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− | [[Poets in Prison]] is Delia's name for ''Poetry from Prison'' in which poems written by people in prison, many awaiting the death sentence, are set to music.
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− | It was produced by [[Edward Lucie-Smith|Edward "Ted" Lucie-Smith]] who also translated some of the poems,<ref>[[DD104100]]: "War" translated by Edward Lucie-Smith.</ref> and performed at the 1970 [[City of London Festival]]<ref>Kirstin Cubitt's article [http://delia-derbyshire.net/Dial%20a%20tune/ Dial a Tune]</ref> in June-July.<ref>The City of London Festival takes place over two to three weeks in June and July.</ref>
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− | ELS sent Delia a series of suitable poem texts on 30th January 1970, and paid her for her work on 21st July 1970.
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− | Delia's papers contain musical note sequences for
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− | * [[Poets in Prison - Intro|Intro]]
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− | * [[Anne Boleyn]]
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− | * [[Elegy For Himself]] by Chidiock Tichborne
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− | * [[Lullaby of the Onion]] by Miguel Hernández
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− | * [[Mary Queen of Scots]]
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− | * [[War]] by Miguel Hernández
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− | as well as some scores not yet associated with their poems.
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− | =Papers=
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− | The following subsections group her papers according to the poems she may have used:
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− | ==[[Anne Boleyn]]==
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− | "O death! rock me on sleep, / Bring me on quiet rest;" ...
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− | Image:DD101814.jpg|[[DD101814]] "Poetry from Prison /74": Poem text for Anne Boleyn
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− | Image:DD101850.jpg|[[DD101850]] Poem text "Anne Boleyn /2"
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− | Image:DD101837.jpg|[[DD101837]] Slip of paper with "part sung / part spoken" handwritten on it
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− | Image:DD103136.jpg|[[DD103136]] Notes for "ANNE BOLEYN" / words - tune -- written - harmony" "Use hummed second lower line + git. asints. & before?"
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− | Image:DD103149.jpg|[[DD103149]] Note sequences "G C D Eb" "O rock sleep ..."
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− | Image:DD103208.jpg|[[DD103208]] Note sequences "G C D Eb" "Yet on sleep for qui-et..."
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− | </gallery>
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− | ==Earl Rivers==
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− | "Somewhat musing / And more mourning..."
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− | * [[DD103102]] "EARL RIVERS" (title page for the following)
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− | * [[DD103115]] Poem text "Anthony Widville, Earl Rivers":
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− | * [[DD103125]] Poem text "Earl Rivers /2"
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− | ==[[Edward II]]==
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− | "On my devoted head / Her bitterest showers..."
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− | * [[DD101938]] Poem text for EDWARD II, translated by Edward Lucie-Smith
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− | * [[DD102731]] Notes: "EDWARD II"
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− | ==[[Elegy For Himself]]==
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− | By Chidiock Tichborne: "My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; / My feast of joy is but a dish of pain;" ...
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− | Image:DD101757a.jpg|[[DD101757a]] Poem text
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− | Image:DD103252.jpg|[[DD103252]] Notes "TICHBOURNE: Guitar coming in early under comm.t"
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− | Image:DD103312.jpg|[[DD103312]] Note sequences "Bb Ab Gb F" "S.F. router but first..."(?)
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− | Image:DD103342.jpg|[[DD103342]] Note sequences "Bb G F G Bb C" "The day is past & yet saw no sun..."
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− | Image:DD103405.jpg|[[DD103405]] Note sequences "Bb F ... D C" "My per I but for of" (?)
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− | Image:DD103418.jpg|[[DD103418]] Note sequences "Tichborne" "C A G ... A C"
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− | </gallery>
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− | ==Elizabeth I==
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− | "Oh, fortune, thy wresting wavering state / Hath fraught with cares my troubled wit..."
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− | * [[DD103240]] Poem text "Elizabeth I"
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− | ==Francis==
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− | Image:DD103043.jpg|[[DD103043]] Notes
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− | </gallery>
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− | ==House of the Man Athirst==
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− | by Miguel Hernandez, translated by Edward Lucie-Smith.<BR>
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− | "I am desert sand, / dearth of thirst..."
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− | * [[DD102100]] Poem text for "HOUSE OF THE MAN ATHIRST"
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− | ==James I of Scotland==
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− | * [[DD102801]] "James I of Scotland": "When as I lay in bed alone waking..."
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− | ==[[Lullaby of the Onion]]==
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− | by Miguel Hernández<ref>[https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/lullaby-onion ''Lullaby of the Onion''] on poets.org</ref>
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− | Delia's notes suggest that her music for this consists of two tunes: Tune I and Tune II.
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− | Image:DD101901.jpg|[[DD101901]] "Poetry from Prison /73": Typewritten lyrics: "The onion is frozen / stubborn and poor..."
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− | Image:DD102841.jpg|[[DD102841]] Notes "LULLABY OF THE ONION"
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− | Image:DD102821a.jpg|[[DD102821a]] Letter dated 27th Feb. from [[Edward Lucie-Smith]] to Delia.
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− | Image:DD102821b.jpg|[[DD102821b]] Delia's notes: "See bit (or 6i+)" "E E G E (G) D C E (AG) A C A ... A G F A A" "hun-ger my child sleeps.."
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− | Image:DD102857.jpg|[[DD102857]] Note sequence: E|G E-E D|E - E - ..."
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− | Image:DD102935.jpg|[[DD102935]] Notes: "TUNE I "Lullaby" V.2" "In the cra-dle of hun-ger..."
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− | Image:DD102945.jpg|[[DD102945]] Notes "T.I ? V4" "Bird in laugh out a-laysth in you[?]"
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− | Image:DD103007.jpg|[[DD103007]] Notes "TI V11" "tomorrow they will be..."
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− | Image:DD103030.jpg|[[DD103030]] Notes: "T II" "Mixture of laughing and flying - higher register"
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− | </gallery>
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− | ==[[Mary Queen of Scots]]==
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− | Delia's papers contain the texts for two of Mary QoS's poems:
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− | * "Alas! what am I! and in what estate?..."
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− | * "O Domine Deus! Speravi in Te..."
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− | and note sequences for the second of these. For details, see [[Mary Queen of Scots]].
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− | Image:DD103441.jpg|[[DD103441]] Text of Poem I: "Alas! what am I! and in what estate?..."
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− | Image:DD103529.jpg|[[DD103529]] Text of poem II: "O Domine Deus! Speravi in Te, / O care mi Iesu! nunc libera me..."
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− | Image:DD103457.jpg|[[DD103457]] Notes "MARY Q. OF SCOTS"
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− | Image:DD103516.jpg|[[DD103516]] Note sequences for poem II: "(G D) A G / G E D / G A G" "Ca Je su lib ra in te met OR can Je nunc va bet"[?]
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− | ==[[Richard Coeur de Lion]]==
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− | Image:DD102650.jpg|[[DD102650]] Notes: "RICHARD COEUR DE LION"
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− | Image:DD102714.jpg|[[DD102714]] Poem text: "If captive wight attempt the tuneful strain..."
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− | Image:DD102723.jpg|[[DD102723]] Poem text: "Richard Coeur de Lion /2"
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− | </gallery>
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− | ==Sir Thomas Seymour==
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− | "Forgetting God to love a king / Hath been my rod, or else nothing..."
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− | * [[DD103230]] Poem text: "Sir Thomas Seymour"
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− | ==Tartars==
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− | * [[DD102638]] Notes: "TARTARS"
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− | ==[[That's How It Goes]]==
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− | "Am in the middle of a spreading light, / my hands inspired, the world beautiful." ...
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− | * [[DD101757b]] Poem text for Nazim Hikmet's ''That's How It Goes''
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− | ==[[War]]==
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− | "Old age in the villages, / heart without a master"
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− | Image:DD104100.jpg|[[DD104100]] Poem text "WAR"
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− | Image:DD103607.jpg|[[DD103607]] Notes: "WAR" "DD Tape acc.t"
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− | Image:DD103642.jpg|[[DD103642]] Notes: "WAR I" "chords are bass 8ths +8ves..."
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− | Image:DD103625.jpg|[[DD103625]] Notes: "WAR II" "Same notes for each verse"
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− | Image:DD104341.jpg|[[DD104341]] Manuscript "Old age in the villages, Heart without a master..."
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− | </gallery>
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− | ==Waters of Babylon==
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− | * [[DD102523]] Notes: "WATERS OF BABYLON"
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− | ==Unidentified scores==
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− | These papers have note or chord sequences or conventional score but we don't know which poems they're for:
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− | * [[DD102650]] Note sequences: "Eb C D B Eb C D B / On rot ten shore All fight storm tune pours[?]..."
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− | * [[DD103733]] Note sequences: "C G A A F G" "Ev. time ch tae in th..."(?)
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− | * [[DD103841]] Manuscript "Intro"
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− | * [[DD103908]] Manuscript "Intro: The sky above the roof top is blue..."
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− | * [[DD104304]] VCS3 dope sheet "POETRY FROM PRISONS" effects "FISHES 1" "FISHES 2" "WHALES"
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− | =Other papers=
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− | The whole folder of these papers can be viewed [http://delia-derbsyhire.net/papers/thumb.html#PoetsInPrison here].
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− | * [[DD101920]] "Poetry from Prison /75"
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− | * [[DD101929]] "Poetry from Prison /76"
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− | * [[DD101950]] Letter from Ted to Delia dated 30th January "Herewith a batch of photostats to brood on"
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− | * [[DD102148]] Letter dated 21st July 1970 to Delia "herewith cheque for Poetry from Prison..."
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− | * [[DD102201]] Notes: "Library make-up tape / 1.Superflumen / 2.monks / 3.low vroom..."
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− | * [[DD102357]] General notes
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− | * [[DD102422]] Notes: "Timetable - ASK ELS - SOUND F/X"
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− | * [[DD102435]] Notes: "Tape treatment"
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− | * [[DD102454]] Notes: "Timetable - Lute Chittaronte(?)"
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− | * [[DD102821]] Letter dated 27 Feb. to Delia "How are things going?"
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− | * [[DD103720]] Notes: "Sung & played: Richard Coeur de Lion, Edward II, Francis, Titchbourne. Played (acc.t): Ann Boleyn" + list of pieces: "Anne Boleyn: only accompaniment"
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− | * [[DD103921]] Notes: "Do: Treat Hedley" Quomodo..." / "I caught myself in my instrumental strings"
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− | * [[DD103934]] Letter dated Friday 26th June to Delia "Herewith a full script of the programme..."
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− | * [[DD103951]] Notes: "VCS3 for high phrases" "Fish p.47" etc.
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− | * [[DD104011]] Table headed "Poem - Tape 1 - Tape 2"
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− | * [[DD104036]] Table headed "T1 - T2" "1a Wind for Superflumen"
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− | * [[DD104046]] "Id[?] keep still / wind etc down to final level" "Start 237"
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− | * [[DD104112]] Letter dated 24th July 1970 from Hedley to Delia: "Thank you for your recent letter - I have enclosed your cheque"
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− | * [[DD104153]] Handwritten poem text: "Even such is time which takes in trust / Our youth, and joys and all we have..."
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− | * [[DD104226]] "Fx M/U": Table headed "POEM - TAPE1 - TAPE 2 - TAPE 3 - NOTES"
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− | =Availability=
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− | * On [[Attic Tapes]]:
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− | ** [[DD019]] "Prisons 1"
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− | ** [[DD020]] "Prisons 2"
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− | ** [[DD021]] "Prisons safety copy"
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− | =References=
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− | [[Category:Piece]]
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