The Silent Sleep [original]

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Title

The Silent Sleep [original]

Subject

1. Songbooks. 2. Vocal quartets. 3. Doiron, Richard -- Musical settings.

Description

Protected in plastic bag ; leaves very good to near fine ; printed on 1 piece of paper watermarked: "CERTIFICATE Royale [9]6% COTTON [CONTENT]" ; evidence of light bending at bottom corners

Lyrics: "They sleep, they sleep the silent sleep. They speak, they speak the silent speech. They've gone, they've gone the silent ways. And flown, and flown the silent waves."

Accompanying note reads: "This keepsake, distributed to members of The Alcuin Society in 1977, was selected, designed and printed by G. Brender a Brandis at the Brandstead Press in Carisle, Ontario / . . . . . . . . . . . / It is the third in a series printed for the Society by the 'inkier fellows', as one so happily described them : members who have an inclination to print."

Creator

Doiron, Richard [lyrics] ; a Brandis, G. Brender [music]

Source

The Alcuin Society

Publisher

Carlisle, Ont.: Brandstead Press

Date

1977

Contributor

Unknown

Format

Single folio with printed music ; 33 cm ; p. 4

Language

English

Identifier

ID Number 26 ; Bin 1

Document Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Single folio with printed music ; 33 cm ; p. 4

Citation

Doiron, Richard [lyrics] ; a Brandis, G. Brender [music], “The Silent Sleep [original],” Special Collections, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archive.fims.uwo.ca/specialcollections/items/show/69.