The immortal hour . music-drama by Rutland Boughton the libretto being arranged from the play and poems of Fiona Macleod (William Sharp) ...
Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)
Category
Books
Date
1923
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3100195
Summary
Bibliographic description
19 p. ; 22 cm. With additional 34 blank leaves at the end, some of which have ms annotations all dated May 1923, e.g from the composer Rutland Boughton ("How beautiful they are, the lordly ones of Mount Stewart" set to music), William Heseltine [poss. the opera singer (1892-1966)], Gwen Ffrangcon Davies [actress and singer (1891-1992)], W. Johnstone-Douglas [actor and singer], Arthur Cramner [?actor and singer] Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) with portrait: "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry]. Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]). Binding: Twentieth-century half red morocco on red cloth over boards, gilt lettered on spine. Gilt-top, marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Rutland Boughton (1878-1960) William Sharp (1855-1905)