Lamentations

Howard Skempton (composer)

Performing score edition

Printed Music (23 Oct 2008)

Not available for sale

Out of stock

Publisher's Synopsis

for bass and theorbo Comprising 4 separate 'Lamentations', this work for bass voice and theorbo takes its text from John Donne's The Lamentations of Jeremy, and is set in Howard Skempton's characteristic pared-down style. A recording of Lamentations is available on the Delphian Records release of Skempton's choral music: 'The Cloths of Heaven' (Delphian Records / IODA), performed by Bartholomew Lawrence and James Akers.

About the Publisher

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Our products cover an extremely broad academic and educational spectrum, and we aim to make our content available to our users in whichever format suits them best.We publish for all audiences-from pre-school to secondary level schoolchildren; students to academics; general readers to researchers; individuals to institutions. Our range includes dictionaries, English language teaching materials, children's books, journals, scholarly monographs, printed music, higher education textbooks, and schoolbooks.

Book information

ISBN:	9780193363809
Publisher:	OUP OXFORD
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	23 Oct 2008
Edition:	Performing score edition
Language:	English
Number of pages:	20
Weight:	87g
Height:	297mm
Width:	210mm