Our goal is to ultimately identify the song titles matching the Octavo numbers noted below.

We’d appreciate hearing from anyone with information that would assist us to fill out the J.A. Parks music lists. We’ve found numbers and titles on the fronts of other similar sheet music, in library cataloging for sheet music, in advertising in music journals of Parks’ era, and in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. Our access to snippets of Parks’ advertising in music journals and Catalog of Copyright entries has been dependent on the vagaries of “google/books.” One long-term “wish” — we’d love to hear from anyone with a J.A. Parks Music Company catalog, or other listings of J.A. PARKS music from the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s.

BACK TO Octavo No. link page; the second brief section of this page notes “apparent duplicate numbers.”

“MISSING” NUMBERS
The song arrangements corresponding to the following 8vo numbers are not identified as of FEB. 10, 2010. There may be a few additional ones with numbers higher than No. 1800.

Most of a the “missing” numbers are for arrangements added to the octavos catalog after 1925, even though the initial copyright dates may be earlier. Most of them are pieces also printed in J.A. PARKS books where we have not found OCTAVO Number listings to make the correlation. Notes about the relative chronology of Octavo numbers were inserted in November, 2010.

Kilgore Memorial Library is actively seeking J.A. PARKS MUSIC Company sheet music — we’d appreciate tips that would help us secure copies of all those we don’t already have.

Octavo nos. 1 - 199, 200- 205 have intermixed dates from 1896 through 1904
Octavo No. 205 starts a long run of 1904 dates.
Octavo No. 229 is the first “known” to bear a 1905 date.
Octavo No. 269 is the first “known” to bear a 1906 date.
Octavo No. 326 is the first “known” to bear a 1907 date.
Octavo No. 419 is the first “known” to bear a 1908 date.
Octavo No. 467 is the first “known” to bear a 1913 date — the main run starts at approx. No. 630
Octavo No. 468 is the first “known” to bear a 1918 date — the main run starts at no. 795
Octavo No. 469 is the first “known” to bear a 1909 date.
Octavo No. 497 is the first “known” to bear a 1910 date.
500s — 6 numbers “missing” as of DEC. 10, 2007

Octavo No. 532 is the first “known” to bear a 1911 date.
( “Missing” numbers at the end of the 500s & early 600s may correspond to songs in Program Quartets For Male Voices No. 1, Humorous Quartets and Encores For Female Voices (No. 2), and Sacred Quartets for Female Voices No. 1 )
577, 580, 581, 584, 585
Octavo No. 586 is the first “known” to bear a 1912 date.
589

600s — 11 numbers “missing” as of April 18, 2011

( Two one-page songs in Concert Quartets For Female Voices No. 4 probably correspond to 8vo. #601.
Three songs with 1912 and 1913 copyrights in Program Quartets For Male Voices No. 2 may account for three of the “missing” numbers in the 600s.
)
601, 606, 608, 611 , 617, 619, 620, 626
Octavo No. 630 starts “main sequence” for 1913
644, 651, 669
Octavo No. 671 is the first “known” to bear a 1914 date
Octavo No. 695 is the first “known” to bear a 1915 date

700s — 7 numbers “missing” as of DEC. 10, 2007

710, 720, 721, 726, 738
Octavo No. 739 is the first “known” to bear a 1916 date
743, 758,
Octavo No. 769 is the first “known” to bear a 1917 date
Octavo No. 795 starts “main sequence” for 1918

( Some of the “missing” numbers at the end of the 700s & early 800s may correspond to songs in Sacred Quartets For Female Voices No. 4)
800s — 13 numbers “missing” as of DEC 10, 2007

802, 815, 816
Octavo No. 821 is the first “known” to bear a 1919 date
822, 825, 836, 860, 861
Octavo No. 862 is the first “known” to bear a 1920 date
868, 874
Octavo No. 877 is the first “known” to bear a 1921 date
Octavo No. 884 is the first “known” to bear a 1922 date
889, 895, 899

900s — 8 numbers “missing” as of DEC. 10, 2007

902, 904
Octavo No. 918 is the first “known” to bear a 1923 date
923, 939
Octavo No. 941 is the first “known” to bear a 1924 date
947, 949, 956, 959
Octavo No. 962 is the first “known” to bear a 1925 date

1,000s — 27 numbers “missing” as of DEC 10, 2007

1013, 1015
Octavo No. 1016 is the first “known” to bear a 1926 date
1026, 1027,
Many “missing” numbers in range 1054 - 1099 most likely are songs that appear in Concert Trios for Male Voices (1926)
1054, 1055, 1057,
1060, 1061, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1068,
1071, 1073, 1074, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079,
1082, 1084, 1089, 1092, 1096, 1098, 1099

1,100s — 70 numbers “missing” as of DEC. 10, 2007

Many “missing” numbers in range 1100 - 1199 most likely are songs that appear in Sacred Three-Part Choruses for Mixed Voices (1927)
1100, 1102, 1104, 1105, 1106,
1110, 1112, 1114, 1115, 1117
Octavo No. 1118 is the first “known” to bear a 1927 date
1120, 1122, 1123, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129,
1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1137, 1138,
1140, 1141, 1145, 1147, 1148, 1149,
1150, 1151, 1153, 1154, 1156, 1158, 1159,
1160, 1162, 1163, 1165, 1167, 1168, 1169,
1170, 1171, 1173, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179,
1180, 1181, 1182, 1186, 1188, 1189,
1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199

1,200s — 79 numbers “missing” as of MARCH 7, 2007

1200, 1201, 1202, 1204, 1205, 1207, 1208,
1210, 1211, 1212, 1214, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219,
1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1225, 1227, 1228, 1229
1231, 1232, 1233, 1237, 1238,
1240-1249
1250, 1251,1252,1253, 1254, 1256, 1259,
1260, 1262, 1263, 1264
Octavo No. 1265 is the first “known” to bear a 1928 date
1267, 1268,
1270-1279
1280, 1281, 1282, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289,
1290, 1293, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299

1,300s — numbers “missing” as of SEP. 22, 2008

1300, 1301, 1302, 1304, 1306, 1308,
1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1315, 1317, 1318,
1320
Octavo No. 1321 is the first “known” to bear a 1929 date
1322, 1323, 1325, 1327, 1328, 1329,
1330, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1338, 1339,
1340, 1341, 1345, 1346, 1348, 1349,
1350, 1351, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359,
1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1366, 1367, 1368, 1369,
1370, 1371, 1375, 1376, 1377, 1379
1380, 1381, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1389,
1391, 1392, 1393, 1395, 1396, 1397, 1398, 1399

1,400s — numbers “missing” as of FEB. 10, 2010

1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404
Octavo No. 1405 is the first “known” to bear a 1930 date
1406, 1407, 1409
1410-1419,
1421, 1422, 1424, 1426, 1427,
( 1442, 1457, 1465, 1470, 1472, 1473, 1474 most likely are songs from “Fifty Negro Spirituals” — based on comparison of the book’s table of contents and the octavo number list)
Octavo No. 1475 is the first “known” to bear a 1931 date
1476, 1477, 1478, 1479,
1481, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1486, 1487, 1488, 1489,
1490, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1498,1499

1,500s — numbers “missing” as of Feb. 10, 2010

A few known Octavo No. links suggest many of these numbers reflect songs in Boys Two-Part Choruses
1501, 1503, 1507,
1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1519
1520, 1521, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1529,
Octavo No. 1530 is the first “known” to bear a 1932 date
1531, 1532, 1533, 1534, 1535, 1536, 1537, 1538,
1540, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1548,
1550, 1552, 1553, 1555, 1556, 1557
Octavo No. 1558 is the first “known” to bear a 1933 date
1559,
1562, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569,
1570, 1572, 1573, 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1579
1580, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586
Octavo No. 1587 is the first “known” to bear a 1934 date
1588, 1589,
1592, 1593, 1594, 1595, 1596, 1597, 1598, 1599

1,600s — numbers “missing” as of Feb. 10, 2010

1600, 1601, 1602, 1604, 1605, 1608, 1609,
1610
Octavo No. 1611 is the first “known” to bear a 1935 date
1612, 1613, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619,
1620, 1621, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1627-1629
1630-1639
1640-1649,
1650, 1652
Octavo No. 1653 is the first “known” to bear a 1937 date
1654, 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659,
1660, 1662, 1663, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1667, 1669,
Octavo No. 1672 is the first “known” to bear a 1938 date
1673, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1679,
1680, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1684, 1685, 1687, 1688, 1689,
1690, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1694
Octavo No. 1696 is the first “known” to bear a 1939 date
1699

1,700s Numbers “missing” as of MAR. 30, 2011

1702, 1708,
Octavo No. 1709 is the first “known” to bear a 1940 date
1711, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1718,
Octavo No. 1724 is the first “known” to bear a 1941 date
1725, 1727,
1730, 1731, 1732, 1734, 1736, 1737, 1738,
Octavo No. 1739 is the first “known” to bear a 1942 date
1740, 1741, 1744, 1746, 1747
Octavo No. 1748 is the first “known” to bear a 1943 date
1749,
1751, 1752, 1753, 1758, 1759,
1760, 1761, 1764, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769,
1771
Octavo No. 1772 is the first “known” to bear a 1944 date
1774, 1775, 1778,
Octavo No. 1779 is the first “known” to bear a 1945 date
1780, 1782, 1783, 1784
Octavo No. 1787 is the first “known” to bear a 1946 date
1788,
1793, 1797
Octavo No. 1799 is the first “known” to bear a 1948 date
any others beyond #1800??

There are several reasons for these apparent duplicates:

• mis-reading the listing from which the 8vos page was compiled,
• errors in the 8vo number lists printed on the sheet music covers, or
• numbering changes during the course of the company’s history.

82   The Lost Chord (Male Quartet)   (1900)   [Adelaide Procter / J.A. PARKS] — in ♥SQM2, p. 25
82  sic  The Lost Chord (Mixed Voice Anthem)   PARKS

97 (sic )   or 157   Just As God Leads (Female Quartet )   (1899)   PARKS— in ♥SQF1, p. 58
97 (sic )   or 157   Just As I Am (Sacred Quartet) (Male Voices)   PARKS -in ♥SQM2 , p. 12

103 (sic)   Together (Solo - Mezzo Soprano, Baritone or Contralto)   PARKS   [later issued only as sheet music??]
103   Thine Eyes So Blue and Tender (Male Quartet with Soprano Obligato)   LASSEN - PARKS — in ♥CQM2, p. 14

114 (sic)   The Old, Sweet Story (Sacred Solo - Soprano or Tenor)  (1897)  [JEMIMA LUKE / J.A. PARKS  [in SQM, p. 15 — later issued only as sheet music]
114   Pale in the Amber West (Female Quartet)   ;(1902)  PARKS - in CQF2, p. 42

157 (sic )   or 97   Just As God Leads (Female Quartet )  (1899)   PARKS — in ♥SQF1, p. 58
157 (sic )   or 97   Just As I Am (Sacred Quartet) (Male Voices)   PARKS -in ♥SQM2 , p. 12

278   “By-Gone Days” (Duet - Tenor and Baritone)  (1897)  HENRY SMART —in ♥SQM, p. 38
278 (sic)   In Absence (Solo, High Voice )  (1905)  PARKS  [later issued in FL, #3]

284 (sic)   “Yesterday” (Solo, High Voice)  (1905)   PARKS  [later issued in FL, #2]
284   “Content” (Male Quartet)   PARKS - in ♥SQM2, p. 18

289 (sic)   “Columbia” (Female Quartet)  (1898)   [Mary Loughlin / J.A. PARKS] - in ♥CQF, p. 2
289 (sic)   “Jes’ To Be Along O’ You” (Solo, Medium Voice)  (1905)  PARKS   [later issued in FL, #4 ]

463   At The Empty Tomb (Easter) (S.A.T.B. Anthem)  [Nelle Richmond Eberhart / Edvard Grieg - Arr. by PARKS]   (1909)   —in ♥IA4, p. 118

463 (i.e. 643)   “When Thou Comest” (Male Quartet)   ROSSINI - PARKS

525   Old Kentucky Home (Mixed Quartet)   FOSTER - PARKS - in ♥CQMX, p. 14
525   i.e. 552   When From The Fold (Female Quartet )   (1911)  [Gerald Grey / TOSTI - PARKS]   in SQF3, p. 40

628   Evening (Secular) (T.T.B.)   LUCANTONI - PARKS
628 i.e. 629   Day-Dawn (Secular) (S.S.A.)   FORD - PARKS

629   Day-Dawn (Secular) (S.S.A.)   FORD - PARKS
629 (i.e.. 625)  Life Has No Power (Secular) (S.T.B.)   DONIZETTI - PARKS

769   I Waited For the Lord (Two Sopranos and Chorus; Eng. & Ger. text )  (1917)  MENDELSSOHN

769 (sic)   Invocation   MOORE