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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 [[City of London Festival]]<ref>Kirstin Cubitt's article [http://delia-derbyshire.net/Dial%20a%20tune/ Dial a Tune]</ref> in June-July 1970.
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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. We don't know which poem texts were used, but Delia's papers contain musical note sequences for a dozen poems and her manuscript scores for half a dozen.
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| − | =Poems=
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| − | The following groups 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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| − | * [[DD101814]] "Poetry from Prison /74": Poem text for Anne Boleyn
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| − | * [[DD101850]] Poem text
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Latest revision as of 12:11, 9 November 2018
