Word: grooms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Born under a dark star, Nancy Pringle never knew whether it was the Master of Fassefern who had sired her, or Willie Weams, the groom. Divot Meg, the village's woman, out of compassion for Nancy, swore it was the master, then strangled Nancy's mother lest she quaver her own doubts in the matter. Others, less generous, preferred to believe it was the groom; hoped thereby to establish superiority over the spirited little orphan. The flaccid minister took her in; his wife sanctimoniously bullied her; his old mother defended her in malicious warfare with the wife...
...defense. Other disillusioned Fasseferns had flung themselves over the Rossorty cliffs into the boiling sea-Nancy herself remembered the white-haired master in scarlet hunting-coat madly spurring his ash-white horse over the cliff. So Nancy spurred herself and jumped, knowing as she did so that no groom's child could be so brave...
Despite the fact that an unannounced benefactor has offered three horses for polo purposes, the management has been unable to accept the gift because of the lack of necessary funds to feed and groom the animals. The result is that, with the meager $1200 subsidy of polo, the team can never use its own horses in games away from home. This fact is made even more annoying because there are no contests scheduled in Cambridge this spring since there is no playing field...
There are four tableaux. On one side of the stage a bride is being prepared for her wedding night, her long hair is being combed. On the other one sees the anointing of the groom. Then comes the blessing and departure of the bride, to the lamenting of her parents. Finally the nuptial celebration, described this way by Conductor Stokowski for the League of Composers' program note...
...Svacha takes off bridal veil and replaces it with kika (headdress of married woman). Father of bride gives away his daughter. Mother of bride leads her daughter to groom's parents. Father of bride strikes bride with whip (ancient ritual, symbol of submission) and then passes whip to groom. Girls and bride dance to ancient folk-song-the whole company becomes increasingly intoxicated. All dance a ronde and sing, while a man and his wife from among the guests enter the bed to warm it with the heat of their bodies. Drushka and Svacha bring dishes of food...