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Four war poems of Isaac Rosenberg, 1999

 Item
Identifier: MS013

Scope and Contents

Four war poems of Isaac Rosenberg : for bass-baritone and string quartet ; with epitaph by Joseph Leftwich, "Killed in Action": to be sung / Music by Bryan Beaumont Hays. CONTENTS: Epitaph -- 1. Home thoughts from France -- 2. Louse hunting -- 3. Break of day in the trenches -- 4. Returning, we hear the larks. Songs Your "youth" has fallen from its shelf, And you have fallen, you yourself. They knocked a soldier on the head, I mourn the poet who fell dead. Poems by Isaac Rosenberg Violin Viola Cello Bass-baritone Music manuscripts.

Dates

  • 1999

Creator

Extent

41 Sheets : 1 manuscript score (41 pages) ; 32 cm. + photocopies of poems

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Saint John's University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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