Add MS 70771

CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xlv. Songs mainly by other composers.

ff. 51. Largest size 360 x 262mm.

1. ff. 1-4. Sketches for a song for the People’s Democratic Front, possibly written and composed by Cardew; [1980?]. Ink. Words and melody of chorus (f. 1), with draft and final version of words only of verses (ff. 2-3). Followed by an ink draft of words referring to the People’s Front but apparently unconnected with the song (f. 4).

2. ff. 5-6. Melody, words and chord symbols for a song for the People’s Democratic Front different from the preceding except for the words of the chorus; n.d. Ink. ff. 5v-6. Melody with words and chord symbols, not in Cardew’s hand, with revisions in Cardew’s hand; – f. 6v. Melody with chord symbols and a few words, in Cardew’s hand and incorporating the revisions, with outline of possible arrangement. – f. 5r. Further sketches for words, and sketch for an unconnected work apparently for voice and piano. f. 5r.

3. ff. 7-8. Sketches for songs to words by the Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee; [1981]. Ink with pencil annotations. ff. 7r, 8v. ‘Racism Shall Not Pass’, music by Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee and Cornelius Cardew; – ff. 7v-8r. Hugh Shrapnel and Cornelius Cardew: ‘Festival Song’, music based on Paul Nash, ‘Song of the Communist Workers’.

4. ff. 9-11. Paul Nash: ‘Song of the Communist Workers; [1980?]. Autograph. Ink.

5. ff. 12-13. Paul Nash: ‘Song of the Communist Workers’; [1980?]. Ink copy with pencil annotations, in Cardew’s hand.

6. ff. 14-15. Sketches for Paul Nash, ‘Song of the Communist Workers’; [1980?]. Ink and pencil sketches, probably not in Cardew’s hand, some of them (f. 15r) apparently for a descant to section ‘A’ of the song.

7. ff. 16-17. Chris Thompson: ‘Red Salute to the Canadian Proletariat’ (words, Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee); [1980?]. Ink sketch in Cardew’s hand, followed by ink autograph of Pete Devenport, ‘The Dream of the Old Generations is Young and Fresh in the New’ (f. 17).

8. ff. 18. Chris Thompson: ‘Red Salute to the Canadian Proletariat’; [1980?]. Ink. Headed ‘10th Anniversary’. On verso, in Pete Devenport’s hand, lists of songs, apparently drafts for programme for 10th anniversary celebrations of Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), March 1980.

9. ff. 19-20. Sketches not in Cardew’s hand for ‘Albania de Bastion’, ‘Bristol’, ‘Self Defence’, ‘Decade of the Eighties’; n.d. Ink and pencil.

10. ff. 21-23. Laurie Baker: ‘Youth on the Streets’; [1981]. ff. 21v-22. Arrangement by Cardew, ink with ink and pencil annotations, headed ‘Streets of Britain’; – f. 23. Photocopy of MS not in Cardew’s hand, imperfect. f. 23

11. ff. 24-25. Sketches for songs, not in Cardew’s hand; n.d. Ink with pencil and ink annotations. Contents: ‘Song for British Working Class’, music by Laurie Baker; – ‘Worker’s Song’, music traditional (‘Coal Owner and Pitman’s Wife’); – ‘J. V. Stalin’, music by Chris Thompson; – ‘We Are the Revolutionaries’, music by Hugh Shrapnel; – ‘Make the Rich Pay’, music by Laurie Baker. With sketch of the song used at beginning of piano version of ‘We Sing for the Future’, in Cardew’s hand (f. 25).

12. ff. 26-27. Various sketches; [1980?], n.d. Ink. ff. 26v-27. Song used at beginning of piano version of ‘We Sing for the Future’, [1980?]; – f. 26r. ‘The Party Song’, song of the Communist Party of Trinidad and Tobago, n.d.; – f. 26r. ‘Resolute is the Party’, here mistitled ‘Red Salute to PFY’, n.d.; – f. 27v. Laurie Baker: ‘Make the Rich Pay’, not in Cardew’s hand, n.d.

13. ff. 28-30. 2 songs; n.d. f. 28v. Untitled song beginning ‘Red Breaks the Morning’ (words, Workers’ and Peasants’ Communist Party of Iran), tune traditional, ink; – f. 29. ‘Our Party’s First Congress’, pencil; – f. 30. ‘Red Breaks the Morning’, photocopy, with ink annotations including an additional verse.

14. ff. 31. Sketches for 2 songs; [1981]. Ink. f. 31r. ‘Ballad’, beginning ‘When you See our world’; – f. 31v. ‘Racism Shall Not Pass’.

15. f. 32. ‘All Glory to the Anti-Fascist Fighters’, words and music by Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee; [1979]. Ink sketch with pencil annotations, possibly in Pete Devenport’s hand. Followed by ink and pencil sketch in Cardew’s hand for ‘We Sing for the Future’.

16. ff. 33-36. Sketches for instrumental parts for ‘We Sing for the Future’; [1980?]. Ink and pencil, not in Cardew’s hand.

17. ff. 37-38. 2 traditional English revolutionary songs; n.d. Ink with pencil annotations. f. 37r. ‘Judges are Going to Jail’; – f. 38v. ‘Cutty Wren’.

18. f. 39. Ink trombone part for ‘For This we Hail You’ and pencil chord symbols for ‘Those Days of October’; n.d. On verso, ink instrumental part in bass clef, not in Cardew’s hand, headed ‘Song for B.W.C.’

19. f. 40. ‘The Gagging Bill’, 19th-century English folksong; n.d. Photocopy of words, with melody and annotations in ink, not in Cardew’s hand.

20. ff. 41-42. Sketches for instrumental accompaniment for ‘Most Bourgeois’ (f. 41) and for ‘After Prince Charles’ (ff. 41v-42); n.d. Pencil with occasional ink annotations, not in Cardew’s hand. On last page (f. 42v), unidentified ink sketch in the same hand.

21. f. 43. Ink sketches for various songs including ‘Hurrah for the Masses’ and ‘Death to Fascism’; n.d. Not in Cardew’s hand.

22. f. 44. Pete Devenport: ‘To Understand the Problem in Ireland’; n.d. Rough pencil draft.

23. ff. 45-46. ‘Chloride Battery’; n.d. 2 pencil drafts.

24. f. 47. 2 songs to words by Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee; 1979. f. 47r. ‘Edmonton Town’, music by Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee, ink sketch with pencil annotations; – f. 47v. ‘3 world’, music by Pete Devenport, chord symbols only, pencil, possibly autograph.

25. f. 48. Pencil sketches for ‘He Who Laughs’ (f. 48r), ‘There comes a time’ (f. 48r), ‘For our Country we are Crying’ (Azanian song) (f. 48v); n.d.

26. f. 49. Pencil sketches; n.d. f. 49r. ‘Give Ireland Back to the Irish’, music by Paul McCartney, imperfect; – f. 49v. ‘Political Power Grows out of the Barrel of a Gun’.

27. ff. 50-51. ‘Red Sailors’ (words, song of the revolutionary Soviet navy), melody from a Polish 19th-century revolutionary song; n.d. Ink.

includes:

• ff. 1-6 People's Democratic Front: Songs, possibly by C. Cardew , for the Front: [1980?], n.d.
• ff. 7-8v, 16-17, 32, 47-47v Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee: Songs by C. Cardew and others , to words by the Committee: 1979-[1981].
• ff. 7r, 8v Cornelius Cardew, composer: Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee: Sketch for song `Racism shall not pass' composed by Cornelius Cardew and Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee: [1981]: Autogr.
• ff. 7v-8r Paul Nash, songwriter: `Festival Song', by C. Cardew and H.M. Shrapnel based on `Song of the Communist Workers' by Paul Nash: [1981].
• ff. 7v-8r Cornelius Cardew, composer: Hugh Michael Shrapnel, composer: Songs by Cornelius Cardew and Hugh Michael Shrapnel: 1977, [1981]: Partly photocopy and printed: Partly autogr.
• ff. 9-15 Paul Nash, songwriter: `Song of the Communist Workers' by Paul Nash: [1980?]: Partly autogr.
• ff. 16-18, 24-25 Chris Thompson, composer: Songs by Chris Thompson: [1979?], [1980?], n.d: Partly photocopy.
• ff. 17, 44, 47v Peter Devenport, composer: Songs by Peter Devenport: 1976-[1980?], n.d: Partly autogr.
• f. 18v Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Canada: Musical material by C. Cardew, P. Devenport and H.M. Shrapnel for 10th anniversary celebrations of the Party: [1980?].
• f. 18v Peter Devenport, composer: Lists of songs in the hand of Peter Devenport: [1980?], n.d: Autogr.
• ff. 21-25, 27v Laurie Baker, composer: Songs by Laurie Baker: [1979?], [1981], n.d: Partly photocopy.
• ff. 21v-22 Cornelius Cardew, composer: `Youth on the streets', by L. Baker , arranged by Cornelius Cardew: [1981].
• ff. 24-25 Hugh Michael Shrapnel, composer: Sketches for songs by Hugh Michael Shrapnel: [1980], n.d: Partly autogr.
• f. 26 Communist Party of Trinidad and Tobago: Sketch for `The Party Song', in the hand of C. Cardew of Communist Party of Trinidad and Tobago: n.d.
• f. 32 Peter Devenport, composer: `All glory to the Anti-Fascist fighters', words and music by Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee , annotations possibly by Peter Devenport: [1979].
• ff. 32, 47 Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee: Songs composed by the Committee: 1979.
• f. 49 James Paul McCartney, musician: `Give Ireland back to the Irish', song in the hand of C. Cardew, music by Paul McCartney: n.d.