Add MS 70765

CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxix. Realisations and arrangements of songs by Christian Wolff and Frederic Rzewski; 1975, n.d.

ff. 40. Largest size 298 x 235mm.

1. ff. 1-7. Christian Wolff: Photocopies of the composer’s autograph of six songs, with pencil annotations in Cardew’s hand; n.d. f. 2. ‘Wake up’ and ‘It is Said in South Wales.’; – f. 3. ‘After a Few Years’; – ff. 4-5. ‘Teacher, Teacher’; – f. 6. ‘As we Come Marching’; – f. 7. ‘Of All Things’. With signed covering letter from Wolff to Cardew, n.d., typewritten with ink additions (f. 1).

2. ff. 8-30. Realisations by Cardew of 5 Wolff songs; 1975, n.d. ff. 8-10. 2 pencil versions of ‘Wake Up’, the second (ff. 9v-10) apparently for piano only; n.d. On verso of the first (f. 8v), pencil sketches for arrangement of Rzewski’s ‘Coming Together’ (see ff. 31v-38 below); – f. 11-12. Photocopy score with ink correction of ‘It is Said in South Wales’, realisation for horn and voice; n.d.; – ff. 13-16. Pencil score of ‘It is Said in South Wales’, realisation for voice and unspecified instrumental accompaniment; n.d; – ff. 17-22. Pencil and ink draft, ink short score with pencil annotations, and photocopy of ink short score with minor pencil annotations of ‘After a Few Years’, realisation for voice and unspecified instrumental accompaniment; 1975. At the head of the photocopy score (f. 21) are the words ‘A Suite of Wolff tunes’, also in photocopy, indicating that this copy was made from an earlier photocopy and not from the original MS; – ff. 23v-24. Pencil score, probably incomplete, of ‘Teacher, Teacher’, realisation for voice with bass and chord symbols; n.d.; – ff. 25v-30. Pencil draft, and ink score with pencil annotations, of ‘Of All Things’, realisation for voice and keyboard; 1975. On verso of bifolium containing part of pencil draft (ff. 25, 26v) for 1st movement of ‘Thälmann Sonata’ (see also Add. 70751).

3. ff. 31v-40. Songs by Frederic Rzewski, arranged by Cardew; 1975. Ink. ff. 31v-38. Score of arrangement for voice and piano of ‘Coming Together’; – ff. 39v-40. Part of ‘Attica’, arranged for voice and unidentified instrument.

includes:

• f. 1 Christian Wolff, composer: Letter to C. Cardew from Christian Wolff: n.d: Signed, mainly typewritten.
• ff. 1-30 Cornelius Cardew, composer: Christian Wolff, composer: Songs by Christian Wolff, arranged by Cornelius Cardew: 1975, n.d: Partly photocopies.
• ff. 8v, 31v-40 Cornelius Cardew, composer: Frederic Anthony Rzewski, composer: Songs by Frederic Anthony Rzewski, arranged by Cornelius Cardew: 1975, n.d.