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Series I: Biographical and Personal Files, 1965-2011, undated
Series II: Musical Works, 1963-2004, undated
Series III: Written Works, 1962-1998, undated
Series IV: Teaching Materials, 1997-2002, undated
Series VI: Correspondence, 1967-2005, undated
Series VII: Subject Files (Created by Others), 2005-2012
Series X: Additions to the Papers

George Edwards papers, 1963-2012

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Series VIII: Sound Recordings, 1964-2006, undated

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

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

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


Box 22 "Collaborations", 1964, (5-inch reel)

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


Box 20 George Edwards Senior Recital, 1965, (7-inch reel)

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

Box 20 "Variants," "Piano Piece," "Two Piano Pieces," and "Bits", 1965-1967, (7-inch reel)


Box 22 "Variants", undated, (5-inch reel)

Box 22 "Piano Piece", five-inch reel, 1966

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


Box 20 "Two Piano Pieces", 1966, (7-inch reel)

(William Benjamin, performer)

Box 20 "Two Piano Pieces", undated, (7-inch reel)


Box 22 "Double Play", 1970 (2 copies), 1970, (5-inch reel)

(Robert and Pamela Jones, pianos)

Box 22 "The Captive", 1971 (2 copies), 1971, (5-inch reel)

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


Box 20 "Monopoly", 1973, (7-inch reel)

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

Box 20 "Monopoly", undated, (7-inch reel)


Box 23 "Three Hopkins Songs", 1974, (5-inch reel)

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

Box 23 "Exchange Misere", 1975 (2 copies), 1975, (5-inch reel)

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

Box 23 "Two Bagatelles", 1976, (5-inch reel)

(Leslie Amper, piano)

Box 23 "Wild Air", 1976, (5-inch reel)


Box 20 "Exchange Misere" and "Sonda", 1977-1978, (7-inch reel)

Box 20 "Exchange Misere", undated, (7-inch reel)

Box 20 "Gyromancy", 1977 (2 copies), 1977, (7-inch reel)

(performed by Collage)

Box 20 "Draconian Measures, 1978, (7-inch reel)

(Robert Pollack, pianist)

Box 20 "Draconian Measures", 1979, (7-inch reel)

(Robert Pollack, pianist)

Box 20 "Draconian Measures", 1980 (2 copies), 1980, (7-inch reel)


Box 21 "Veined Variety", undated (2 copies), undated, (7-inch reel)

Box 21 "Northern Spy", 1981 (4 copies), 1981, (7-inch reel)

(performed by Parnassus; Anthony Korf, conductor)

Box 21 "Moneta's Mourn", undated, (7-inch reel)

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

Box 21 Two unidentified reels, undated, (7-inch reels)

(Possibly blank)

Subseries VIII.2: LPs, 1975, undated

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


Box 24 "String Quartet (1967)," LP (CRI 265), undated

Box 24 "Kreuz und Quer," LP (CRI 323), 1975

Box 24 "Veined Variety," LP (Opus One 62), undated

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

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


Box 25 "Kreuz und Quer", cassette, undated

(from "composers conference")

Box 25 "Monopoly", cassette, undated

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

Box 25 "Sonda," cassette, undated

Box 25 "String Quartet #2" (performed by Pro Arte Quartet) and "Moneta's Mourn" (performed by American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor), cassette, 1982-1983 (3 copies), 1982-1983

Box 25 "Moneta's Mourn", cassette, 1983 (5 copies), 1983

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

Box 25 "Moneta's Mourn" cassette, undated

Box 25 "Suave Mari Magno", cassette, 1984 (5 copies), 1984

(Alan Feinberg, piano)

Box 25 "Five Etudes", cassette, 1985

(Sonia Rubinsky, piano)

Box 25 "Five Etudes," cassette, undated

Box 25 "Suave Mari Magno," "Veined Variety," "Monopoly," and "Northern Spy," cassette,, 1987

Box 25 "Moneta's Mourn," "Kreuz und Quer," "Exchange Misere," and "String Quartet [#1]," cassette,, 1987

Box 25 "A Mirth But Open'd," cassette, 1987

Box 25 "Heraclitean Fire," cassette, 1987 (2 copies), 1987

Box 25 "Trio", cassette, 1990

(performed by CCP of University of Chicago)

Box 25 "Trio", cassette, 1994

(from Wellesley College Composers Conference)

Box 25 "Trio", cassette, 1996

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

Box 25 "Parallel Convergences", cassette, 1992

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

Box 25 "Piano Concerto" ("A.S.O. #2"), cassette, 1991 (2 copies), 1991

(One copy also contains works by Haydn and Bernstein)

Box 25 "Plus Ça Change", cassette, 1993

(Performed by Parnassus; Anthony Korf, conductor)

Box 25 "The Isle is Full of Noises", cassette, 1997

(performed by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players)

Box 25 Unlabeled cassette (possibly blank), undated

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

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

Box 25 "…The Mere Thread of This…", burned CD, 2002

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

Box 25 "The Isle is Full of Noises", burned CD, 2003

(from American Composers Alliance American Music Festival 2003)

Box 25 "Czeched Swing", burned CD, 2004

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

Box 25 "Trio", burned CD, 2005

(from American Composers Alliance American Music Festival 2005)

Box 25 "The Isle is Full of Noises", burned CD, 2006

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

Box 25 "Suave Mari Magno" and "Second String Quartet," burned CD, undated

Box 25 "Demo CD 1", burned CD, undated

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

Box 25 "Demo CD 2", burned CD with note from Rachel Hadas to Jonathan Edwards,, undated

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