Bitter ballads : ancient and modern poetry sung to medieval and traditional melodies.
| Author/creator | Hillier, Paul performer. |
| Other author | Lawrence-King, Andrew performer. |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | Los Angeles : Harmonia Mundi France, ℗1998. |
| Description | 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Clever Tom Clinch going to be hanged / Jonathan Swift -- The roundhead / Samuel Butler -- London is a fine town / anonymous -- London / William Blake -- The fine old English gentleman / Charles Dickens -- The great testament / Villon ; Lowell -- Highland dance #1 : (harp solo) / Howard Skempton -- Kiltory / Helen Adam -- Highland dance #2 : (harp solo) / Howard Skempton -- Shallow-water warning ; Song for a sea tower / Helen Adam -- The ballad of Marie Farrar / Bertolt Brecht -- Senza licenza : (harp solo) ; Invention : (harp solo) / Howard Skempton -- Fine flowers in the valley / trad. ; [music by] Howard Skempton -- Sappho : fragment / Sappho ; Lowell -- The keel row I : (harp solo) / Howard Skempton -- It was summer now / Gertrude Stein -- The keel row II : (harp solo) / Howard Skempton -- Disillusionment / Gertrude Stein -- The cockfight : (harp solo) / Howard Skempton -- Sailing to Byzantium / W.B. Yeats -- Brigg fair : (harp solo) / [music] traditional -- "Coda" : from Briggflatts / Basil Bunting. |
| General note | For voice with harp or psaltery, and for harp. |
| General note | "Production USA." |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes in English and French, and texts English and French translations (45 p. : ill.) in container. |
| Performer | Paul Hillier, voice; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp or psaltery. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Apr. 6, 1996, and June 11-13, 1997, Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA. |
| Language | Sung in English. |
| Genre/form | Musical settings. |
| LCCN | 2001569602 |
| UPC | 093046720421 |
| Publisher number | HMU 907204 Harmonia Mundi France |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Music Media - Ask at Circulation Desk | CD-14192 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |