Add MS 70772

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

ff. 71. Overall size 361 x 252mm.

1. f. 1. Giuseppe Verdi: ‘Va pensiero’ from ‘Nabucco’, melody only with words and chord symbols; [1972?]. Pencil and ink. Headed ‘Chorus of Hebrew Slaves’. For the arrangement used in Cardew’s ‘Collection of Songs’ (1971-1972) see Add. 70745, ff. 6-8v.

2. ff. 2-5. Keith Williams: ‘Between the Mountains and the River’ (words, Pablo Neruda), melody, words and chord symbols, with extensive cues for a flute part; n.d. 2 ink copies, one in E minor (ff. 2-3) and the other in D minor (ff. 4-5).

3. f. 6. Joe Hill: ‘Casey Jones’; n.d. Pencil and ink. For German version see Add. 70769, f. 11v.

4. f. 7. Pete Devenport: ‘Support the Irish People’s Struggle’; n.d. Ink with pencil annotations.

5. ff. 8-9. ‘Hail Naxalbari’, song from CANISG; n.d. Ink and typescript.

6. f. 10. Pedro Faura: ‘De madrugada (In the Dawn)’, melody, words and chord symbols, with oboe; n.d. Short score, ink.

7. ff. 11-14. Bob Coleridge: ‘Fat and Lean’; n.d. Music in ink, words on a carbon typescript pasted below music (f. 13). With the original typescript, headed ‘Third World’ (f. 14).

8. ff. 15-17. ‘The Prop of the Land’, folksong; n.d. f. 15. Pencil sketches showing instrumental cues; – ff. 16-17. Melody with words and chord symbols, ink and typescript.

9. ff. 18-19. ‘United in the Spirit of Cable Street’, possibly by Laurie Baker; n.d. Pencil, with ink sketch on verso of 2nd page (f. 19v). Published in Where There is Oppression, There is Resistance, 2nd ed., Peoples’ Liberation Music, 1977, pp. 7-8.

10. f. 20. Keith Williams: ‘Song of the Factory Slave’ (words, Ernest Jones); n.d. Ink.

11. ff. 21-22. ‘Red Flag’ (words, Jim Connell), tune ‘Maryland’, arrangement with chord symbols and bass line; n.d. Photocopy.

12. ff. 23-24. ‘Red Flag’ (words, Jim Connell), tune ‘White Cockade’; n.d. Pencil and typescript.

13. ff. 26-27. Pierre Degeyter: ‘The Internationale’, melody and chord symbols; n.d. Ink and typescript.

14. f. 28. Photocopy of a two-page opening, headed ‘Naxalbari Lal Salaam’, forming pp. 90, 91 of an unidentified publication. With melody added in ink.

15. ff. 29-34. Ink fair copies of revolutionary songs, not in Cardew’s hand; n.d. Melodies, words and chord symbols except where stated. f. 29. ‘Naxalbari Lal Salaam’, here headed ‘Naxal Red Salute’, melody and words only; – f. 30. ‘The Cutty Wren’ and ‘Down with the 3 Worlds Theory’; – f. 31. ‘We Meet Today in Freedom’s Cause’; – f. 32. ‘Stop All Attempts to Make the Working Class Pay’; – f. 33. ‘Active Self-defence is the Only Way’, with instrumental cues; – f. 34. ‘School Days’, melody and instrumental cues only.

16. ff. 35-37. Jim Ward: ‘The Redundant Railwayman’; n.d. 3 photocopies, each with ink or pencil annotations.

17. f. 38. ‘The Blackleg Miner’, English traditional song; n.d. Photocopy with pencil annotations.

18. f. 39. ‘Cold & Dark the Morning’, Irish song, with annotations for arrangement by Cardew; n.d. Photocopy. For further sketches for the same arrangement see Add. 70766, f. 58

19. f. 40. ‘Singing of the Socialist Motherland’, Chinese song, with annotations for projected arrangement by Cardew; n.d. Photocopy.

20. ff. 41-42. Caroline John: ‘Country in the East’; n.d. Photocopy, with pencil annotations not in Cardew’s hand. With photocopy of typewritten words incorporating annotations (f. 42).

21. ff. 43-44. Dermot[t?]: ‘We’re not afraid’; n.d. 2 photocopies, the first (f. 43) with ink sketch of unidentified tune not in Cardew’s hand, the second (f. 44) with pencil annotations apparently in Cardew’s hand.

22. f. 45. ‘Enver and the Party are Our Guides’ (translation from French, Canadian Cultural Workers’ Committee); n.d. Photocopy of a two-page opening, headed ‘Songs from the People’s Socialist Republic of Albania’, forming pp. 108, 109 of an unidentified publication. With ink annotations. Originally published in French by the National Committee of Veterans of the War of the Albanian People in Chants révolutionnaires.

23. f. 46. 4 Albanian songs: ‘Albanian Mother’, by E. Dhari; - ‘To Azim Zeneli’, by M. Krantja; - ‘Heroes of Shkodër’, by K. Jakova; - ‘Partisan Heroine’, by H. Pelinku; n.d. Photocopy. On verso, ink sketch of poem entitled ‘Chilai! (Arise)’.

24. f. 47. ‘Avanti popolo’, here entitled ‘Bandiera rossa’; n.d. Photocopy with pencil and ink annotations. Italian and English.

25. f. 48. Chris Thompson: ‘Fight the Cuts!’; n.d. Photocopy, with some unidentified ink sketches not in Cardew’s hand.

26. ff. 49-50. Xien Xinghai: ‘Battle Song of Resistance’, arranged by Cardew for high voice and piano; 1973. Photocopy with a few pencil annotations.

27. ff. 51-57. ‘It’s Right to Rebel!’, composer unidentified, for voice and instrumental ensemble; n.d. Short score. Photocopy, with pencil and ink annotations not in Cardew’s hand.

28. f. 58. ‘The Virks Must be Set Free!’; n.d. Photocopy.

29. f. 59. ‘Class Struggle is the Key Link’, song from CANISG; n.d. Photocopy.

30. f. 60. Hanns Eisler: ‘Lenin’ (words, Johannes R. Becher); n.d. Photocopy.

31. ff. 61-62. 2 songs; n.d. Photocopies. f. 61v. Hanns Eisler: ‘Lenin’ (words, Johannes R. Becher), reproduced from same original as preceding item; – f. 62r. ‘Bella Ciao’, Italian revolutionary song.

32. ff. 63-66. Burmese Revolutionary Songs; n.d. Photocopies. f. 64. ‘Relying on the People’s Strength’ and ‘We Will Win’; – f. 65. ‘Revolution will be the Victor’; – f. 66. ‘Building Red Power’.

33. f. 67. ‘Ireland in Chains’, Chartist song, melody based on ‘La Marseillaise’ by C. J. Rouget de Lisle; n.d.

34. f. 68. John Marcangelo: ‘Hail Ireland’s Glorious Martyrs’, with text revised by Cardew; n.d. Photocopy. Published in We Only Want the Earth, Peoples’ Liberation Music, 1976, p. 24.

35. f. 69. ‘Red Clyde Agane we’ll be’; n.d. Photocopy of original not in Cardew’s hand.

36. f. 70. ‘Azanian People Will Win!’ (words, Workers’ Weekly, January 1977), music possibly by Cardew; [1977?]. Photocopy of original not in Cardew’s hand. Imperfect.

37. f. 71. 2 Russian songs: ‘Immortal’ and ‘Oh Tortured and Broken’; n.d. Photocopy of original not in Cardew’s hand.

includes:

• f. 1 Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco Verdi, composer: Cornelius Cardew, composer: `Va pensiero' from Nabucco by Verdi, arranged by Cornelius Cardew: 1972, [1972?]: Ital.
• ff. 2-5 Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basualto, alias 'Pablo Neruda': `Between the Mountains and the River', music by K. Williams , words by Pablo Neruda: n.d.
• ff. 2-5, 20 Keith Williams, composer: Songs, partly in the hand of C. Cardew by Keith Williams: n.d: Partly copies.
• f. 6 Joel Emanuel Hägglund, alias 'Joe Hill'; songwriter and workers' leader: `Casey Jones', song, in the hand of C. Cardew by Joel Emanuel Hägglund: n.d: Partly Germ.
• f. 7 Peter Devenport, composer: Songs by Peter Devenport: 1976-[1980?], n.d: Partly autogr.
• f. 10 Pedro Faura; songwriter: `De madrugada', song, in the hand of C. Cardew by Pedro Faura (songwriter): n.d.
• ff. 11-14 Robert Coleridge, composer: `Fat and Lean', song by Robert Coleridge: n.d: Partly typewritten.
• ff. 18-19v Laurie Baker, composer: Songs by Laurie Baker: [1979?], [1981], n.d: Partly photocopy.
• f. 20 Ernest Charles Jones, chartist and poet: `Song of the Factory Slave', music by K. Williams , words by Ernest Charles Jones: n.d.
• ff. 21-24 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.
• ff. 26-27 Cornelius Cardew, composer: Pierre Chrétien Degeyter, woodcarver and composer: `The Internationale' by Pierre Chrétien Degeyter, melody and chord symbols in the hand of Cornelius Cardew: n.d: Partly typewritten.
• ff. 35-37 Jim Ward, composer: Songs by Jim Ward: n.d: Photocopies.
• ff. 41-42 Caroline John, songwriter: `Country in the East', song by Caroline John: n.d: Photocopy.
• ff. 43-44 Dermot, composer: `We're not afraid', song by Dermot: [1976?], n.d: Partly photocopies.
• f. 46 Eftim Dheri, Albanian ethnomusicologist: `Albanian Mother', song by Eftim Dheri: n.d: Photocopy.
• f. 46 Kolë Jakova, Albanian writer: `Heroes of Shkodër', song by Kolë Jakova: n.d: Photocopy.
• f. 46 H. Pelinku, Albanian songwriter: `Partisan heroine', song by H. Pelinku: n.d: Photocopy.
• f. 46 M. Krantja, Albanian songwriter: `To Azim Zeneli', song by M. Krantja: n.d: Photocopy.
• f. 48 Chris Thompson, composer: Songs by Chris Thompson: [1979?], [1980?], n.d: Partly photocopy.
• ff. 49-50 Cornelius Cardew, composer: Xien Xinghai, songwriter: `Battle Song of Resistance' by Xien Xinghai, arranged by Cornelius Cardew: 1973: Photocopy.
• ff. 60, 61v Hanns Eisler, composer: Johannes Robert Becher, poet: `Lenin', song by Hanns Eisler, words by Johannes Robert Becher: n.d: Photocopies.
• f. 67 Claude Joseph Rouget de l'Isle, poet and composer: `Ireland in Chains', Chartist song, melody based on `La Marseillaise' by Claude Joseph Rouget de l'Isle: n.d.
• f. 68 John Marcangelo, songwriter: `Hail Ireland's glorious martyrs', song by John Marcangelo: [1976?], n.d: Partly photocopy.
• f. 70 Workers' Weekly: `Azanian people will win!', music possibly by C. Cardew , words from Workers' Weekly: [1977?]: Photocopy.