We’d like to identify the titles matching the Octavo numbers noted below. The numbers and titles may appear on the fronts of other similar sheet music, or in advertising in music journals of Parks’ era. Or even better — we’d love to hear from anyone with a J.A. Parks Music Company catalog. We have seen snippets of Parks’ advertising in music journals and Catalog of Copyright entries using “google/books.”
The second brief section notes “apparent duplicates.”
“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.
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. We’d also love to hear from anyone that might have a copy of a J.A. Parks Music Company catalog, or other listings of J.A. PARKS music from the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s.
500s — 6 numbers “missing” as of DEC. 10, 2007
[Most likely published 1912 or earlier]
577, 580, 581, 584, 585, 589
600s — 12 numbers “missing” as of DEC 10, 2007
[Most likely published 1912 - 1915]
601, 606, 608, 611 , 617, 619, 620, 626, 644, 651,
669, 670
700s — 7 numbers “missing” as of DEC. 10, 2007
[Most likely published 1915 - 1918]
710, 720, 721, 726, 738, 743, 758,
800s — 13 numbers “missing” as of DEC 10, 2007
[Most likely published 1918 - 1922]
802, 815, 816, 822, 825, 836,
860, 861, 868, 874,
889, 895, 899
900s — 8 numbers “missing” as of DEC. 10, 2007
[Most likely published 1922 - 1925]
902, 904, 923, 939, 947, 949, 956, 959,
1,000s — 27 numbers “missing” as of DEC 10, 2007
[Most likely published 1925 - 1926]
1013, 1015, 1026, 1027, 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
[Most likely published 1926 - 1927]
1100, 1102, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1110, 1112, 1114, 1115, 1117, 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
[Most likely published 1927 - 1928]
1200, 1021, 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,
1240-1254,
1256, 1258-1264, 1267, 1268,
1270-1282, 1284-1290, 1293, 1295-1299
1,300s — numbers “missing” as of SEP. 22, 2008
[Most likely published 1928 - 1930]
1300, 1301, 1302, 1304, 1306, 1308,
1310, 1311,1312, 1313, 1315, 1317, 1318,
1320, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1327, 1328, 1329,
1330, 1333-1341, 1345, 1346, 1348, 1349,
1350-1354, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359,
1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1366, 1367, 1368, 1369,
1370, 1371, 1375, 1376, 1377, 1379
1380, 1381, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1389,
1391-1393, 1395-1399
1,400s — numbers “missing” as of FEB. 10, 2010
[Most likely published 1930 - 1931]
1400-1404, 1406,1407,
1409-1419, 1421, 1422, 1424, 1426, 1427,
1442, 1450, 1457, 1465, 1470 (These may be songs from “Fifty Negro Spirituals”
1472, 1473, 1474, 1476-1479, 1481-1484, 1486- 1495, 1498,1499
1,500s — numbers “missing” as of Feb. 10, 2010
[Most likely published 1931 - 1934]
1501, 1503, 1507, 1510-1516, 1519
1520-1525, 1529, 1531-1538,
1540, 1543-1548, 1550,
1552, 1553, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1559,
1562, 1565-1570, 1572, 1573, 1575-1580, 1582-1586, 1588, 1589,
1592- 1599
1,600s — numbers “missing” as of Feb. 10, 2010
[Most likely published 1934 - 1939]
1600, 1601, 1602, 1604, 1605, 1608, 1609, 1610,
1612-1621, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1627-1650, 1652, 1654 -1660,
1662-1667, 1669,
1673, 1676-1685, 1687-1694, 1699
1,700s Numbers “missing” as of Feb. 4, 2010
[Most likely published 1939 - 1946 ]
1702, 1708, 1711-1716, 1718, 1722, 1725, 1727, 1728, 1730-1732, 1734, 1736, 1737, 1738,
1740, 1741, 1744, 1746, 1747, 1749, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1758, 1759,
1760, 1761, 1764, 1766-1769, 1771, 1774, 1775, 1778,
1780, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1788,
1793, 1797, 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
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
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
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