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Eleanor Everest Freer: A Guide to Resources

Music Manuscripts

The Music Division of the Library of Congress holds an extensive collection of holograph manuscripts by Elizabeth Everest Freer, including many unpublished works, cataloged under the call number ML96.F94. Many of Freer's works have been digitized and can be found on the Digitized Music section of this guide.

The following list of titles links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress catalog when available.

Full List of Freer Manuscripts

The manuscripts are found in three boxes as indicated below:

Box 1

  1. Andante for pianoforte (from Three Short Studies for Piano, op.1)
  2. Arachne op. 21, no. 3
  3. Be True (arranged for mixed voices with piano accompaniment)
  4. A Carol op. 21, no. 2
  5. The Chilkoot Maiden, opera in one act
  6. A Christmas Tale, opera in one act
  7. A Devout Lover op. 25, no. 3
  8. For the Freedom of All Nations
  9. Grace for a Child op. 23, no. 2
  10. How can we know? op. 29, no. 4
  11. I write not to thee, dearest op. 29, no. 5
  12. A greater, grand Chicago op. 39, no. 1

Box 2

  1. Joan of Arc, op. 38, opera in one act
  2. A Legend of Spain, op. 35, opera in one act
  3. Love op. 29, no. 6
  4. Lyric Studies (nos. 1, 4, 8, and 9)
  5. The Masque of Pandora op. 36, opera in one act
  6. Massimilliano the Court Jester, or the Love of Caliban, op. 30, opera in one act (corrected printed score and manuscript)
  7. Modern Dances op. 31 (corrected printed score and manuscript)
  8. The Nights o’ Spring op. 29, no. 1
  9. The Piper (note: Legend act of The Piper, act 1), opera
  10. Preciosa; or, the Spanish student op. 37, opera in one act

Box 3

  1. She’s somewhere in the limelight strong op. 17, no. 1
  2. A Farewell op. 21, no 5
  3. Miscellaneous Songs op. 12 (nos. 3. The Galloping Song, 4. Song of the Rose, 5. August Night, 6. Summer Night) (nos. 1. Faith and 2. The Dancers are not included)
  4. Six Songs of Nature op. 10 (The world beautiful, Before the rain, After the rain, The harvest moon, My garden, To the western wind)
  5. Song of the Rose op. 12, no. 4
  6. Songs (Various) Folder includes – “To Love” Ode LXIII, For her gait, if she be walking, The merchant to secure his treasure, To his Lyre, Sweet in her green dell, Rose leaves, A kiss, Circe, A Greek gift, A tear, Urceus exit, Rondel, Ships that pass in the night, Bridal songs of Sappho, When spring adorns the dewy scene, Oh tell me little spark of life.
  7. Souvenir! for pianoforte
  8. Four Songs (Our mother tongue, To a dreamer, Outward bound, During music)
  9. The Child’s Guest op. 27, no. 2
  10. Etude Realiste (A baby’s feet, A baby’s hands A baby’s eyes)
  11. Jenny kiss’d me op. 25, no. 2
  12. Ishtar’s Song op. 34
  13. I fear they kisses, gentle maiden op. 24, no 1
  14. Five songs op. 19 (1. When I am dead, my dearest, 2. Love in my heart, oh heart of me, 3. O fly not, pleasure, 4. How many times do I love thee, dear, 5. Who has robbed the ocean cave)
  15. Sweet and Twenty op. 25, no. 1
  16. Love songs op. 20 (1. Ships that pass in the night, 2. During music, 3. Evening song)
  17. Five songs to spring op. 6 (1. The Eternal Spring, 2. Song in March, 3. Song (April, April, Laugh thy girlish laughter), 4. Incipit Vita Nova, 5. An April Pastoral)
  18. Two songs op. 5 (The shepherdess, There is a woman like a dew-drop)
  19. Two songs, op. 14 (includes only: I have done, put by thy lute op. 14, no. 2)
  20. Two songs op. 16 (1. The boat is chafing at our long delay, 2. Daughter of Egypt, veil thine eyes)
  21. Unto us, a Son is given op. 13, no. 2
  22. Four vocal quartets (includes Stanzas on Freedom and The Wood Pewee)
  23. A Valentine op. 21
  24. Sonnets from the Portuguese op. 22 (song cycle)
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