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The Joyce Book

BBC Radio 3
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Thirteen songs composed and published together as a tribute to James Joyce
Meriel Dickinson (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Dickinson (piano)
Poetry read by Prunella Scales
Devised and presented by Peter Dickinson

In 1929 Arthur Bliss and Herbert Hughes planned a volume of settings of Joyce's Pomes Penyeach. It was published by The Sylvan Press in 1933 but, because the edition was limited to 500 copies and not reprinted, most of the music is unknown. This programme traces the history of the volume.
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Mezzo-soprano:
Meriel Dickinson
Presenter/Devised by/Pianist:
Peter Dickinson
Reader:
Prunella Scales
Producer:
Jillian White
Source: Radio Times

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