Down by the greenwood side : a dramatic pastoral / Harrison Birtwistle ; text by Michael Nyman
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ScorePublisher number: U.E. 15321 | Universal EditionPublication details: London : Universal Edition, 1971Description: [iv], 70 p. : ill., music ; 31 cmSubject(s):
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"'Down by the greenwood side' is drawn from the traditional English Mummers' Play, into which has been interpolated variants of the traditional ballad 'The Cruel Mother'. In addition Jack Finney, a character in the Mummers' Play, has been conflated with the Green Man, a fertility figure to be seen in wood carvings in many old English churches."