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Stone litany : runes from a house of the dead : for mezzo-soprano and orchestra / Peter Maxwell Davies.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library M1613.D23 S8 1983
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Peter Maxwell, 1934-2016.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Maes Howe, Orkney Islands--Songs and music.
- Maes Howe, Orkney Islands.
- Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra--Scores.
- Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
- Genre:
- Songs.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 study score (75 pages) ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, [1975]
- Notes:
- Text from runic inscriptions on the walls of Maeshowe, Orkney. "Those chosen for this sequence of settings date probably from the twelfth century, and are written in the 16-letter script peculiar to Orkney, except for the occasional 'tree runes' ... there are 24 inscriptions, of which I have chosen to set no. 5 ... no. 8, nos. 19 and 20, and no. 15"; romanized words also printed as text with English translation and the original script: p. [iii]
- Duration: 20 min.
- OCLC:
- 16105155
- Publisher Number:
- Boosey & Hawkes HPS 1110.
- Boosey & Hawkes 20670.
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