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ReferenceBBM/canticle_III

Title

Canticle III 'Still falls the rain - The raids, 1940, night and dawn'

Subtitle / Other TitleFor tenor voice, horn and piano

Published Opus NoOp. 55

Date27 Nov 1954

DescriptionThe text is by Edith Sitwell. The Canticle was later, in 1956, incorporated into a larger programme of music and verse entitled The heart of the matter (ca. May 1956) which included other settings of Sitwell's music. Dedicated 'To the memory of Noel Mewton-Wood'.

Extent6 items

Physical DescriptionPencil, blue ink; 36.5 x 27 cm

CopiesMaterial has been microfilmed and is available as follows:
Composition sketch: A16, frames 209 - 228
Horn part (IH copy): A57, frames 301 - 315

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