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Requiem for a bride: 6 poems by D. H. Lawrence, 1976

 Item
Identifier: MS033

Scope and Contents

Requiem for a bride : six poems by D.H. Lawrence. Set to music by [Henry Bryan Hays]. For baritone and six instruments: 1 flute; 1 clarinet in A; 1 trumpet in C; 1 trombone; 1 violin; 1 cello. SONGS: 1. Suspense -- 2. The Bride -- 3. Sorrow -- 4. Silence -- 5. Brooding Grief -- 6. Troth with the Dead. Note on cover: Permission granted 30th November 1977 by Laurence Pollinger Limited, Literary Executor to the Lawrence Estate. Note laid in: In memory of my mother, Lucy Ellis Beaumont (Dority), August 12, 1976. Date at end: Oct. 7, 1976, St. John's Abbey. Spiral bound manuscript score. Songs The wind comes from the north, blowing little flocs of birds like spray across the town, and a train rearing forth rushes stampeding down South, with flying curds of steam from the darkening north. Collected Poems of D. H. Lawrence flute clarinet in A trumpet in C trombone violin Song cycles.

Dates

  • 1976

Creator

Extent

83 Sheets : 1 manuscript score (83 pages)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

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

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