Self-correction, Martin. It _was_ John Hilton, but it was formerly wrongly
attributed to someone else, that was where I got addled.
I love the piece, tho' some find it rather declamatory in style.
Best
Dave
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From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: syllabics/Hopkins Browning/Dylan Thomas
> I didn't know Hilton did any Donne settings, Martin, (sounds interesting
> tho', commissioned by JD too?) but he's not the guy I'm thinking of,
Hilton
> lived to be 58, this fella died young and flourished after Donne's death.
> Farrant? H'm. I ain't sure.
>
> Best
>
> Dave
>
>
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> From: "Martin J. Walker" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:53 AM
> Subject: Re: syllabics/Hopkins Browning/Dylan Thomas
>
>
> > John Hilton (I've not, to my recollection, heard it), version
commissioned
> > by Donne (according to the Patrides edition), the version in the English
> > Hymnal, No. 515, having music by Bach. Spink says "Hilton, better known
as
> > the composer of _Ayres or Fa-las_(1627)".
> >
>
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