|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | [[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.
| + | ''Blue Veils and Golden Sands'' is a 45-minute radio play about Delia's life. |
| | | | |
| − | 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>
| + | The script is an uninspired and awkward pastiche of material from her interviews. The actress who plays Delia makes her sound weak and silly, very different from the Delia we know from her interviews, and it harps on about alcoholism roughly once every five minutes. |
| | | | |
| − | ELS sent Delia a series of suitable poem texts on 30th January 1970, and paid her for her work on 21st July 1970.
| + | It was also published on a BBC CD together with Delia's music from the other BBC Radiophonic Workshop albums: |
| | + | [[Doctor Who]] (Original Theme) |
| | + | [[Time On Our Hands]], |
| | + | [[Arabic Science and Industry]], |
| | + | [[Know Your Car]], |
| | + | [[Mattachin]], |
| | + | [[Pot Au Feu]], |
| | + | [[Happy Birthday]], |
| | + | [[Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO|Zivvzah Zivvzah OO-OO-OO]] (!), |
| | + | [[Towards Tomorrow]], |
| | + | [[Door To Door]], |
| | + | [[Air]], |
| | + | [[Science and Health]], |
| | + | [[Chromophone Band]], |
| | + | [[A New View of Politics]], |
| | + | [[Environmental Studies]], |
| | + | [[Chronicle]], |
| | + | [[Great Zoos of the World]], |
| | + | [[Dance from Noah|Dance from 'Noah']], |
| | + | [[Blue Veils and Golden Sands]], |
| | + | [[The Delian Mode]], |
| | + | [[Time To Go]], |
| | + | [[Doctor Who]] (Closing Theme), |
| | | | |
| − | Delia's papers contain musical note sequences for
| + | =Credits= |
| − | * [[Poets in Prison - Intro|Intro]] | + | * Written by Martyn Wade |
| − | * [[Anne Boleyn]]
| + | * Produced and directed by Cherry Cookson |
| − | * [[Elegy For Himself]] by Chidiock Tichborne
| + | * Music by [[Elizabeth Parker]] |
| − | * [[Lullaby of the Onion]] by Miguel Hernández | + | * Sophie Thompson as Delia Derbyshire |
| − | * [[Mary Queen of Scots]]
| |
| − | * [[War]] by Miguel Hernández | |
| − | as well as some scores not yet associated with their poems.
| |
| − | | |
| − | =Papers=
| |
| − | The following subsections group her papers according to the poems they relate to:
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==[[Anne Boleyn]]==
| |
| − | "O death! rock me on sleep, / Bring me on quiet rest;" ...
| |
| − | <gallery>
| |
| − | Image:DD101814.jpg|[[DD101814]] "Poetry from Prison /74": Poem text for Anne Boleyn
| |
| − | Image:DD101850.jpg|[[DD101850]] Poem text "Anne Boleyn /2"
| |
| − | Image:DD101837.jpg|[[DD101837]] Slip of paper with "part sung / part spoken" handwritten on it
| |
| − | Image:DD103136.jpg|[[DD103136]] Notes for "ANNE BOLEYN" / words - tune -- written - harmony" "Use hummed second lower line + git. asints. & before?"
| |
| − | Image:DD103149.jpg|[[DD103149]] Note sequences "G C D Eb" "O rock sleep ..."
| |
| − | Image:DD103208.jpg|[[DD103208]] Note sequences "G C D Eb" "Yet on sleep for qui-et..."
| |
| − | </gallery>
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==Earl Rivers==
| |
| − | "Somewhat musing / And more mourning..."
| |
| − | * [[DD103102]] "EARL RIVERS" (title page for the following)
| |
| − | * [[DD103115]] Poem text "Anthony Widville, Earl Rivers":
| |
| − | * [[DD103125]] Poem text "Earl Rivers /2"
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==[[Edward II]]==
| |
| − | "On my devoted head / Her bitterest showers..."
| |
| − | <gallery>
| |
| − | Image:DD101938.jpg|[[DD101938]] Poem text, translated by Edward Lucie-Smith
| |
| − | Image:DD102731.jpg|[[DD102731]] Notes: "EDWARD II"
| |
| − | </gallery>
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==[[Elegy For Himself]]==
| |
| − | By Chidiock Tichborne: "My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; / My feast of joy is but a dish of pain;" ...
| |
| − | <gallery>
| |
| − | Image:DD101757a.jpg|[[DD101757a]] Poem text
| |
| − | Image:DD103252.jpg|[[DD103252]] Notes "TICHBOURNE: Guitar coming in early under comm.t"
| |
| − | Image:DD103312.jpg|[[DD103312]] Note sequences "Bb Ab Gb F" "S.F. router but first..."(?)
| |
| − | Image:DD103342.jpg|[[DD103342]] Note sequences "Bb G F G Bb C" "The day is past & yet saw no sun..."
| |
| − | Image:DD103405.jpg|[[DD103405]] Note sequences "Bb F ... D C" "My per I but for of" (?)
| |
| − | Image:DD103418.jpg|[[DD103418]] Note sequences "Tichborne" "C A G ... A C"
| |
| − | </gallery>
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==Elizabeth I==
| |
| − | "Oh, fortune, thy wresting wavering state / Hath fraught with cares my troubled wit..."
| |
| − | * [[DD103240]] Poem text "Elizabeth I"
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==Francis==
| |
| − | <gallery>
| |
| − | Image:DD103043.jpg|[[DD103043]] Notes
| |
| − | </gallery>
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==House of the Man Athirst==
| |
| − | by Miguel Hernandez, translated by Edward Lucie-Smith.<BR>
| |
| − | "I am desert sand, / dearth of thirst..."
| |
| − | * [[DD102100]] Poem text for "HOUSE OF THE MAN ATHIRST"
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==James I of Scotland==
| |
| − | * [[DD102801]] "James I of Scotland": "When as I lay in bed alone waking..." | |
| − | | |
| − | ==[[Lullaby of the Onion]]==
| |
| − | by Miguel Hernández<ref>[https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/lullaby-onion ''Lullaby of the Onion''] on poets.org</ref>
| |
| − | <P>
| |
| − | Delia's notes suggest that her music for this consists of two tunes: Tune I and Tune II.
| |
| − | <gallery>
| |
| − | Image:DD101901.jpg|[[DD101901]] "Poetry from Prison /73": Typewritten lyrics: "The onion is frozen / stubborn and poor..."
| |
| − | Image:DD102841.jpg|[[DD102841]] Notes "LULLABY OF THE ONION"
| |
| − | Image:DD102821a.jpg|[[DD102821a]] Letter dated 27th Feb. from [[Edward Lucie-Smith]] to Delia.
| |
| − | 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.."
| |
| − | Image:DD102857.jpg|[[DD102857]] Note sequence: E|G E-E D|E - E - ..."
| |
| − | Image:DD102935.jpg|[[DD102935]] Notes: "TUNE I "Lullaby" V.2" "In the cra-dle of hun-ger..."
| |
| − | Image:DD102945.jpg|[[DD102945]] Notes "T.I ? V4" "Bird in laugh out a-laysth in you[?]"
| |
| − | Image:DD103007.jpg|[[DD103007]] Notes "TI V11" "tomorrow they will be..."
| |
| − | Image:DD103030.jpg|[[DD103030]] Notes: "T II" "Mixture of laughing and flying - higher register"
| |
| − | </gallery>
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==[[Mary Queen of Scots]]==
| |
| − | Delia's papers contain the texts for two of Mary QoS's poems:
| |
| − | * "Alas! what am I! and in what estate?..."
| |
| − | * "O Domine Deus! Speravi in Te..."
| |
| − | and note sequences for the second of these. For details, see [[Mary Queen of Scots]].
| |
| − | <gallery>
| |
| − | Image:DD103441.jpg|[[DD103441]] Text of Poem I: "Alas! what am I! and in what estate?..."
| |
| − | Image:DD103529.jpg|[[DD103529]] Text of poem II: "O Domine Deus! Speravi in Te, / O care mi Iesu! nunc libera me..."
| |
| − | Image:DD103457.jpg|[[DD103457]] Notes "MARY Q. OF SCOTS"
| |
| − | 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"[?]
| |
| − | </gallery>
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==[[Richard Coeur de Lion]]==
| |
| − | <gallery>
| |
| − | Image:DD102650.jpg|[[DD102650]] Notes: "RICHARD COEUR DE LION"
| |
| − | Image:DD102714.jpg|[[DD102714]] Poem text: "If captive wight attempt the tuneful strain..."
| |
| − | Image:DD102723.jpg|[[DD102723]] Poem text: "Richard Coeur de Lion /2"
| |
| − | </gallery>
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==Sir Thomas Seymour==
| |
| − | "Forgetting God to love a king / Hath been my rod, or else nothing..."
| |
| − | * [[DD103230]] Poem text: "Sir Thomas Seymour"
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==Tartars==
| |
| − | * [[DD102638]] Notes: "TARTARS"
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==[[That's How It Goes]]==
| |
| − | "Am in the middle of a spreading light, / my hands inspired, the world beautiful." ...
| |
| − | * [[DD101757b]] Poem text for Nazim Hikmet's ''That's How It Goes''
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==[[War]]==
| |
| − | "Old age in the villages, / heart without a master"
| |
| − | <gallery>
| |
| − | Image:DD104100.jpg|[[DD104100]] Poem text "WAR"
| |
| − | Image:DD103607.jpg|[[DD103607]] Notes: "WAR" "DD Tape acc.t"
| |
| − | Image:DD103642.jpg|[[DD103642]] Notes: "WAR I" "chords are bass 8ths +8ves..."
| |
| − | Image:DD103625.jpg|[[DD103625]] Notes: "WAR II" "Same notes for each verse"
| |
| − | Image:DD104341.jpg|[[DD104341]] Manuscript "Old age in the villages, Heart without a master..."
| |
| − | </gallery>
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==Waters of Babylon==
| |
| − | * [[DD102523]] Notes: "WATERS OF BABYLON"
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==Unidentified scores==
| |
| − | These papers have note or chord sequences or conventional score but we don't know which poems they're for:
| |
| − | * [[DD102650]] Note sequences: "Eb C D B Eb C D B / On rot ten shore All fight storm tune pours[?]..."
| |
| − | * [[DD103733]] Note sequences: "C G A A F G" "Ev. time ch tae in th..."(?)
| |
| − | * [[DD103841]] Manuscript "Intro"
| |
| − | * [[DD103908]] Manuscript "Intro: The sky above the roof top is blue..."
| |
| − | * [[DD104304]] VCS3 dope sheet "POETRY FROM PRISONS" effects "FISHES 1" "FISHES 2" "WHALES"
| |
| − | | |
| − | =Other papers=
| |
| − | The whole folder of these papers can be viewed [http://delia-derbsyhire.net/papers/thumb.html#PoetsInPrison here].
| |
| − | * [[DD101920]] "Poetry from Prison /75"
| |
| − | * [[DD101929]] "Poetry from Prison /76"
| |
| − | * [[DD101950]] Letter from Ted to Delia dated 30th January "Herewith a batch of photostats to brood on"
| |
| − | * [[DD102148]] Letter dated 21st July 1970 to Delia "herewith cheque for Poetry from Prison..."
| |
| − | * [[DD102201]] Notes: "Library make-up tape / 1.Superflumen / 2.monks / 3.low vroom..."
| |
| − | * [[DD102357]] General notes
| |
| − | * [[DD102422]] Notes: "Timetable - ASK ELS - SOUND F/X"
| |
| − | * [[DD102435]] Notes: "Tape treatment"
| |
| − | * [[DD102454]] Notes: "Timetable - Lute Chittaronte(?)"
| |
| − | * [[DD102821]] Letter dated 27 Feb. to Delia "How are things going?"
| |
| − | * [[DD103720]] Notes: "Sung & played: Richard Coeur de Lion, Edward II, Francis, Titchbourne. Played (acc.t): Ann Boleyn" + list of pieces: "Anne Boleyn: only accompaniment"
| |
| − | * [[DD103921]] Notes: "Do: Treat Hedley" Quomodo..." / "I caught myself in my instrumental strings"
| |
| − | * [[DD103934]] Letter dated Friday 26th June to Delia "Herewith a full script of the programme..."
| |
| − | * [[DD103951]] Notes: "VCS3 for high phrases" "Fish p.47" etc.
| |
| − | * [[DD104011]] Table headed "Poem - Tape 1 - Tape 2"
| |
| − | * [[DD104036]] Table headed "T1 - T2" "1a Wind for Superflumen"
| |
| − | * [[DD104046]] "Id[?] keep still / wind etc down to final level" "Start 237"
| |
| − | * [[DD104112]] Letter dated 24th July 1970 from Hedley to Delia: "Thank you for your recent letter - I have enclosed your cheque"
| |
| − | * [[DD104153]] Handwritten poem text: "Even such is time which takes in trust / Our youth, and joys and all we have..."
| |
| − | * [[DD104226]] "Fx M/U": Table headed "POEM - TAPE1 - TAPE 2 - TAPE 3 - NOTES"
| |
| | | | |
| | =Availability= | | =Availability= |
| − | * On [[Attic Tapes]]: | + | * First broadcast on BBC Four on 23rd December 2002 |
| − | ** [[DD019]] "Prisons 1"
| + | * [[File:Blue Veils and Golden Sands BBC radio broadcast.torrent]] |
| − | ** [[DD020]] "Prisons 2"
| + | * [[File:Blue Veils and Golden Sands BBC CD.torrent]] |
| − | ** [[DD021]] "Prisons safety copy"
| + | * [[File:* [[File:Blue Veils and Golden Sands BBC CD.torrent]] |
| − | | |
| − | =References=
| |
| − | <references/>
| |
| | | | |
| − | [[Category:Piece]] | + | [[Category:Documentary]] |
