Word: roxburgh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...June 19, at Methven field, the English scattered the rebel forces with great slaughter. King Robert's wife, daughter and sister were captured-in the spirit of fair prey, the English shut his sister up in a cage and hung her for several months on the walls of Roxburgh Castle. The King fled headlong to the Irish Sea, and for five fateful months was lost to history...
...Blake Recitative' By Edwin Roxburgh (1937- ) received its first performance in the United States. For contralto solo (Miss Paquet) and small string ensemble, the work combined clearly defined theme and form with a lyric excitement and mobility. In that it exploited chromatic resources and non-traditional tensions, it was a modern work. It was carefully thought out and emotionally effective. Miss Paquet handled the difficult solo line with sureness; her performance showed that what might have been thought an unmusical vocal line really just expanded the meaning of lyricism...