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Table of Contents:

• Rye upon earth / text by Thomas Hardy & Julian Bell, adapted by the composer
• Greediness to die / text by Emily Dickinson
• Trail all your pikes / text by Anne Finch
• Healing breeze / text by Charlotte Mew
• No man knows why / text by Isaac Rosenberg.

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Anthony , composer

Contributors:

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 , author

Bell, Julian, 1908-1937 , author

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 , author

Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720 , author

Mew, Charlotte Mary, 1869-1928 , author

Rosenberg, Isaac, 1890-1918 , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English words, also printed separately as text.
Staff notation.

Main Work:

Lay the lances!: some wry pleas for peace: for mezzo-soprano and medium string ensemble (2019) [by Gilbert, A.]

Included Works:

Lay the lances [by Gilbert, A.]

Subjects:

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 — Musical settings

Bell, Julian, 1908-1937 — Musical settings

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 — Musical settings

Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720 — Musical settings

Mew, Charlotte Mary, 1869-1928 — Musical settings

Rosenberg, Isaac, 1890-1918 — Musical settings

Songs (Low voice) with string orchestra — Scores

Song cycles

Anti-war poetry — Musical settings

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

Bell, Julian, 1908-1937

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720

Mew, Charlotte Mary, 1869-1928

Rosenberg, Isaac, 1890-1918

Songs (Low voice) with string orchestra

Anti-war poetry

Genres:

Song cycles

Scores

Musical settings

Performance Medium:

1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo mezzo-soprano voice; string orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: mezzo-soprano voice; string orchestra

General Notes:

With a program note in English.
Also available in a version for baritone.
Duration: approximately 14:20.

Physical Description:

1 score (59 pages) ; 30 cm

Call Numbers:

M1613.3.G453 L386 2019

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Composers Edition: ce-ag3ltl2-pr-ps

OCLC Numbers:

1117598803