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Author Davies, Peter Maxwell, 1934-2016.

Title Stone litany : runes from a house of the dead : for mezzo-soprano and orchestra / Peter Maxwell Davies.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, [1975]
[©1975]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Talbott: Circulating Collection  M1613 .D385 S7    Available  ---
Description iv unnumbered pages, score (64 pages) ; 35 cm
score
Note 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: page [iii]
Duration: 20 min.
Subject Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra -- Scores.
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra -- Scores.
Maes Howe (Scotland) -- Songs and music.
Genre/Form Songs.
Songs.
Scores.
Scores.
Music.
Music.