The lay of Pestal : Yes the die is cast, or Rest troubled heart

Contributor:

Melton, John (lyricist); Crawford, Mrs (lyricist); Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896 (lithographer)

Name:

Ling, J. R.; Kalliwoda, Johann Wenzel, 1801-1866; Pestelʹ, Pavel Ivanovich, 1793-1826

Date:

1857

Language:

English

Publisher:

Beck & Lawton

Subject:

Songs with piano

Resource Type:

StillImage

Form/Genre:

Songs with piano; Songs; Scores

Physical Description:

1 score (7 pages) : illustrations; 35 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Song; for voice and piano.; "N.B. This is the only edition containing both versions of the "Lay of the Pestal", Yes the die is cast & Rest troubled soul"--bottom of p. 3.; Words of the 1st version by John Melton; words of the 2nd version by Mrs. Crawford; both versions arranged by J.R. Ling.; Based on the melody Pestal which was supposedly written in prison by the Russian Decembrist revolutionary Paul Pestel but is generally attributed to J.W. Kalliwoda.; First line of text of 1st version: Yes! the die is cast! The turbid dream of life is waning. First line of text of 2nd version: Rest, thou troubled heart.; Illustration: Pestel in a prison cell etching his melody in the stone wall / Lith. of Sarony.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 29, no. 43

Collection:

Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)