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The lay of Pestal : Yes the die is cast, or Rest troubled heart / written by John Melton ; arranged by J.R. Ling.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 29, no. 44
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Ling, J. R. (John R.)
- Standardized Title:
- Lay of Pestal
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Songs with piano.
- Genre:
- Songs with piano.
- Songs.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (7 pages) : illustrations ; 34 cm
- Edition:
- Walker's new edition.
- Contained In:
- Keffer Collection of Sheet Music.
- Other Title:
- Yes the die is cast.
- Rest troubled heart.
- Rest troubled soul.
- Rest, thou troubled heart.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia (160 Chesnut St., Philadelphia) : Edward L. Walker, [between 1849 and 1852]
- Notes:
- Song; for voice and piano.
- "N.B. This is the only edition containing both versions of the "Lay of Pestal", Yes the die is cast & Rest troubled soul"--bottom of p. 3.
- Words of the 2nd version by Mrs. Crawford.
- Based on the melody Pestal which was supposedly written in prison by the Russian Decembrist revolutionary Paul Pestel but is generally attributed to J.W. Kalliwoda.
- First line of text of 1st version: Yes! the die is cast! The turbid dream of life is waning. First line of text of 2nd version: Rest, thou troubled heart.
- Illustration: Pestel in a prison cell etching his melody in the stone wall / Lith. of Sarony.
- OCLC:
- 81228857
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