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Gray's music for `The Bard'.

Authors :
McCarthy, B. Eugene
Source :
Review of English Studies. Feb97, Vol. 48 Issue 189, p19. 14p. 2 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

The author describes annotations to the poem "The Bard" by Thomas Gray and written documents from Grey's friend William Mason, which are preserved at Pembroke College Library of Cambridge in England, and which refer to an undiscovered orchestration of "Bard" as an oratorio. Marginalia, descriptions of the proposed overture, and composer John Christopher Smith are also mentioned.

Subjects

Subjects :
*MUSIC orchestration
*MARGINALIA

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00346551
Volume :
48
Issue :
189
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Review of English Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9706272546
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/res/XLVIII.189.19