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Detailing the life of Mary between 1542 and 1568, these songs are set to five poems which are said to have been written by Mary herself. Mary’s life was turbulent to say the least, as she went from the title of Queen to a life in various prisons, on trial for being complicit in the murder of her husband.
25 kwi 2018 · The prayer of Mary, Queen of Scots. Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart is Robert Schumann's last cycle, composed in December 1852. These songs were virtually his last too as he only wrote two more. The story of Mary had already attracted Schiller's attention, who had written his drama based on the Queen’s last days, Maria Stuart, in 1800.
Das Marienleben (The Life of Mary) is a song cycle by German composer Paul Hindemith. The cycle, written for piano and soprano, sets to music a collection of 15 poems by Rainer Maria Rilke that tells the story of the life of Mary. [1] The cycle was featured in the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar. [2]
Crawford and Barker's Songs of Mary Queen of Scots include five numbers based on actual historical events, but with no pretense to texts authored by the monarch. They begin with “The Royal Bridal of the Bride with her Maidens,” which depicts Mary's wedding to the dauphin (later Francis II of France).
The songs chronicle significant times and events in Queen Mary's life, beginning with the death of her first husband and ending with her prayer before execution.
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Drawn to the life and writings of Mary Queen of Scots, a poet and essayist herself and one of the most read woman of her time, Data Regina is a body of work which gathers electronic songs, "The Antechamber", along with a series of instrumentals, "The Battles", a sonic landscape inspired by the 16th century battles on the Anglo-Scottish border.
