Elizabeth Maconchy: Down with the rosemary and bays

RobertHerrick(1591–1674) ‘CeremoniesforCandlemasseEve’

ElizabethMaconchy (1907–94) CommissionedbyElizabethPostonfortheCambridgeHymnal(1967)

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©CambridgeUniversityPress.ReproducedfromtheCambridgeHymnal,withthankstoCambridgeUniversityPress. FirstpublishedintheCambridgeHymnalasTwelfthNightSong PublishedbyMultitudeofVoyces2024.ImprintMoV2024. AllrightsreservedRegisteredcharityno1201139wwwmultitudeofvoycesorg ISMN979-0-708212-78-2 Itisunlawfultomakecopiesofthisworkwithoutthepriorpermissionofthecharity. PerformancesandcommercialrecordingsmustbereportedtoPRS/MCPS/CUP/theElizabethMaconchyestateasappropriate

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Elizabeth Maconchy: Down with the rosemary and bays

Published on Dec 5, 2024

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This work first appeared in the Cambridge Hymnal as Twelfth Night Carol, having been commissioned by Elizabeth Poston specially for that volume. The text comes from a longer poem by the poet and Anglican cleric Robert Herrick in which he outlines traditional customs particular to the English West Country in celebration of Candlemas Eve and Candlemas Day. We are delighted to be able to bring that work back into publication. Surplus funds raised from the sale of the sheet-music will directly fund the publication of an unpublished work by Maconchy. The octavos are available from Multitude of Voyces at £1.99 per copy (plus p&p) and can be printed in standard B5 size and in large-print A4 size. Portions of the perusal score have been redacted to protect the composer's copyright and the charity's work.