The Cyprian Queen - Revision history

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	The [[Strange Unearthly Flute]] is the horizontal lines above the spoken voiceprints.		The [[Strange Unearthly Flute]] is the horizontal lines above the spoken voiceprints.
	{{Spectrogram\|The Cyprian Queen ~~clip~~ - Spectrogram}}		{{Spectrogram\|The Cyprian Queen - clip_from_Wee_Have_Also_Sound_Houses - Spectrogram}}

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	The [[Strange Unearthly Flute]] is the horizontal lines above the spoken ~~voiceprint~~.		The [[Strange Unearthly Flute]] is the horizontal lines above the spoken voiceprints.
	{{Spectrogram\|The Cyprian Queen clip - Spectrogram}}		{{Spectrogram\|The Cyprian Queen clip - Spectrogram}}

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			The [[Strange Unearthly Flute]] is the horizontal lines above the spoken voiceprint.
	{{Spectrogram\|The Cyprian Queen clip - Spectrogram}}		{{Spectrogram\|The Cyprian Queen clip - Spectrogram}}

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	* [[Strange Unearthly Flute]]		* [[Strange Unearthly Flute]]

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Who is the Cyprian Queen?

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	and in his ''Medea'' the Chorus of Corinthian Women have a line:		and in his ''Medea'' the Chorus of Corinthian Women have a line:
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	When in excess and past all limits Love doth come, he brings not glory or repute to man; but if the Cyprian queen in moderate ~~mighta pproach~~, no goddess is so full of charm as she.		When in excess and past all limits Love doth come, he brings not glory or repute to man; but if the Cyprian queen in moderate might approach, no goddess is so full of charm as she.
	</BLOCKQUOTE>		</BLOCKQUOTE>

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	Delia created the music for a 1964 radio<ref name=TLL/> programme catalogued		Delia created the music for a 1964 radio<ref name=TLL/> programme catalogued
	as ''The Cyprian Queen (The Singing Bird)'', produced by Michael		as ''The Cyprian Queen (The Singing Bird)'',
	Bakewell.<ref>BBC Written Archives R97/27/1, a list of BBC Radiophonic Workshop engagements		produced by [[Michael Bakewell]].<ref>BBC Written Archives R97/27/1, a list of BBC Radiophonic Workshop engagements
	1957-July 1968.</ref>		1957-July 1968.</ref>

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	Creation date: 11 August 1999		Creation date: 11 August 1999
	</PRE>		</PRE>

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			* [[Strange Unearthly Flute]]

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Martinwguy at 12:10, 7 June 2016

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	Delia created the music for a 1964 programme ~~(unsure if TV or radio)~~ catalogued		Delia created the music for a 1964 radio<ref name=TLL/> programme catalogued
	as 'The Cyprian Queen (The Singing Bird)', produced by Michael		as ''The Cyprian Queen (The Singing Bird)'', produced by Michael
	Bakewell.<ref>BBC Written Archives R97/27/1, a list of BBC Radiophonic Workshop engagements		Bakewell.<ref>BBC Written Archives R97/27/1, a list of BBC Radiophonic Workshop engagements
	1957-July 1968.</ref>		1957-July 1968.</ref>

	<BLOCKQUOTE>		<BLOCKQUOTE>
	We did a play called The Cyprian Queen. Delia created a marvellous kind of strange, unearthly flute music.		We did a play called The Cyprian Queen. Delia created a marvellous kind of strange, unearthly flute music.<ref>Michael Bakewell in [[Wee Have Also Sound Houses]].</ref>
	<BR>~~   --~~Michael Bakewell, in [[Wee Have Also Sound Houses]]
	</BLOCKQUOTE>		</BLOCKQUOTE>

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	Delia always managed to soften her purist mathematical approach		Delia always managed to soften her purist mathematical approach
	with a sensitive interpretative touch - ‘very sexy’ said Michael		with a sensitive interpretative touch - ‘very sexy’ said Michael
	Bakewell on first hearing her electronic music for Cyprian Queen.		Bakewell on first hearing her electronic music for Cyprian Queen.<ref>[http://delia-derbyshire.org delia-derbyshire.org]</ref>
	<BR>~~   --~~[http://delia-derbyshire.org delia-derbyshire.org]
	</BLOCKQUOTE>		</BLOCKQUOTE>

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	* Broadcast on 2nd March 1964 at 8:30pm on the Home Service.<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 6062]].</ref>		* Broadcast on 2nd March 1964 at 8:30pm on the Home Service.<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 6062]].</ref>
			* In the BBC Sound Archive on tape [[TRW 6062]]: "The Cyprian Queen (The Singing Bird)".<ref name=TLL/>
	* There is a short clip in the 1983 BBC documentary "[[Wee Have Also Sound Houses]]" from 39:35 onwards, with the narrator and Delia speaking over it.		* There is a short clip in the 1983 BBC documentary "[[Wee Have Also Sound Houses]]" from 39:35 onwards, with the narrator and Delia speaking over it.
	~~[[File:~~The Cyprian Queen - clip from Wee Have Also Sound Houses~~.ogg]]~~		{{Play\|The Cyprian Queen - clip from Wee Have Also Sound Houses}}
	* In the BBC Sound Archive on tape [[TRW 6062]]: "The Cyprian Queen (The Singing Bird)".<ref name=TLL/>

	=References=		=References=

Martinwguy at 21:09, 7 March 2015

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Delia created the music for a 1964 programme (unsure if TV or radio) catalogued
as 'The Cyprian Queen (The Singing Bird)', produced by Michael
Bakewell.<ref>BBC Written Archives R97/27/1, a list of BBC Radiophonic Workshop engagements
1957-July 1968.</ref>

<BLOCKQUOTE>
We did a play called The Cyprian Queen. Delia created a marvellous kind of strange, unearthly flute music.
<BR>   --Michael Bakewell, in [[Wee Have Also Sound Houses]]
</BLOCKQUOTE>

<BLOCKQUOTE>
Delia always managed to soften her purist mathematical approach
with a sensitive interpretative touch - ‘very sexy’ said Michael
Bakewell on first hearing her electronic music for Cyprian Queen.
<BR>   --[http://delia-derbyshire.org delia-derbyshire.org]
</BLOCKQUOTE>

=Who is the Cyprian Queen?=

In Euripides' play ''Hippolytus'', the Cyprian Queen is mentioned:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
She stands here at thy gate the Cyprian Queen!
</BLOCKQUOTE>
and in his ''Medea'' the Chorus of Corinthian Women have a line:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
When in excess and past all limits Love doth come, he brings not glory or repute to man; but if the Cyprian queen in moderate mighta pproach, no goddess is so full of charm as she.
</BLOCKQUOTE>

Robert Graves, in ''The Golden Fleece'', identifies the Cyprian Queen with the triple goddess or the White Goddess:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
I am the Triple Mother of Life, the mistress of all elements, the original
Being, the Sovereign of Light and Darkness, the Queen of the Dead, to
whom no God is not subject. I rule the starry skies, the boisterous green
seas, the many-coloured earth with all its peoples, the dark subterrene
caves. I have names innumerable. In Phrygia I am Cybele; in Phoenicia,
Ashtaroth; in Egypt, Isis; '''in Cyprus, the Cyprian Queen;''' in Sicily,
Proserpina; in Crete, Rhea; in Athens, Pallas and Athena; among the
pious Hypoboreans, Samothea; Anu among their dusky serfs. Others
name me Diana, Agdistis, Marianaë, Dindymene, Hera, Juno, Musa, Hecate.
</BLOCKQUOTE>

while [http://www.barbican.org.uk/media/events/4281theodora.finalprog.pdf the programme notes for a Barbican, London production of Handel's ''Theodora''] say that the Cyprian Queen is the goddess Venus:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Valens leads the Romans in the sacrifice to Jupiter, also
honouring Flora and Venus (‘the Cyprian Queen’), the
goddesses of beauty and love.
</BLOCKQUOTE>

=Copyright=
The Performing Right Society's list of works by Delia Ann Derbyshire has:
<PRE>
Title: The Cyprian Queen
Writer(s): Derbyshire Delia Ann
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Music
Work number: 1471907X
Type: 10/00 [?]
Work status flags: Film/TV / 1st Lic Referral
Creation date: 11 August 1999
</PRE>

=Availability=
* Broadcast on 2nd March 1964 at 8:30pm on the Home Service.<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 6062]].</ref>
* There is a short clip in the 1983 BBC documentary "[[Wee Have Also Sound Houses]]" from 39:35 onwards, with the narrator and Delia speaking over it.
[[File:The Cyprian Queen - clip from Wee Have Also Sound Houses.ogg]]
* In the BBC Sound Archive on tape [[TRW 6062]]: "The Cyprian Queen (The Singing Bird)".<ref name=TLL/>

=References=
<references/>

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