The Cruel Mother
The Cruel Mother
- Instrumentation Voice, Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Cello
- Edition Score
- Editor Christopher Leedham
- Publisher University Of York Music Press
- Order no. M570366286
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The Cruel Mother for Voice, Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Cello. Composed 2014, published 2016. Score included in UYMP's Firewheel Anthology (ISMN M-57036-615-6), recorded by Dark Inventions. Duration: 6-7 minutes. The murderous tale of infanticide that is told in The Cruel Mother ballad is widely known in a number of forms. It has been performed and recorded by folk singers such as Martin Carthy, Maddy Prior, and Bella Hardy amongst many others, and inspired Down by the Greenwood Side by Harrison Birtwistle. The particular melody used in this arrangement was collected by H. E. D. Hammond in Dorset in 1907. The matter-of-fact representation of the terrible tale that characterizes the tune is augmented by the quintuple metre and cheerful instrumental refrain. Commissioned by Dark Inventions and first performed by them on 8th May 2014 at The Engine House, Manchester.
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