J.A. Parks materials at York County Historical Association

The  York County Historical Association   has collected J.A. Parks Music Company materials for many years. York County Historical’s J.A. PARKS collection includes many unusual items, and pieces with multiple local associations. This brief listing notes the items in the York County Historical Society collection in early 2007. It follows the arrangement adopted for Kilgore Memorial Library’s J. A. Parks Music Company  

• BOOKS and
• MUSIC OCTAVOS listings, with
• an opening section noting special items that fall outside the scope of those two listings.

Un-numbered Sheet Music and Miscellaneous Pieces

Some of these items are early unnumbered printings of pieces later issued in the numbered IMPERIAL EDITION series. A one-page listing in an early printing of Sacred Quartets No. 2 for Male Voices lists 90 unnumbered “Octavos.”

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IMPERIAL EDITION Numbered Octavos

The numbers only are listed here to keep this manageable — Refer to the PARKS’ OCTAVOS list for expanded details on these numbers.

NUMBER RANGE	##s at York County Historical Assn.
0001 - 0025	1, 2, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 24
0026 - 0050	26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 40, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50
0051 - 0075	51, 54, 55, 63, 66, 68, 70, 74,
0076 - 0100	79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 93, 95, 96
0101 - 0125	101, 106, 107, 115, 117, 119, 120, 125
0126 - 0150	126, 127, 128, 131, 135
0151 - 0175	174
0176 - 0200	183, 184, 188, 192, 197, 199
0201 - 0225	203, 205, 206, 209, 213, 219, 222, 223
0226 - 0250	229, 230, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 249, 250
0251 - 0275	253, 255, 256, 263, 264, 265, 270, 271, 272, 274
0276 - 0300	277, 279, 283, 287, 289, 293, 298,
0301 - 0325	309, 311, 313, 320, 322, 323,
0326 - 0350	326, 328, 329, 333, 338,
0351 - 0375	357, 361, 363, 374,
0376 - 0400	377, 382, 383, 386, 389, 390, 395
0401 - 0425	404, 405, 407, 413, 419, 420,
0426 - 0450	434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 440, 447, 448
0451 - 0475	459, 464, 466, 468, 470,
0476 - 0500	477, 482, 500,
0501 - 0525	503, 505, 507, 516
0526 - 0550	527, 528, 532, 537, 539, 540, 542, 543, 547, 550,
0551 - 0575	567,
0576 - 0600	579, 587, 588, 593
0601 - 0625	602, 607, 618,
0626 - 0650	627, 634, 635, 647, 648
0651 - 0675	660, 663, 668, 673
0676 - 0700	676, 700
0701 - 0725	701, 705, 708, 709, 717, 719, 725,
0726 - 0750	727, 729, 733, 750,
0751 - 0775	753, 761, 762, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 772, 774
0776 - 0800	777, 782, 787, 788, 792, 793, 795, 798, 799
0801 - 0825	801, 803, 808, 809, 810, 812, 817, 818, 821, 823
0826 - 0850	830, 835
0851 - 0875	867, 871, 872, 873
0876 - 0900	877, 878, 879, 881, 882, 883, 884, 894, 896, 898, 900
0901 - 0925	903, 905, 906, 908, 912, 918, 919, 920, 921
0926 - 0950	926, 927, 929, 931, 940, 941, 944, 946,
0951 - 0975	954, 955, 957, 962, 965, 972, 974,
0976 - 1000	989, 990, 993, 997
1001 - 1025	1001, 1007, 1011, 1016, 1017,
1026 - 1050	1030, 1032, 1034, 1032, 1047, 1048
1051 - 1075	1051, 1059, 1062, 1072,
1076 - 1100	1083, 1090, 1091, 1093, 1094, 1095
1101 - 1125	1101, 1108, 1109, 1111, 1116, 1118, 1119,1124,
1126 - 1150	1139, 1142, 1143, 1146,
1151 - 1175	1155, 1157, 1161, 1164, 1166, 1174
1176 - 1200	1183, 1185, 1187, 1190,
1201 - 1225	1203, 1206, 1209, 1215, 1224,
1226 - 1250	1226,
1251 - 1275	1255, 1257, 1265, 1266,
1276 - 1300	1283, 1291, 1294
1301 - 1325	1305, 1307, 1309, 1314, 1316, 1321
1326 - 1350	1331, 1342, 1344, 1347,
1351 - 1375	1355, 1360, 372, 1373, 1374,
1376 - 1400	1378, 1386, 1387, 1388,
1401 - 1425	1405, 1408, 1420, 1423, 1425,
1426 - 1450	1428, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1436, 1437, 1438, 1446, 1448, 1449, 1450,
1451 - 1475	1453, 1455, 1459, 1466, 1469, 1475,
1476 - 1500	1480, 1485, 1496, 1497, 1500
1501 - 1525	1502, 1504, 1506, 1508, 1509, 1518,
1526 - 1550	1526, 1528, 1539, 1541, 1542, 1549
1551 - 1575	1554, 1558, 1560, 1561, 1571,
1576 - 1600	1587, 1590, 1591
1601 - 1625	1603, 1606, 1607, 1611, 1622,
1626 - 1650
1651 - 1675	1653, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1674, 1675,
1676 - 1700	1686, 1695, 1698, 1700,
1701 - 1725	1701, 1704, 1705, 1709, 1710, 1717, 1719, 1721, 1723, 1724,
1726 - 1750	1726, 1733, 1735, 1739, 1742, 1748,
1751 - 1775	1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1762, 1763, 1772, 1773,
1776 - 1800	1777, 1779, 1781, 1785, 1786, 1790, 1791, 1794, 1796

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BOOKS and Similar Compilations

The York County Historical Association has one or more copies of each of the titles below marked with a  : “♦”

	BOOK TITLE ; etc. ( A - B )	WorldCat ##s
	American National Songs (©1898) cover price 25¢  —   reprinted as the first 32 pgs. of “American National Songs (No. 1)”	#77066163
♦	American National Songs No. 1 (Male Voices)   cover price 50¢  —   individual songs are copyrighted 1898 through 1908 — from copy at Anna Bemis Palmer Museum, York, NE.	#42900481
♦	Boy’s Chorus Book   (1924)	#77087561
	Boys’ Three-Part Choruses : for the school, the home and the concert platform (T.T.B.)   (1937) [Feb. 2, 2005 — Identical contents were published with the cover title Three-Part Choruses For Male Voices.]	#43442531
	Boys’s Two-Part Choruses : for the school, the home and the concert platform   ©1931	(York, 104 pgs) #21131045 (Chicago, 96 pgs) #51811966
	BOOK TITLE ; etc. ( C )	WorldCat ##s
♦	Chautauqua Choruses Sacred Edition.   Copy in music collection at Baptist - Congregational Church, York, Nebraska. Most of the music is from other publishers.
♦	Chautauqua Choruses Secular Edition.   From incomplete copy at York County Historical Association, formerly in music collection at Baptist - Congregational Church, York, Nebraska.
♦	Commencement Quartets   for Male, Female and Mixed Voices  [Based on copy at York County Historical Association]
♦	Community Choruses   Book One: Compiled for the Nebraska State Choral Association   (Based on copy at York County Historical Association)
♦	Community Choruses   Compiled for the York County Festival Chorus   (Based on copy at York County Historical Association)
♦	Parks’ Concert Duets   For Male, Female and Mixed Voices.  (Based on copy at York County Historical Association)
	Parks’ Concert Quartets : a Choice Collection of Quartets, Trios and Duets for Female Voices.  (ca. 1898) (Later printings have cover titles ♦ “Park’s Concert Quartets Number 1 : For Female Voices” , or ♦ “Park’s Concert Quartets For Women’s Voices” , with identical contents.)	#19802683 #42236204
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 2 for Female Voices  ©1902 [From copy at York County Historical Association]	#55496467
	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 3 (Female Voices)	#48616444
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 4 (Female Voices)  (ca. 1912)  Based on a copy at York County Historical Association.
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 1 (Male Voices) also published ca. 1896 with cover title” Parks’ Concert Quartets: a choice collection of part songs, quartets, etc. for male voices	#2170222 #42233679 #63916225
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets Number 2   for Male Voices.  (1899)	#77499538
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 3 (Male Voices)   (©1901)	#7707¶441
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 4 (Male Voices)   (ca. 1904)	#77076490
	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 5 (Male Voices)   (ca. 1907)	#77076518
	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 6 (Male Voices)   (ca. 1909)	#21288944
	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 7 For Male Voices , Copyright 1928.	#77499493
	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 8 (Male Voices)
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets : A choice collection of Part Songs, Quartets, etc., etc. for Mixed Voices   © 1897 [ Also issued with cover title “Concert Quartets Number 1 for Mixed Voices.”   Based on a copy in the collection at the Polley Music Library, Lincoln City Libraries, this collection may also have been printed with a cover title   Quartets and Encores .	#2771368
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 2 (Mixed Voices)   (ca. 1902) (Based on a copy at York County Historical Association.)
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 3 (Mixed Voices)   (ca. 1908)  (Based on a copy at York County Historical Association.)
♦	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 4 (Mixed Voices)  (ca. 1913)   (Based on a copy at York County Historical Association.)
	Parks’ Concert Quartets No. 5 (Mixed Voices)
	Parks’ Concert Trios, or, Three-Part Choruses for Male Voices. (1926); this collection may be the same as “Parks’ Secular Three-part Choruses for Male Voices” noted below.	#27516431
	Parks’ Concert Trios   For Mixed Voices.
	BOOK TITLE ; etc. ( D - F )	WorldCat ##s
♦	Decoration Day Quartets   for Male Voices &nbsp (ca. 1912)   [Alternate cover title: Decoration Day Quartets: Men’s Voices.   From copies at York County Historical Association. ]	#20586014
♦	Parks’ Decoration Day Quartets   for Mixed Voices   (ca. 1909)	#20674865
	Parks’ Democratic Campaign Songs   for Male Voices (ca 1900) apparently prompted by William Jennings Bryan’s candidacy	#38525878
	Fifty Favorite Hymns For Female Voices (© 1943)	#70221435
	Fifty Negro Spirituals   in Four-Part Arrangement for Male Voices (© 1930)	#4238628
♦	Four Lyrics   [an album of Concert Songs for Women’s Voices with piano accompaniment] set to music by J.A. PARKS.  (ca. 1905)   [ From copy at York County Historical Association.]
	BOOK TITLE ; etc. ( G - H )	WorldCat ##s
	Girls’ Chorus Book &nbsp (S.A., S.S.A)
	Girls’ Three-Part Choruses   (S.S.A.)
	Girls’ Two-Part Choruses   for Soprano and Alto Voices   (ca. 1929)	#50552082
	High School Songs   for Female Voices (S.A., S.S.A., S.S.A.A.)
	High School Songs   for Male Voices (T.T.B.B.)   (ca. 1915)	#2170203
	High School Songs   for Mixed Voices (S.A.T.B.)   (ca. 1915)	#2170211
	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 1   For Female Voices   (ca. 1905)	#15580305
	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 2   For Female Voices
	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 3   For Female Voices
♦	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 1   for Male Voices   (©1901)	#22927300
♦	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 2   for Male Voices   (ca. 1910)  [From copy at York County Historical Association]
♦	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 3   for Male Voices   (ca. 1916?)	#11204139 #13848658
	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 4   for Male Voices   (ca. 1924)	#35228493
♦	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 1   for Mixed Voices   (1905)	#77147956
♦	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 2   for Mixed Voices   (ca. 1914)  [From copy at York County Historical Association.]	#20437234
	Humorous Quartets and Encores Number 3   for Mixed Voices
	BOOK TITLE ; etc. ( I - O )	WorldCat ##s
♦	Parks’ Imperial Anthems   A Choice Collection of Choruses, Quartets, Responses, etc. for The Choir   ©1896  [Based on early hardcover printing in music collection of First Evangelical Lutheran Church, York, Nebraska, and later soft cover printing held by Kilgore Memorial Library. The library’s copy has a back cover ad announcing the forthcoming publication of “Commencement Quartets.”]	#7080301
♦	Parks’ Imperial Anthems No. 2   for The Choir   © 1900   Copy in music collection at Baptist - Congregational Church, York, Nebraska	#2170192
♦	Parks’ Imperial Anthems Number 3   for The Choir   (ca. 1906)  [From copy at York County Historical Association.]	#18111253
♦	Parks’ Imperial Anthems Number 4   for The Choir   (ca. 1909) [Based on copy in music collection of First Evangelical Lutheran Church, York, Nebraska.]	#10131338
	Parks’ Imperial Anthems Number 5   for The Choir
♦	Parks’ Imperial Anthems   for Mixed Voices No. 6   (1929)	#40535269
♦	International Rotary Songs   arranged by J.A. Parks.   (Preface dated Nov. 1920) [ York “gossip” has several tales about this “unauthorized” Rotary song book; the archives at Rotary International headquarters have nothing to confirm or refute the rumors. ]	#10562913
	The Judge (The orginal manuscript is held by the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum in York. Kilgore Memorial Library has a photocopy. Parks’ students performed this two-act light opera. The manuscript includes orchestral parts and a couple of additional songs not included in the final score. Some of the orchestral parts were arranged by Rollin W. Bond. )
	Memorial Quartets (Male)   [ May be the same as: ]
♦	Parks’ Memorial Songs , Male Voices   (1901?)  [From copy at York County Historical Association.]	#11543507 #2170179
♦	Parks’ Old Home Songs   for Male Voices (ca. 1913) [Several of the songs in this volume appear in other earlier “male voice” Parks books. Some of them appear to have been reset into more compact form for this publication and have 1913 copyrights but are musically identical to earlier iterations. ]	#21513219 #2170170
♦	One Hundred Favorite Hymns   for Male Voices   (©1915);   [The same collection was issued with a title page giving Chicago as the place of publication and a 1943 copyright.   The book is 5 ¼” x 7¾” rather than the 6¾” x 10 ½” of the other “Imperial Edition” publications. ]	(York, NE, 1915) #2170230 #32621124 (Chicago, 1943) #11336799
	BOOK TITLE ; etc. ( P - Q )	WorldCat ##s
♦	Parks’ Program Quartets Number 1   for Male Voices; arranged by J.A. Parks   (ca. 1912)  [From copy at York County Historical Association.]	#16727930
♦	Parks’ Program Quartets Number 2   for Male Voices   (ca. 1915)	#2170158
	Parks’ Program Quartets Number 3   for Male Voices (ca. 1919)	#77076569
♦	Parks’ Program Quartets Number 4   for Male Voices (ca. 1922)	#77076589
	Parks’ Prohibition Quartets   No. 1 for Male Voices (©1905)	#77497466
	Quartets and Encores   Information about this volume based on incomplete copy held by the Polley Music Library, Lincoln City Libraries.  The contents appear to be the same as Concert Quartets for Mixed Voices.
	BOOK TITLE ; etc. ( R - S )	WorldCat ##s
	REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN SONGS — We infer from WorldCat catalog records that a new version was produced for at least four successive presidential elections.   The 1896 & 1900 editions mention McKinley.
	Republican Campaign Songs … for male voices. (1896)   (30 pgs.)	#8515277
	Republican Campaign Songs … for male voices. (1900)   (35 pgs.)	#38525752
	Republican Campaign Songs … for male voices. (Announcement on inside of cover dated June 1, 1904)   (34 pgs.)	#77076601
	Parks’ Republican Campaign Songs … for male voices. (1908)   (36 pgs.)	#48749221
	Parks’ Republican Campaign Songs … for male voices. (date unknown, but 1908 seems likely — information supplied by Polley Music Library, Lincoln City Libraries )   (36 pgs.)
♦	Parks’ Sacred Duets   For Male, Female and Mixed Voices.   (ca. 1914)	#2170147
	Parks’ Sacred Quartets No. 1 - 4 For Female Voices (4 vols c.1899-1918)   [4 vol. set originally cataloged by a college library in Virginia — the following listings are catalog records for the individual volumes.]	#42230819
♦	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 1   A Choice Collection of Quartets, Trios, Duets and Sacred Songs for Female Voices.   (©1899)   [Based on copy in music collection, York Baptist - Congregational Church.]
	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 2   For Female Voices.   (ca. 1903) [April 26, 2005 — Listed on the basis of a catalog entry in WorldCat]	#21417820
	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 2   For Female Voices.   (ca. 1931?) [Feb. 2, 2005 — Listed on the basis of WorldCat catalog entry; this may be a revision of the earlier compilation, or not. Without seeing the books or having a detailed list of contents there is no way to tell for sure.]	#20740891
♦	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 3   For Female Voices.   (ca. 1911)	#77076616
♦	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 4   For Female Voices.   (ca. 1918) (based on copy in music collection at York Baptist-Congregational Church)
	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number One   A Choice Collection of Quartets, Duets, and Sacred Songs — Male Voices.   (c. 1897)	#13742286 #26323563
♦	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 2   For Male Voices. (1901)	#77090224
♦	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 3   For Male Voices. (1907)	#77091522
♦	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 4   For Male Voices. (1911)	#77092658
	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 5   For Male Voices.
♦	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 1   For Mixed Voices   (©1897)  Early printings have engraved title page reading “Parks’ Sacred Quartets: A Choice Collection of Quartets, Duets and Sacred Songs for Mixed Voices.”	#77241363
♦	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 2   For Mixed Voices   (c. 1903) (Listing based on copy in music collection of York Baptist-Congregational Church).	#28692366
♦	Parks’ Sacred Quartets Number 3   For Mixed Voices. (1910)	#77094450
♦	Parks’ Sacred Three-Part Choruses   For Women’s Voices. (1923)   “Number 1” on cover.	#77095826
	Parks’ Sacred Three-Part Choruses   For Male Voices. (T.T.B.)   (ca. 1928)   [Based on copy in the music collection of the York Baptist - Congregational Church .]
♦	Parks’ Sacred Three-Part Choruses   and Trios For Mixed Voices. (S.A.B.)   (© 1927) [Feb. 2, 2005 — see also “36 Sacred Three-Part Choruses for Mixed Voices” below.]	#77242251
♦	Parks’ Sacred Trios   For Male, Female and Mixed Voices. (1916)   [Based on copy in music collection of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, York, Nebraska.]	#46930896
	Parks’ Sacred Two-Part Choruses   For Women’s Voices. No.1
	Parks’ Sacred Two-Part Choruses: Number 2   Women’s Voices.   By Gerald Grey, Marion Moore and J.A. Parks.   ©1932	#77243482
	Parks’ Secular Three-part Choruses   for Women’s Voices (S.S.A.)   (ca. 1921?)   Thanks to the Polley Music Library, Lincoln City Libraries, for supplying information about the contents of this volume.
	Parks’ Secular Three-part Choruses   (T.T.B.) [ This may be the “Parks” Concert Trios for Male Voices noted above. ]
	Parks’ Secular Three-Part Choruses   (S.A.B.) [ This may be the “Parks” Concert Trios for Mixed Voices noted above. ]
♦	Parks’ Secular Two-Part Choruses   For Women’s Voices. (S.A.)   (ca. 1920) [From copy at York County Historical Association.]
	Select Anthems Volume One for Mixed Voices   © 1939   (Based on copy in music collection of the York Baptist-Congregational Church).
	Singable Songs For Young People   ©1917	#21242947
	Six Brass Quartets Harmonized by J.A. Parks.
♦	Six Encore Songs   Edition DeLuxe (medium voice)  (ca. 1927) [From copy at York County Historical Association] >
♦	Songs of Salvation ; For Gospel Services, Sabbath Schools, and Young People’s Meetings by E.O. Hobson. (Intro. dated May 1st, 1903) (Based on copy in music collection of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, York, Nebraska. Parks had minimal compositional or editorial input — his primary involvement was as publisher).
♦	Parks’ Songs of The South ; Number 1 ¦   For Male Voices   (ca. 1905)	#18492847 #17996420
	Parks’ Standard Choruses No. 1 (Sacred)   [based on listing on back of octavos of “Hymn To Nebraska.” (©1920) — may be one of the Sacred Choruses collections noted above.]
	BOOK TITLE ; etc. ( T - Z )	WorldCat ##s
	36 Sacred Three-Part Choruses   for Mixed Voices. (1927) [Based on WorldCat catalog entry — it shows a Chicago imprint and may be a re-titled reissue of Sacred Three-Part Choruses for Mixed Voices.   ©1927.]	#16711650
	Three-Part Choruses for Male Voices: a collection of thirty choral favorites   (ca. 1937) [Feb. 2, 2005 — The contents match those of “Boys’ Three-Part Choruses”, the cataloging shows a Chicago imprint, and slightly different pagination. ]	#51811971
	Twelve Famous Irish Songs in Three-part Arrangement for Women’s Voices.   Harmonized by Marion Moore.   ©1930	#9202444
	Twelve Famous Scottish Songs in Three-part Arrangement for Women’s Voices
	Twelve Songs   Harmonized for Mixed Voices by J.A. Parks   (ca. 1907)   [Based on copy at Anna Bemis Palmer Museum, York, Nebraska.]
	Twenty-Five Encore Songs   (Medium Voice)   [May also appear as Twenty-Five Encore Solos — based on listing on back of “Hymn To Nebraska.” (©1920), and Sept. 26, 1906 York Republican article about Mr. Parks that mentions a new collection of twenty-five encore solos. Until a copy is located, some idea of the contents can be gained by noting the “solo voice” titles in the early octavo music numbers.]
	York Chautauqua Choruses   (1910)   [The physical layout of the volume, with 61 numbered pages followed by five additional numbered selections without page numbers, suggests a last-minute expansion of the contents.]	#77073678

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