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Location of collection:: George Mason University

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Preferred citation:: Sophocles Papas papers, C0052, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:: 23 Linear Feet 43 boxes
Creator:: Papas, Sophocles, 1893-1986
Abstract:: This collection contains personal papers of Sophocles Papas including music scores, manuscript scores, phonograph records, correspondence, music journals, photographs, and guitar music manuals.
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Sophocles Papas papers, C0052, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Note: this collection is minimally processed with a basic box inventory. Please contact SCRC for more information.

This collection contains personal papers of Sophocles Papas including music scores, manuscript scores, phonograph records, correspondence, music journals, photographs, and guitar music manuals.

This series contains music scores, instruction guides, phonograph records, and music journals included in the 1987 acquisition. Note: the box numbers in this series repeat in series 2.

La Golondrina (The Swallow) Mexican Folk Song

Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (My Heart at Sweet Voice) Cantible from Samson and Delilah, voice and piano

Chanson Indoue (A Song of India) from the legend "Sadko", voice and piano

Angela Mia (My Angel), voice and piano

Lautenpraludium

Ay, Ay, Ay

Star Dust, voice and piano

Allegretto in C Minor, piano

I Don't Want Him: Oahu "Rhythm Style" Note Course for Plectrum Guitar (octave notation)

Flamenco, piano

Siboney, voice and piano

A Song of Old Hawaii, voice and piano

The District of Columbia Is My Home Town, voice and piano

There's a Sweetheart in Nebraska, voice and piano

Prelude in Chords

The Kerry Dance, voice and piano

The Kerry Dance, voice and piano with solo parts for C, B flat, E flat, and bass

Elegie, voice and piano

It Takes Time to Know a Country, voice and piano

The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, voice and piano

Di Provenza Il Mar (What Has Made Your Heart Grow Cold?) Germont's Aria in the second act of "La Traviata," voice and piano

Loveless Love

Yellow Dog Blues

Aintcha Got Music

Ringtail Blues

Saint Louis Blues

East Saint Louis

Polka Dot Stomp

Trees Song

The Memphis Blues

Gypsy, voice and piano

Hanuka, Oh Hanuka: The Hebrew "Christmas Season" song, accordion

Romanza No. 2, guitar

The Rosary

Scherzino Mexicano Available in digital format.

Minuet from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

rue de Blue (bossa nova)

Capricho No. 13

Navajo

Cherry Blossom: Theme and Variations for the Classical Guitar

US Air Force Blues, choral arrangement

Consolation: Song without Words

Tico-Tico, voice and piano

Celebrated Minuet

Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair), voice and piano

The Entertainer, piano solo

Romance

Gypsy Tango

Suite in D Minor

Fantasia di Francesco Milanese

Elegie

Suite in G Major for Guitar and Viola da Gamba

Two Moments for guitar

Brazilian Breakdown

Classical Guitar Suite

Poliushko (Meadowland) Theme and Variations on Celebrated Red Army Song

Rondino (on a theme by Beethoven), violin and piano

A New Song, choral arrangement

Prelude

Cancion Triste

Solvejg's Song (from the Peer Gynt Suite No. 2)

Gigue in E Major, piano

Pavane

Marieta

Moonlight Sonata

Danza Odalisca

La Bernandina de Josquin (solo) and La Bernandina (duet), lute solo

8 Courantes in Renaissance Tuning, lute solo

Carman's Whistle

Kemp's Jig and Playfellow

Kemp's Jig

Earl of Essex His Galliard and the Sick Tune

Les Premiers Pas

Theme Varie

Leyenda

Gallarda

El Noy de la Mare

Sonata No. 3

Aquellos Ojos Verdes

12 Bagatellen

700 Years of Music for the Classical Guitar

36 caprices in two books (36 caprices en 2 cahiers): Book I

Nineteenth Century Guitar Music

Classical Guitar Editions

The Golden Age: Classics for Solo Guitar, Book One

Mandolin and guitar Collection: No. 9 (first mandolin)

Mandolin and guitar Collection: No. 9 (second mandolin)

Listen to the Mocking Bird

Tango

Granada

Oriental

The Rose Enslaves the Nightengale, voice and piano

Grasshoppers, piano

One Hand Waltz

Clumping Along

Veil Dance, piano

Sonata

12th Street Rag, banjo and piano

Sirocco Tango

Bohemian Girl

Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms

Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 1

Two Easy Pieces

Gavotte for Guitar

Fantaisie Opus 323

The Rosewood Book: 30 Duets for Guitar and Flute

Melodious and Progressive Etudes for Guitar

Classic American Folk songs for Voice and Guitar

Tunes You Like: Your Favorite Songs Made Easy to Play, voice and piano

12 Easy Pieces for the Guitar

An American Folk Song Mass

6 Sevillanas for Spanish Guitar

Latin Americana for the Elementary Pianist

Guitar Songtime: Solos, Duets, Groups, Singing

A Christmas Recital for Piano

The Guitarist's Hour: Book I

The Guitarist's Hour: Book II

Handel for Guitar

Brahms for the Guitar

Duet Session: Duets in the Modern Jazz Idiom

6 Authentic Songs and Dances of Moscow Gypsies, piano

Popular Classics for Classical Guitar

Greek Songs and Dances including Music History of Greece, accordion

200 Songs for Ukulele

Classic Melodies, Great Composers for Piano for Beginners of All Ages

Guitar Folio No. 1

European Guitar and Lute Music: Book Two - German Masters

World Classics for the Guitar

Renaissance Lute Music for the Guitar: An Anthology of Constant Delight

Musical Moods in All Keys for Piano Solo

Two-Part Inventions for Piano

Book for Boys

Boogie and Blues for Piano

Authentic Guitar Sounds of Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary

More Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and mary on Tour

A Little Treasury of Folksongs and Dances: One

A Little Treasury of Folksongs and Dances: Three

A Little Treasury of Folksongs and Dances: Four

Symphonic Skeleton Scores No. 2, Symphony 6 in B Minor

Symphonic Skeleton Scores No. 3, Symphony in D Minor

Symphonic Skeleton Scores No. 6, Symphony in G Minor

First Duet Album for Two Violins

First Trio Album for Three Violins

First Quartet Album for Strings (two violins, viola, and cello)

Shake It and Break It

Christmas with the King Family, voice and piano

Selections from West Side Story for Guitar

Six Lute Pieces of the Renaissance, guitar

Songs for Guitar

Operatic Album for Guitar

Graded Anthology for Classic Guitar

Greek Club Date Handbook: Songs and Dances Every Musician Should Know, piano

International Songs for Guitar

Three Duos Concertants for Two Violins

The Moody Blues in Search of the Lost Chord

Classic Melodies: Great Ballets for Piano for Beginners of All Ages

The Mikado

Hebrew Songs for the Young Pianist

Purcell to Mozart: 51 Piano Solos in Their Original Form

Schirmer's American Folk-Song Series: Set 14 - Songs of the Hill-Folk

The Folk Song Sight Singing Series: Book VIII

Four Toyes from Jane Pickering's Lute Book

Tumbalalaika and 16 Other Jewish Songs for Singing in English

25 Carols from the Oxford Book of Carols for Schools (Book 1 Nos. 1-14)

W. C. Handy's Famous Blues for the Hawaiian Guitar

International Christmas for Piano

Intermediate Guitar Solos

Lessons No. 11 and 12 from Follies of my Youth (Le Peche de Ma Jeunesse) for guitar

8 Pezzi Facili per Chitarra (8 Easy Pieces for Guitar)

The Treasure Chest of Famous Marches

Make Way, voice and piano

Sunny Side!, voice and piano

Close Up, voice and piano

Folk Song Sing Along, voice

The French Funny Book of Popular Tunes in Easy Piano Arrangements

Holidays! Holidays! A collection of 21 Songs to Play and Sing in the Holiday Spirit, voice and piano

Classical Guitar

Choice Folk Songs Encore with Guitar Arrangements

Minstrel Songs with Guitar Accompaniment, voice and guitar

Folk tunes for Solo Descant Recorder

Big-Note Carnival, piano

Classical Guitar Recital Book

First Etude Album for Violin

World's Favorite Solos for Classical Guitar

Songs We Sing, voice and piano

Theory and Lessons in Loose Leaf Form for Individual or Class Instruction, Book One

The Beginner's Own Book: Folk Songs Carefully Graded for Ear-Training, Sight-Singing, Harmonization, and Transposition

Fun with the Mandolin

Higher Development of Thirds and Fingered Octaves: Twenty-Four Advanced Formulas for the Violin, Opus 30

Method for the Guitar

120 Daily Guitar Studies for the Right Hand

Ryan's True Guitar Instructor

Home Study Lessons for the Hawaiian Steel Guitar from 1 to 12

Home Study Lessons for the Hawaiian Steel Guitar from 13 to 24

Home Study Lessons for the Hawaiian Steel Guitar from 25 to 36

Home Study Lessons for the Hawaiian Steel Guitar from 37 to 48

Home Study Lessons for the Hawaiian Steel Guitar from 49 to 60

Home Study Lessons for the Hawaiian Steel Guitar from 61 to 72

Home Study Lessons for the Hawaiian Steel Guitar from 85 to 96

Music Theory Papers: Ear and Eye Training for the Beginner

The Simplicity Tutor for Spanish Guitar

Music for the Guitar

Intervals and Chords: How to Use Them

Andres Segovia Studies for the Guitar

Complete and Painless Guide to the Guitar for Young Beginners

A Method for Practicing Scales for Guitar

Smith's Folk Song Tenor Guitar Course

Six Studies for Classical Guitar in the Keys of C Major and A Minor

1, 4, 5, and Minor: Guitar Technique and Song Book for Beginners

Scales and Cadences

Carcassi Method for the Guitar

Intermediate Guitar Solos with Commentary

First Steps in Music: A New Approach to Music for Beginners of All Ages

The Classical Guitar Collection

A Tune a Day: The Teacher's Manual for Violin Instruction in Group, Public School Classes, or Individual Lessons

John W. Schaum Piano Course: A Pre-A Book

Teach Yourself to Play the Guitar

Instrumental Techniques of American Folk Guitar

The Folk Guitarist's Manual: American Folk Guitar Techniques and Songs

Masters of Instrumental Blues Guitar

Instruction Chord Book for Guitar

A Folksinger's Guide to Note Reading and Music Theory: A Manual for the Folk Guitarist

Carcassi Classical Guitar Method

The Art of Finger Style Guitar

Odell Method for the Mandolin

Comprehensive Guitar Method: Student Book

Comprehensive Guitar Method: Teacher's Manual

Excelsior Method for Banjo

You Can Sight Read: Book 1 - The Pleasures of Piano Sight Reading Through Keyboard Harmony and Technique

The New Handy Guitary Method

Spitfire McKenney New Quick Learning System, ukelele

Smith's How to Play Finger Picking Style Guitar

Adantino

Stahl's International Banjo Method

The Folksinger's Guitar Guide

Piano Course Book One

John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano: The First Grade Book

At the Piano: Book Two

The Mel Bay Classic Guitar Method Complete in Five Volumes: Volume 1

The Mel Bay Classic Guitar Method Complete in Five Volumes: Volume 2

The Mel Bay Classic Guitar Method Complete in Five Volumes: Volume 3

The Mel Bay Classic Guitar Method Complete in Five Volumes: Volume 4

The Mel Bay Classic Guitar Method Complete in Five Volumes: Volume 5

Flamenco Guitar Method for Beginners

The New Guitar Course

Carcassi Classical Guitar Method - New Revised Edition

Novello's Music Primers and Educational Series: Harmony Lessons

The Art of Classical Guitar Playing

Guitar Workshop

Musicianship for Guitarists

Method for 12 String Guitar

Bass Clef Note Speller

Folk-Songs with Guitar Chords

Fundamental Trill Studies on a Scientific Basis

The Study of the Guitar Simplified

Music Theory Papers (Third Set) - Sight and Sound

Spanish Guitar Note Speller

John W. Schaum Theory Lessons: Book 3

Gavotte for Guitar Solo

9 Sonatas

Sonata L 238

Two Venezuelan Pieces for Guitar: 1. Valse Criollo, 2. Pavana

Six Venezuelan Pieces: Volume I - 1. Valse Venezolano, 2. Estudio, 3. Cancion de Cuna

Suite in D Minor

Sonata

Six Pieces: Volume I - 1. Prelude in C, 2. Entrata, 3. Little Fantasia

Six Pieces: Volume II - 1. Prelude, 2. Bist du Bei Mir, 3. Petite Courante

Album of Guitar Solos

Three Airs of Court: 1. Preludio, 2. Aria, 3. Finale

Suite: 7 Pieces

Four Preludes: 1. August, 2. Fantasy on a Child's Song

Canonic Variations on the names "Sophocles and Mercia"

Virtuoso Waltz No. 1

Seven Brazilian Etudes

Grand Sonata

Slur Exercises and Chromatic Octaves

Valses Poeticos

Concerto in A Major

Pavane Pour une Enfante Defunte

Lute Solo

Two Bagatelles

Simple Variations on "Las Folias"

Folk Tune Fugue for Two Guitars

Largo from Cantata No. 156

Cordoba

Five Solos for Guitar

Five Catalan Melodies

The Complete Tremolo Book for the Guitar

Sounds of Bells

Differencias Sobre un Tema

La Fuente de Nie Pastrie

Sonata II: Volume I - Grave, Fuga

Two Pieces: 1. Estudio, 2. Humorada

Sonata II: Volume II - Andante, Allegro

Clair De Lune for Two Guitars

Andante and Menuet

The Old Castle

Two Spanish Dances: 1. Fandango No. 3, 2. Rondalla Aragonesa No. 6

Peasant's Song and Waltz, Op. 12

Sixty Short Pieces for Guitar: Vol. I, Numbers 1-38

Sixty Short Pieces for Guitar: Vol. II, Numbers 39-60

Concerto in D

Two Preludes for Guitar Solo

Six Pavanas

9 Sonatas: Volume II

Three Preludes

Sarabande

Spanish Romance

Diatonic Major and Minor Scales

Arpeggio Studies

Two Pieces: I. Scherzino Mexicano, II. Giga Melancolica

Greensleeves

Five Solos for the Hawaiian Guitar

Method for the Classic Guitar: Volume I Primer

Folias de Espana

Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair / Country Gardens

Six Easy Flamenco Variations

El Noy De La Mare

Album of Guitar Solos

American Fantasy: A Medley for Tenor Banjo Solo

Two Short Pieces

Danube Waves

Malaguena

The Highwayman and 12 Other Folk Songs

Gavotte

Andante

Tarantella

Choros

Two Easy Christmas Carols for Guitar

Student Guitarist's Delight: Volume 1

Student Guitarist's Delight: Volume 2

Greek Dance and Lamet

Method for the Classic Guitar: New Revised and Enlarged Edition

Smith's Theory Book for Guitarist Covering All Scales and Intervals

Position Etudes for Plectrum Guitar

Twenty Easy Pieces

Diatonic Major and Minor Scales

Papas' Flamenco Solos for Guitar

Sylvia Waltz

Bach Album: 14 Pieces by J. S. Bach for Guitar

Chopin Etude: Currently Featured as "No Other Love"

Six Short Pieces

Duet Etude for Two Guitars

Spanish Favorites for Classic Guitar

Sonata

Vol. 3

Vol. 5

Vol. 3

(editorial error)

Fall 1966 - Winter 1967

Child's Own Book of Great Musicians - Handel

Child's Own Book of Great Musicians - Haydn

Child's Own Book of Great Musicians - Liszt

Peter Danner, editor

A selected list from catalogs of Belwin-Mills Corp, Edward B. Marks Music Corp., MCA Music.

Prepared by Wayne D. Shirley

Cover page only

Prepared by the Society of the Classical Guitar

Edwin J. Dingle, author

article

The Guitar and Myself

Kleon Raptakis, author (excerpted from unknown magazine)

Program, Columbia Artists Mgmt.

Ronald C. Purcell, Oviatt Library, California State University, Northridge Program

Book

Clippings

Miscellaneous

Manuscript by Sophocles Papas

Oversized

This series contains music scores, instruction guides, guitar journals, and photographs included in the 1999 acquisition. Box numbers from the first acquisition repeat in this series.

Tico-tico (Tico-tico no fuba)

Popular Music Classics for Classical Guitar

Study

Arpeggio Studies

Walzer, Op. 3

Cordoba

Granada

Leyenda

Oriental

Tango

Alborada

Sonata

Album of Guitar Solos

Contributions to the World of Guitar

Compositions arranged by Sophocles Papas

Virtuoso Waltz No. 1

Classical Guitar Suite, "I'll sleep - when all debt is paid to the wind," "The caretaker of the hills," and "The swordsman's courage"

Teach Yourself to Play the Guitar

Carcassi Classical Guitar Method

Mood Espanol

Arioso, arranged by Laurindo Almeida

Two Part Inventions for Piano

Bouree

Gavotte

Gigue in E Major

Largo from Cantata No. 156

Lautenpraludium

Papas' Bach Album: 14 pieces by J. S. Bach for Guitar, arranged by Sophocles Papas

Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1

Prelude No. 1 (from The Well Tempered Clavichord - Book 1)

Six pieces: Vol. II - 1. Prelude (Cello Suite No. 1), 2. Bist du bei mir, 3. Petite courante

Sonata II: Vol. 1 - grave, fuga

Mia Amorita

Merry Christmas to Mr. Papas in the Manner of Sor

Arranged by J. K. Mertz

Clumping Along

Fantasia Terza

Las Abejas

Buitar chords in photo diagram form

The Mel Bay Classic Guitar Method, Vols. 2-5

Mel Bay's Fun with the Mandolin

Celebrated Minuet, arranged by Miguel Angel

Moonlight Sonata

Sonatine

Two Short Pieces arranged by Sophocles Papas

Two Bagatelles

Zwei Volksliedbearbeitungen

Arranged by William Foden

West Side Story, arranged by Leon Block

Arranged by Maxwell Eckstein

book

clippings

My Foolish Friend

Seleccion de la opera "Carmen"

Calmaiki; Tarantella, Op. 100

Vol. XLVII, No. 542

Sirocco Tango

Six Venezuelan Pieces: Vol. I, 1. Valse Venezolano, 2. Estudio, 3. Cancion de Cuna

12th Street Rag

Brahms for the Guitar, arranged by Leon Block

Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 1

Evocaciones Criollas

Duet Sessions: Duets in the Modern Jazz Idiom

Prelude for Guitar

Cancion Triste, arranged by Carl van Feggelen

Never Weather - Beaten Saile

Suite

Carcassi Classical Guitar Method, New Revised Edition

12 Easy Pieces for the Guitar, Op. 10

Star Dust

Abendmusik

Duet Etdue for Two Guitars

Fantasie Op. 323

Ouverture No. 1

Serenade No. 1

Concerto in D

Guitar Workshop: A Practical Handbook for Beginning Guitarists

Wolf Patterns

Arranged by Richard Cortland Harrison

Chopin Etude, arranged by Sophocles Papas

Three Preludes: Op. 28, Nos. 4, 6, 15

Two Preludes

Arranged by Maxwell Ekstein

Arranged by John Lane

Sonata

Amazon

Bass Clef Note Speller

Andante

Newspaper and magazine clippings

Three Preludes for Guitar

Audio cassette

Corelli, arranged by George Warren

Greek language with some translations

Andante

Barcarolle

Rondeau

Les premiers pas

Guitar Therapy

Scarlet Ribbons (for her hair)

The New Guitar Course

Three Duos concertants for Two Violins

Clair de Lune

La fille aux cheveux de lin

Nr 27/28 quartett fur 4 gitarren

Bourree; Menuet

Prelude

Sarabande

Suite in D Minor

Barre study

Guitarre

Sontaine

Suite in G Major

There's a Sweetheart in Nebraska

The District of Columbia is my home town

Villanella

Rue de blue (Bossa Nova)

Fundamental trill studies on a scientific basis for violin

The higher development of thirds and fingered octaves: twenty-four advanced formulas for the violin, Op. 30

Alman

Altenglische madrigale zur laute

As I wente to Walsinghame; Almane; Tarletone Riserrectione; Mistris Whitte's thinge

Dos gallardas

Earl of Essex, his galliard, and the sick tune; arranged by Mitsuhiko Hamada

Gavotte

Prelude No. 1, Op. 13

Simple variations of "Las Folias"

The art of classical guitar playing

Largo

The study of the guitar simplified

First steps in music: a new approach to music for beginners of all ages

Arranged by Carl van Feggelen

Arranged by Sophocles Papas

Complete and painless guide to the guitar for young beginners

Guitar songtime: solos, duets, groups, singing

Smith's how to play finger picking style guitar

Greek dance and lament

Method for guitar - Book 2

Arranged by Sophocles Papas

Spanish favorites for classic guitar

Incomplete

Arranged by Harvey S. Whistler and Herman A. Hummel

Minuet

Arranged by Sophocles Papas

Listen to the mocking bird

Six short preludes (chord progressions)

Arranged by T. S. Walker

Seven Brazilian etudes

Jeannie with the light brown hair

Oh! Suzanna, Massa's in the cold cold ground, My old Kentucky home

Symphonic skeleton scores: No. 3 - Franck symphony in D minor

A blues for guitar

Arranged by Walter Kaye Bauer

Shake it and break it, arranged by Harry Volpe and Frank Victor

At the piano: Book for two class or individual instruction based on folk tunes of many countries and themes from the masterpieces of music

Saltarello

Sonata in E minor

Boogie and blues for piano solo

Masters of instrumental blues guitar

8 courantes in Renaissance tuning

Thema, Op. 42

Come thou almighty King

The Mikado, arranged by William Krevit

Allegro vivace, Op. 8; Allegro vivace, Op. 40, No. 23; Jagdstuck (rondo), Op. 30; Menuetto, Op. 20; Thema, Op. 34; Walzer, Op. 57, No. 3

Grande ouverture pour la guitare

Grazioso

120 daily guitar studies for the right hand

Serenade concertante en trio pour guitare, violon et violoncello

Sonata, Op. 15

Arranged by Joe Hagerty

Danza Espanola No. 5

Two Spanish dances: 1. Fandango No. 3, 2. Rondalla Aragonesa No. 6

Valses poeticos

La fuente de Nie Pastrie

Greece - collections

Arranged by Kleon Raptakis

Folk tune fugue for two guitars

A method for practicing scales for guitar

Arranged by Sophocles Papas

Peasant's song and waltz, Op. 12

Solvejg's song (from the Peer Gynt Suite No. 2)

Position etudes for plectrum guitar

Silent night

Sounds of bells

Air, Alegretto, Miuet, Passepied - arranged by Len Williams

Concerto in A major

Handel for the guitar, arranged by Leon Block

Siciliana

Suite in D minor

East Saint Louis, arranged by Harry Volp and Frank Victor

Loveless love, arranged by Harry Volp and Frank Victor

The Memphis blues, arranged by Harry Volpe

Saint Louis blues, arranged by Harry Volpe and Frank Victor

Arranged by John Martell

Yellow dog blues

Navajo

Arranged by Alexander Matos

Suite

Rock of ages

You can sight read: Book 1

Andante and menuet

Andante

Minuet, arranged by Jack Duarte

One hand waltz

The classical guitar

Kleine ouverture

A tune a day: the teacher's manual for violin instruction in group, public school classes or individual lessons

Arranged by Elisabeth Papas Smith

Adagio

Sweet music: the Earl of Salusbury's favorite

Hansel and Gretel suite

Arranged by Ada Richter

Arranged by Mel Bey

Danube waves

Carman's whistle, arranged by Kojiro Kobune

Aintcha got music, arranged by Harry Volpe and Frank Victor

Galiarde

The entertainer, arranged by Ada Richter

A little song

Brazilian breakdown

Arranged by Kojiro Kobune

Recognizable blues

Close up

Poliushko polie (Meadowland), arranged by Vladimir Bobri and V. Gabaeff

The folk guitarist's manual: American folk guitar techniques and songs

A new song

Rondino (on a theme from Beethoven)

Excelsior method for the banjo

Arranged by F. Henri Klickmann

Two Venezuelan pieces for guitar: 1. Valse criollo, 2. Pavana

Siboney

Thirty-six caprices

Walzer, Op. 250, No. 6

25 folk-songs with guitar chords

Instruction chord book for guitar

Andantino, arranged by Edmund Severn

Two short pieces arranged by Sophocles Papas

Arranged by Cecily Lambert

Prelude

Spitfire McKenney new quick learning system

Interval and chords: how to use them

Two pieces

Method for 12 string guitar

The simplicity tutor for Spanish guitar

Gypsy tango, arranged by Vladimir Bobri and V. Gabaeff

Make way

Arranged by Louis Tocaben

Unidentified and incomplete

Ethnikos ymnos (Greek national hymn)

Arranged by Jack M. Smith, Jr.

Eight pezzi facili per chitarra (Eight easy pieces for guitar)

12 bagatellen

The art of the finger style guitar

Elegia

Elegie

Grasshoppers

Consolation: song without words

Aquellos ojos verdes (green eyes), arranged by Jorge Oller

Abendlied, Op. 13, Nr. 2; Adagio, Op. 13, Nr. 10; Kindermarchen, Op. 13, Nr. 8; Tarantella, Op 13, Nr. 6

Canonic variations on the names "Sophocles and Mercia"

Four preludes: 1. August, 2. Fantasy on a child's song, 3. Burlesque, 4. Images

Pavane

Pavane II

Six pavanas

Villancico

An American folk song mass

Rondo, Op. 28

Diferencias sobre un tema

The Kerry dance, arranged by Maxwell Eckstein

Music theory papers: eye and ear training for the beginner

Music theory papers, third set, sight and sound

In search of the lost chord

Music for the guitar

Pavin

The old castle (from Pictures at an Exhibition)

Minuet from Ein Kleine Nachtmusik

Sonata No. 3, arranged by David Alzofon

Sonata theme

Symphonic skeleton scores: No. 6 in G minor

Theme from G minor symphony

Two easy pieces: Allegretto in C; Country dance

Suite in D major

Allegro, Op. 51, Nr. 11

Andantino

Bianco fiore

The rosary, arranged by H. F. Odell

The beginner's own book: folk songs carefully graded for ear-training, sight-singing, harmonization and transposition

Arranged by S. S. Cecil

Arranged by John Hoffman

Karntner Volksweise

A song of old Hawaii, arranged by D. Savino

Second series, Vol. XVIII, No. 4; Vol. XIX, Nos. 1 and 4; Vol. XX, No. 2; Vol. XXI, No. 3

Odell method for the mandolin

Capricho No. 13

Grand sonata

Romance

American fantasy: a medley for tenor banjo solo

Biographical and genealogical information

The complete tremolo book for the guitar

Correspondence

Lists of archival materials re: Sophocles Papas

Malaguena

Manuscripts

Manuscripts - "Method for classic guitar"

Method for the classic guitar: new revised and enlarged edition

Method for classic guitar: Vol. 1 primer

Miscellaneous pamphlets

Miscellaneous writings

Papas' flamenco solo for guitar

Six easy flamenco variations

Sylvia waltz

Wedding announcement - Sophocles Papas to Mercia F. Lorentz

Stars fell on Alabama

Two moments

Photograph

Four toyes from Jane Pickering's lute book

Musicianship for guitarists

Scherzino Mexicano, arranged by Manuel Lopez Ramos

Two pieces: I. Scherzino Mexicano, II. Giga melancolica

Scales cadences

Concerto in C Minor, Op. 18

Angela mia

Music history of Greece from 776 BC to 2nd Century AD

Trees

Pavane pour une enfante defunte

O come all ye faithful

Chanson indoue (A Song of India) from the legend "Sadko"

The rose enslaves the nightingale

Arranged by Harry Volpe and Frank Victor

1, 4, 4, and minor: Guitar technique and song book for beginners

Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (My heart at thy sweet voice), Cantabile from "Samson et Dalila"

Carcassi method for the guitar

Principios ormonicos de los sonidos otractivos y otraidos

Three airs of court: 1. Preludio, 2. Aria, 3. Finale

Pavana; Zarabanda

Gymnopedie I

Arranged by Elisabeth papas Smith

Arranged by Elisabeth Papas Smith

9 sonatas

9 sonatas, Vol. 2

Sonata

Sonata longo 238

Sonata longo 483

Arranged by Loris O. Chobanian

John W. Schaum piano course: pre-A book

Theory lessons in loose leaf form for individual or class instruction: Book 1

Theory lessons in loose leaf form for individual or class instruction: Book 2

Theory lessons in loose leaf form for individual or class instruction: Book 3

Veil dance

Arranged by John Jacob Niles

Try to remember

Kleine melodie

Allegretto in C minor

Ben Ludlow

A circle of tears

Diatonic major and minor scales

The guitar and myself

Lessons No. 11 and 12 from Follies of My Youth (Le peche de ma jeunesse)

Prelude in chords

Slur exercises and chromatic octaves

Two pieces: 1. Estudio

La golondrina (The swollow) Mexican folk song

La golondrina

Cherry blossom

Flamenco guitar for beginners

International inventory of musical sources: report of the Joint US Committee on Activities

A folksinger's guide to note reading and music theory: a manual for the folk guitarist

Polka dot stomp - arranged by Harry Volpe and Frank Victor

Arranged by Vladimir Bobri and V. Gabaeff

Smith's theory book for guitarist covering all scales and intervals

Smith's folk song tenor guitar course

Andres Segovia: studies for the guitar

Compositions pour la guitare par Ferdinand Sor

Divertissement

Folias de Espana

Grand solo

Menuet; Waltz No. 3; Estudio de Sor

Metodo completo para guittarra

Miscellaneous pieces - oversized

Sixty short pieces for guitar: Vol. 1, Nos. 1-38

Sixty short pieces for guitar: Vol. 2, Nos. 39-60

Theme varie

Arranged by Sophocles Papas

La Bernadina de Josquin

Stal's international banjo method

Novello's music primers and educational series

Cosi amor mi fai languir

Arranged by Sophocles Papas

Spanish guitar note speller

It takes time to know a country

Child's own book of great musicians - Handel

Child's own book of great musicians - Haydn

Child's own book of great musicians - Liszt

Danza odalisca

Marieta

Prelude II

Instrumental techniques of American folk guitar

Andante and allegro (for two guitars) arranged by Len Williams

Fantasie

Book for boys for piano

Thompson's modern course for the piano: the first grade book

Dance of candy fairy (Nutcracker Suite)

Symphonic skeleton scores: No. 2 - Symphony 6 in B minor - Pathetic

Arranged by Teddy Schwartz

Arranged by Mark Nevin

Arranged by Eileen Stickley

Arranged by Sophocles Papas

Study in E major

Holidays! Holidays! A collection of twenty-one songs to play and sing in the holiday spirit

Di provenza il mar (What has made your heart grow cold) Germont's aria in the 2nd act of "La Traviata"

The sweetheart of Sigma Chi

Choros

Concerto in D

Romanza No. 2

The new handy guitar method: modern plectrum style

Piano course - book one

Artwork for logo

Program

Musical moods in all keys for piano solo

This series consists of a collection of newspaper and magazine clippings, postcards (some with correspondence to Elisabeth Papas-Smith), stamps, and photographs collected by Elisabeth Papas-Smith. Images and articles relate to guitars and other fretted instruments, popular music and musicians, and Sophocles Papas and friends.

Postcards, clippings of guitars and other fretted instruments in art, photograph of English classical guitarists and museum guitar displays

Postcards, stamps, clippings of guitars and other fretted instruments in art, photograph of lute player in Sophocles Papas living room

Clippings of Braque, Gris, Picasso works of art featuring guitars

Stamp, postcards, and clippings of musicians and guitars

Postcards and clippings of musicians and guitars, photographs of Sophocles Papas, Carlos Montoya, Charlie Byrd, Carl Sandburg and others

Clippings of musicians and guitars

Postcards, clippings of musicians and guitars

Clippings of musicians and guitars

Clippings of The Beatles and Alia

Clippings of lutes, ouds, ancient fretted instruments in art

Mostly funny, humorous drawings and cartoon clippings

Clippings of women and guitars, photograph of Dorothy Perrenoud

Biographical / historical:

Sophocles Papas was an internationally known teacher of classical guitar. A Fairfax County resident later in his life, Papas taught the classical guitar in Washington, D.C. for nearly sixty years. He also taught at American University in Washington, D.C. Among his former students who have risen to fame are Charlie Byrd and Carlos Barbosa-Lima.

Papas was a prominent figure in the Washington music scene for much of his life. He performed live on radio regularly on WCAP and was a close friend to music legends, Andres Segovia and Carlos Montoya. Papas organized and conducted Washington's first guitar/mandolin/banjo orchestra, and founded the Washington Guitar Society. A prolific writer and publisher, Papas produced articles for scholarly music journals; wrote a column for the music magazine Crescendo; and founded Columbia Music Company, a publisher of sheet music and instructional methods for the guitar. Most notable among his publications is Method for the Classic Guitar. In 1998 Columbia Music Company also published a biography of Papas, Sophocles Papas: the Guitar, His Life, written by his daughter, Elisabeth Papas Smith.

Acquisition information:

Collection donated by Elisabeth Papas Smith and David Papas 1987-1999. Additional materials donated in 2010 by Elisabeth Papas Smith.

Processing information:

Note: this collection is minimally processed with a basic box inventory. Please contact SCRC for more information.

Processed by Barbara Haase and Elizabeth Baker. Original finding aid compiled by Barbara Haase, Robert Vay, and Ronya Wei. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in April 2009. EAD updated in 2010 by Greta Kuriger. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in June 2023.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized by subject and divided into three series. Series 1 contains the materials acquired in 1987, and Series 2 contains materials acquired in 1999. Since each series was processed separately, the box numbers for the collection repeat. Series 3 consists of scrapbook pages with images of guitarists and guitars, with some original photographs but mostly consisting of reproductions, collected by Elisabeth Papas Smith.

The collection is organized by subject and divided into two series. Series 1 contains the materials acquired in 1987, and Series 2 contains materials acquired in 1999. Since each series was processed separately, the box numbers for the collection repeat. Series 3 consists of scrapbook pages of guitarists and guitars collected by Elisabeth Papas Smith.

Series

Series 1: 1987 Accession
Series 2: 1999 Accession
Series 3: 2010 Accession

Physical location:

R 24, C 1, S 6 - S 7; C 2, S 1 - S 7

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Guitar music
Guitar -- Instruction and study
Guitar orchestra music
Music
Music -- Instruction and study
Correspondence
Photographs
Sound recordings

Collection