Add MS 70766

CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xl. Original songs, without accompaniment unless otherwise stated; 1973-[1980?], n.d.

ff. 92. Overall size 350 x 238mm.

1. ff. 1-2. ‘Stand Up and Fight’, revolutionary Communist song for voice and piano with chord symbols; 1973. Pencil and ink short score. On verso of bifolium (f. 2v), two drafts for ‘The Internationale’, arrangement for unison voices, trumpet, oboe, clarinet and ’cello, [1973?] (see also Add. 70763, ff. 1-2).

2. ff. 3-6. Photocopy and printed copy of 2 different MSS of ‘Smash the Social Contract’, by Cardew and Hugh Shrapnel, both MSS in Cardew’s hand; 1977. The printed copy (f. 5), apparently part of a larger publication, has pencil revisions in Pete Devenport’s hand and an ink slip (f. 6), also in his hand, bearing a revised text, pasted over the printed text for the last verse.

3. f. 7. ‘Fight Back Against Nazi and Government Organised Racist Attacks’; [1977?]. Ink.

4. ff. 8-9. ‘Song of CYUB’ (words, Cornelius Cardew and Pete Devenport); [1980?]. Pencil sketches (f. 8), and melody, words, bass and chord symbols, ink (f. 9v). On verso of bifolium, pencil sketches for piano solo version of ‘We Sing for the Future’ (ff. 8v-9).

5. ff. 10-11. Sketches for 2 songs; [1980?], n.d. Ink. f. 10. ‘Key to our Victory’, Canadian revolutionary song; n.d.; – ff. 10v-11. Melody with words and chord symbols for ‘Song of CYUB’, with typescript of words; [1980?].

6. f. 12. Sketch of melody and bass line with chord symbols entitled ‘Fraternal Relations’; n.d. Ink. Later used for ‘The Founding of the Party’, song for Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist).

7. ff. 13-16. ‘Consciously’, song with unspecified instrumental accompaniment; n.d. ff. 13-14. Pencil sketches; – f. 14v. Ink score with pencil annotations; – ff. 15-16. 2 photocopies of ink score, the second (f. 16) taken from an earlier state. For further sketch see f. 17. For orchestral version see Add. 70757, ff. 1-8.

8. ff. 17-20. ‘We’ll Be There!’, revolutionary song; n.d. ff. 17-18. Ink sketches, followed by brief ink and pencil sketches for ‘Consciously’ (see also ff. 13-16) and pencil sketches for instrumental arrangement of ‘Hans Beimler’; – f. 19. Words and melody, typescript and pencil with pencil annotations; – f. 20. Photocopy of a revised version of the preceding.

9. ff. 21-22. ‘God Won’t Save the Queen’, based on inversion of the melody ‘God Save the Queen’; n.d. Ink and pencil sketches.

10. ff. 23-26. ‘Tear Down the Union Jack’; n.d. ff. 23-24. Ink with typewritten words and ink annotations, with pencil sketches on verso; – f. 25. Photocopy of the preceding, made before annotations were added, with different annotations in ink; – f. 26. Typewritten words with ink annotations.

11. ff. 27-28. ‘Remoulding World Outlook’, song with piano accompaniment; n.d. Pencil and ink score.

12. ff. 29-30. ‘Winning the World’; n.d. Ink.

13. f. 31. ‘Resistance Blues’; n.d. Ink. With pencil sketches for ‘Dartmoor’ on verso (see Add. 70748, ff. 1-9v).

14. f. 32. ‘The Enemy’; n.d. Ink. On verso, typescript of words of song ‘Great Indian People’, headed ‘Song for the Indian Community’.

15. ff. 33-34. ‘Great Indian People’; [1979?]. Pen and pencil sketches. On verso of bifolium (ff. 33r, 34v), pencil and pen sketches for piano solo version of ‘We Sing for the Future’.

16. ff. 35-36. Miscellaneous sketches; [1979?], 1980?], n.d. f. 35r. ‘Song for the Stalin Youth Brigade’, pen; n.d; – f. 36r. ‘Great Indian People’, pencil; [1979?]; – f. 36v. Piano solo version of ‘We Sing for the Future’, pencil; [1980?].

17. ff. 37-39. ‘Victory Will be Achieved’; [1979?]. Sketch. With pencil sketches for arrangement of ‘The Red Flag’ on verso of bifolium (ff. 37v-38r). See also Add. 70745, f. 11.

18. f. 40. ‘I Want my Rights’ (words, Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee); [1979]. Ink sketch with pencil annotations. With unidentified ink sketch at foot of page, and pencil and ink sketch on verso, not in Cardew’s hand, for ‘Beautiful Vancouver’ by Laurie Baker (words, Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee).

19. f. 41. Pencil sketches for ‘Winnipeg is the Great Reminder’ and mixed choir version of ‘We Sing for the Future’; [1979]. With pencil sketch for unidentified canonic piece (f. 41r).

20. ff. 42-43. Songs to words by the Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee; [1979]. ff. 42r, 43v. Ink score of ‘We are the Workers of Ontario’, with bass line for the refrain only, followed by pencil sketch for ‘I See the Future in Bright Red Colours’; – ff. 42v-43r. Ink score of ‘An Opportunist has Come Back Home’, with annotations partly in the hand of Pete Devenport.

21. ff. 44-45. ‘Long Live the Spirit of Norman Bethune’, Canadian revolutionary song, possibly not by Cardew; n.d. Ink. Published in Where There is Oppression There is Resistance, 2nd ed., Peoples’ Liberation Music, 1977, p. 9. With pencil sketch for ‘Thälmann Sonata’ (f. 45v) (see Add. 70751, ff. 9-10v).

22. ff. 46-47. ‘Long Live Chairman Mao’, song with piano accompaniment; 1973. Pencil and ink score.

23. ff. 48-52. ‘Revolution is the Main Trend’ (words, Mao Zedong); [1974?]. f. 49. Ink score differing considerably from version published in Where there is Oppression there is Resistance, 2nd ed., London: Peoples’ Liberation Music, 1977, p. 14; – ff. 50-52. 3 photocopies of arrangement by Pete Devenport, in his hand, with ink annotations apparently in Cardew’s hand. For other versions and sketches see Add. 70750 and 70751.

24. ff. 53-64. ‘A Law of History’ (words, Mao Zedong), song with instrumental accompaniment; [1976?]. ff. 53-54. Pencil draft, with ink sketch for ‘Bella Ciao’ and pencil sketch for song about the General Strike beginning ‘From Red Friday to Black Monday’ on verso of bifolium (ff. 53v); – ff. 55-60. Pencil draft short score, interspersed with pencil sketches for it and also pencil and ink sketches for various works including arrangement of ‘Cold and Dark the Morning’ (f. 58), and John Marcangelo, ‘Hail Ireland’s Glorious Martyrs’ (f. 60v), the latter published in We Only Want the Earth, Peoples’ Liberation Music, 1976, p. 24; – ff. 61-62. Part for bass guitar, ink; – ff. 63-64. Ink fair copy of revised version, melody only with cues for accompaniment, published with slight changes in We Only Want the Earth, Peoples’ Liberation Music, 1976, pp. 20-21.

25. ff. 65-72. ‘Peking’s Golden Hill’, adaptation of Tibetan folksong; n.d. Two versions, one ink, with text of verse 1 only (f. 66), the other, musical text in ink and full verbal text in typescript (ff. 67-72). The second version published, with order of verses reversed, in We Only Want the Earth, Peoples’ Liberation Music, 1976, p. 15.

26. ff. 73-75. ‘The East is Red’, Chinese melody arranged for 3 voices; n.d. Ink score (f. 74) and photocopy with pencil annotations (f. 75).

27. ff. 76-77. ‘Here is the River’ (words, Bertolt Brecht), music by Cardew?; n.d. Pencil.

28. ff. 78-80. ‘Proud Indians’ (words, Geronimo Sehmi), song in support of American Indians, for voice with chord symbols and bass line; 1976. ff. 78-79. Ink score with pencil annotations; – f. 80. Typescript of words differing from version used in score, with pencil annotations and revisions.

29. f. 81. ‘The People of Zimbabwe’; n.d. Pencil with ink annotations. Incomplete, the chorus only. With pencil sketch for revised version of ‘The Great Learning’ on verso (see also Add. 70741).

30. f. 82. ‘Inquilab Zindabad’, song to celebrate Communist Ghadar Party of India, for solo voice and mixed choir; n.d. Ink score with pencil annotations. With ink sketch for ‘The Congresses Bring to us Light and Prosperity’ on verso.

31. ff. 83-85. 2 melodies without words, in ink, headed ‘Il Communismo’ (f. 83), followed by photocopy, with English words entered in pencil for refrain of 2nd tune (f. 84), and photocopy of typescript of ‘Provisional text for a MLS anthem’ in Italian (f. 85).

32. ff. 88-89. ‘Four Principles on Ireland’, song with unspecified instrumental accompaniment; 1973. Pencil and ink short score. On title-page (f. 88), ‘Version of 5. 73.’

33. ff. 90-92. ‘British Imperialism get out of Ireland’; n.d. Ink. f. 90. Sketches; – f. 91. Score with ink annotations; – f. 92. Photocopy of the preceding, made before addition of annotations.

includes:

• f. 2v Cornelius Cardew, composer: Pierre Chrétien Degeyter, woodcarver and composer: `The Internationale' melody by Pierre Chrétien Degeyter, arranged by Cornelius Cardew: [1973?], 1973.
• ff. 3-6 Cornelius Cardew, composer: Hugh Michael Shrapnel, composer: Songs by Cornelius Cardew and Hugh Michael Shrapnel: 1977, [1981]: Partly photocopy and printed: Partly autogr.
• ff. 5-6, 42v-43 Peter Devenport, composer: Songs by C. Cardew , revised and annotated by Peter Devenport: 1977, [1979].
• ff. 8, 9v, 10v-11 Peter Devenport, composer: `Song of CYUB', music by C. Cardew, words by C. Cardew and P. Devenport: [1980?]: Partly typewritten.
• f. 12 Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain: Sketch of song by C. Cardew , for the Party: n.d.
• ff. 37v-38r Cornelius Cardew, composer: James Connell, socialist and journalist: `The Red Flag' poem by Jim Connell, musical arrangements by Cornelius Cardew: 1972, [1979?], n.d: Partly photocopy and typewritten.
• f. 40v Laurie Baker, composer: Songs by Laurie Baker: [1979?], [1981], n.d: Partly photocopy.
• ff. 40, 42-43v Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee: Songs by C. Cardew and others , to words by the Committee: 1979-[1981].
• ff. 48-64 Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Vocal works by C. Cardew , to words by Mao Tsetung: 1971-[1976?]: Partly Germ.: Partly photocopies.
• ff. 50-52 Peter Devenport, composer: `Revolution is the Main Trend', song by C. Cardew , arranged by Peter Devenport: [1974?]: Photocopies.
• f. 60v John Marcangelo, songwriter: `Hail Ireland's glorious martyrs', song by John Marcangelo: [1976?], n.d: Partly photocopy.
• ff. 76-77 Bertolt Eugen Friedrich Brecht, dramatist and poet: Songs by C. Cardew and others , to words by Bertolt Brecht: 1976, n.d: Partly photocopies.
• ff. 78-80 Geronimo Sehmi, writer: `Proud Indians', composed by C. Cardew , to words by Geronimo Sehmi: 1976: Partly typewritten.
• f. 82 Communist Ghadar Party of India: `Inquilab Zindabad', song by C. Cardew to celebrate the Party: n.d.