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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. | | [[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 in summer 1970 at the City of London Festival.<ref>Kirstin Cubitt's article [http://delia-derbyshire.net/Dial%20a%20tune/ Dial a Tune]</ref> | + | 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. | | 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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| | "O death! rock me on sleep, / Bring me on quiet rest;" ... | | "O death! rock me on sleep, / Bring me on quiet rest;" ... |
| | * [[DD101814]] "Poetry from Prison /74": Poem text for Anne Boleyn | | * [[DD101814]] "Poetry from Prison /74": Poem text for Anne Boleyn |
| − | * [[DD101850]] Poem text for Anne Boleyn /2 | + | * [[DD101850]] Poem text |
| − | * [[DD101837]] Slip of paper with "part sung / part spoken" handwritten on it
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| − | * [[DD103136]] Notes for "ANNE BOLEYN" / words - tune -- written - harmony" "Use hummed second lower line + git. asints. & before?"
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| − | * [[DD103149]] Note sequences "G C D Eb" "O rock sleep ..."
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| − | * [[DD103208]] Note sequences "G C D Eb" "Yet on sleep for qui-et..."
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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]] by Chidiock Tichborne==
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| − | "My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; / My feast of joy is but a dish of pain;" ...
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| − | * [[DD101757a]] Poem text for Chidiock Tichborne's ''Elegy For Himself''
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| − | * [[DD103252]] Notes "TICHBOURNE" (blank)
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| − | * [[DD103312]] Note sequences "Bb Ab Gb F" "S.F. router but first..."(?)
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| − | * [[DD103342]] Note sequences "Bb G F G Bb C" "The day is past & you saw no sun..."
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| − | * [[DD103405]] Note sequences "Bb F ... D C" "My per I but for of" (?)
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| − | * [[DD103418]] Note sequences for "Tichborne": "C A G ... A C
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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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| − | * [[DD103043]] Notes "FRANCIS (p.20. / ELS: note to begin - recited on pitch. / chord at end of each 2 lines. / becoming more complex."
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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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| − | * [[DD102841]] Notes for "LULLABY OF THE ONION"
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| − | * [[DD102857]] Note sequence: E|G E-E D|E - E - ..." on the back of of [[DD102821]]
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| − | * [[DD102935]] Notes: "TUNE I "Lullaby" V.2" "In the cra-dle of hun-ger..."
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| − | * [[DD102945]] Notes "T.I ? V4" "Bird in laugh out a-laysth in you(?)"
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| − | * [[DD103007]] Notes "TI V11" "tomorrow they will be..."
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| − | * [[DD103030]] Notes: "T II" "Mixture of laughing and flying - higher register"
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| − | ==Mary Queen of Scots==
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| − | * [[DD103441]] Poem text for "Mary Queen of Scots" "Alas! what am I! and in what estate?" (****)
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| − | * [[DD103529]] Poem text "Mary, Queen of Scots" "O Domine Deus! Speravi in Te, / O care mi Iesu! nunc libera me..."
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| − | * [[DD103457]] Notes "MARY Q. OF SCOTS"
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| − | * [[DD103516]] Note sequences: "(G D) A G / G E D / G A G" "Ca Je su lib ra in te met OR can Je news va bet"(?)
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| − | ==Richard Coeur de Lion==
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| − | * [[DD102650]] Notes: "RICHARD COEUR DE LION"
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| − | * [[DD102714]] Poem text: "Richard Coeur de Lion"
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| − | * [[DD102723]] Poem text: "Richard Coeur de Lion /2"
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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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| − | * [[DD104100]] Poem text "WAR"
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| − | * [[DD103607]] Notes: "WAR" "DD Tape acc.t"
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| − | * [[DD103625]] Notes: "WAR II" "Same notes for each verse"
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| − | * [[DD103642]] Notes: "WAR I" "chords are bass 8ths +8ves..."
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| − | * [[DD104341]] Manuscript "Old age in the villages, Heart without a master..."
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| − | ==Waters of Babylon==
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| − | * [[DD102523]] Notes: "WATERS OF BABYLON"
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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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| − | * [[DD101901]] "Poetry from Prison /73": "The onion is frozen / stubborn and poor..."
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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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| − | * [[DD102650]] Note sequences: "Eb C D B Eb C D B / On rot ten shore All fight storm tune pours(?)..."
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| − | * [[DD102821]] Letter dated 27 Feb. to Delia "How are things going?"
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| − | * [[DD103720]] Notes: "sung & played" + list of pieces : "Anne Boleyn: only accompaniment"
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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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| − | * [[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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| − | * [[DD104304]] VCS3 dope sheet "POETRY FROM PRISONS" effects "FISHES 1" "FISHES 2" "WHALES"
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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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