds relating to the editions.

Index of volume 5

A thousand kisses wins my heart from me ( Venus and Adonis)

All that glisters is not gold ( Merchant of Venice)

And let me the canakin clink, clink ( Othello)

And will he not come again? ( Hamlet)

Be not afear'd; the isle is full of noises ( Tempest)

Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good ( Passionate Pilgrim)

Beauty, Truth and Rarity (THRENOS) (Phoenix and Turtle)

Blow, blow, thou winter wind ( As You Like It) (Bull, Dallying Alman)

Blow, blow, thou winter wind ( As You Like It) (Bull, French Alman)

But shall I mourn for that, my dear? ( Winter's Tale)

Childe Rowland to the dark tower came ( King Lear)

CLEOPATRA (cf. The barge she sat in...) ( Anthony and Cleopatra)

Come away, come away, death ( Twelfth Night)

Come unto these yellow sands ( Tempest)

Crabb'd age and youth cannot live together ( The Passionate Pilgrim)

Do but note a wild and wanton herd... (THE SWEET POWER OF MUSIC) ( Merchant of Venice)

Doubt thou the stars are fire ( Hamlet)

Fair is my love ( The Passionate Pilgrim)

Farewell, my dear heart, since I must needs be gone ( Twelfth Night)

Fear no more the heat o' the sun ( Cymbeline)

FIDELE (cf. With fairest flowers...) ( Cymbeline)

Fie on sinful fantasy ( Merry Wives of Windsor)

Flout 'em and clout 'em ( Tempest)

Flower of this purple dye ( Midsummer Night's Dream)

From the east to western Ind ( As You Like It)

Full fathom five thy father lies ( Tempest)

Full merrily the humble bee ( Troilus)

Gamut I am ( Taming of the Shrew)

Gentle breath of yours ( Tempest)

Give me my Romeo (JULIET OF ROMEO) ( Romeo and Juliet)

Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear (Shakespeare's epitaph)

Hark, hark! the lark ( Cymbeline) (Johnson?)

Hark, hark! the lark ( Cymbeline) (Farnaby)

He that has and a tiny little wit ( King Lear)

Here's flowers for you ( Winter's Tale)

Honor, riches, marriage, blessing ( Tempest)

How should I your true love know ( Hamlet) (Collard, Byrd, Cutting, "Walsingham")

How should I your true love know ( Hamlet) (Holborne)

How sweet the moonlight sleeps ( Merchant of Venice)

I am gone, sir, and anon, sir ( Twelfth Night)

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows ( Midsummer Night's Dream)

If a hart do lack a hind ( As You Like It)

If music and sweet poetry agree ( The Passionate Pilgrim)

If music be the food of love ( Twelfth Night)

If she be made of white and red ( Love's Labor's Lost)

In such a night as this ( Merchant of Venice)

In sweet music is such art ( Henry VIII)

It was a lover and his lass ( As You Like It) (Morley)

It was a lover and his lass (As You Like It) (Holborne)

Jog on, jog on the footpath way (Winter's Tale)

JULIET OF ROMEO (cf. Give me my Romeo) ( Romeo and Juliet)

Lawn as white as driven snow ( Winter's Tale)

Lo, here the gentle lark ( Venus and Adonis)

Look, love, what envious streaks do lace...( Romeo and Juliet)

Look, what your soul holds dear ( Richard II)

Nero is an angler in the Lake of Darkness ( King Lear)

Now the hungry lion roars ( Midsummer Night's Dream)

O but they say the tongues of dying men (Richard II)

O heart, heavy heart ( Troilus and Cressida)

O mistress mine, where are you roaming? ( Twelfth Night)

O Sun, Burn the great sphere ( Anthony and Cleopatra)

On a day, alack the day ( Love's Labor's Lost)

Our revels now are ended ( Tempest)

Over hill over dale ( Midsummer Night's Dream)

ROMEO LIKENS JULIET'S EYES TO STARS (cf. What if her eyes...) ( Romeo and Juliet)

Roses, their sharp spines being gone ( Two Noble Kinsmen)

Round about the couldron go (WITCHES' SONG) ( Macbeth)

She never told her love ( Twelfth Night)

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more ( Much Ado About Nothing)

Sleepest, or wakest thou, jolly shepherd ( King Lear)

Subtle as Sphinx, as sweet as musical ( Love's Labor's Lost)

SWEET POWER OF MUSIC, THE (cf. Do but note...) ( Merchant of Venice)

Swithold footed thrice the world (King Lear)

Take, O take those lips away ( Measure for Measure)

Tell me, where is Fancy bred?( Merchant of Venice)

That Lord, that counsell'd thee ( King Lear)

That sir which serves and seeks for gain ( King Lear)

The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne (CLEOPATRA) ( Anthony and Cleopatra)