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As if a sign had been given to me from

the sea
Alexander Blok has a memorable and rather
arbitrary image in one of his poems which I
quote above. He belonged to a generation of
seekers and mystics in the wake of the
Russian Revolution, and in some ways might
be considered comparable to the late Hippie
generation intellectuals of Europe, such as
Jakob Bronowski, in face of the positivism and
market economics, snuffing out all fantasy,
which was to come in the Reagan-Thatcher
generation just after.. My Calvary.
These antimonies are still with us, but
prompted by unexpected information about
an unusually creative ecumenical move
between Westminster and Canterbury
cathedrals on the one hand; and by an
equally unexpected yet small personal
conflict of no real importance on the other I
have recently been prompted to follow Eliots
bird into some sort of creative garden and

take soundings (as Thoreau might have done,

of ice...).
The ice, of course, in this context, is just that
which even in spring is prone to clog up
the human heart and set all our enterprises
back to zero. But there is more.
The prime realization emerging is
unsurprisingly about peace and the
possibilities of diminishing conflict and human
antagonism. Wherever they arise.
Where does this reflex come from? The myth
of Cain and Abel is I think very relevant
(Phillipa Pearce hints at it, with a masterly
economy, in Toms Midnight Garden). After
considering the symbolic importance of Ely
cathedral in this novel, and remembering how
all the glass there was destroyed and the
sculptures disfigured, it was not difficult to
extrapolate this to the modern day
destructions we hear of in Iraq and
Afghanistan of the very archaeological record
which defines us as Europeans, Near Eastern
peoples, and Asians a population which is a

sizeable and significant chunk of the civilized

world: a civilization obviously to be
reduplicated and refocused in the New World
when the time came...And to our infinite
enrichment.
And since charity begins at home, I had to
imagine, too, whence an unexpected and
unwelcome emotion arriving at my doorstep
or rather, in these times, on my computer
screen arose; and I have thus had to begin
the process of reconciliation with an apology
and confession of any weaknesses of my
own.. In all circumstances, one can but hope
for understanding, pardon, and
forgiveness...The other is always unknown.
This will be seen below, also, in its due place.
But music, too, emerged. I had been
enthused by a Hungarian Easter hymn, and
had noted it down and musing overnight on
the fragility of human entente had
recomposed it somewhat, and written the
results down. The composition , short as it is,
may be viewed here, in both score and audio

version; and there is an organ interlude too;

although it the brief insight is less important
for what it is than what it suggests: that is
to say, the world of Robert Carver, in whose
footsteps I (in minuscule fashion and for
about six minutes) I tread; and it speaks, too,
about the needless antagonism of humans
which comes merely from an inability
amongst many to accept that God has
created us all, to coin a musical phrase, with
unequal temperaments...
Such temperaments are not present in this
SSSA setting, however...
And thus difference, deviance, new points of
view, an upsetting of apple carts is to be
expected. It is not badly meant. It is part of
the human condition. And how I pray that its
fruits may be understood and tolerance
emerge in especially the Caucasus, in Islamtroubled Europe, and in the more insidious
and spiteful unsung conflicts lurking under
the surface of many respectable countries
whom I will not name... Conflicts as trivial as

mine or as extended as that facing an entire

sector of an economy. These really are blocks
on the path to salvation; and they should be
dissolved, in time; they must not be allowed,
permanently, to be...
There follows a poem, an attempt at expiation
and reconciliation, an artistic response to a
human dilemma. How to quiet a raging oil
well of hate which had been trodden on
purely accidentally? I might not have been
Red Adair, but I could substitute for George
Herbert on his rest day, and so I was for an
afternoon, twelfth man for one match...The
answer was emblematic of the task we all as
humans have to face every day, to confront,
accept, and even ideally love...difference.
God has made us in myriad ways. That is the
rub.
I add some links. the Brahms Requiem, of
course, the Carver (which is a new Sistine
ceiling unknown to most) and some Dupr
unknown even to me. I add my score and two
audios. And of course the poem.

Prospero should have the last word, and I

quote, of course, the best version of the
closing speech of the Tempest that I can find
on the web, in a video version. Too bad that it
is a shade curtailed. But imperfection is as it
has to be. You will recall it:
Now my charms are all o'erthrown,
what strength I have's mine own,
Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,
I must be here confined by you,
Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
Since I have my dukedom got
And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell
In this bare island by your spell;
But release me from my bands
With the help of your good hands:
Gentle breath of yours my sails
Must fill, or else my project fails,
Which was to please. Now I want
Spirits to enforce, art to enchant,
And my ending is despair,
Unless I be relieved by prayer,
Which pierces so that it assaults

Mercy itself and frees all faults.

As you from crimes would pardon'd be,
Let your indulgence set me free.

Mintha egy jel megadatott nekem a sea

Alexander Blok egy emlkezetes s
meglehetsen nknyes kp egyik
kltemnyben, amely idzem felett.
tartozott egy generci keresk s
misztikusok nyomn az orosz forradalom, s
bizonyos szempontbl taln hasonlnak
tekinthet a ksi Hippie genercis
rtelmisgi Eurpa, mint a Jakob Bronowski az

arct a pozitivizmus s a piacgazdasg,

felszvst ki minden fantasy, ami az volt, hogy
jtt a Reagan-Thatcher generci csak miutn
.. a klvria.
Ezek antimonies is velnk vannak, de - kri
vratlan informcit szokatlanul kreatv
kumenikus kztt mozognak a Westminster
s a Canterbury katedrlis egyrszt; s egy
ugyanilyen vratlan, mgis kis szemlyes
konfliktus nem valdi jelentsge a msik n
nemrg kri, hogy kvesse Eliot madr
valamifle kreatv kertjben, s szondzs
(mint Thoreau tette volna, jg ...).
A jg, persze, ebben az sszefggsben csak
azt, ami - mg tavasszal - hajlamos eltmtik
az emberi szv s lltsa be az sszes
vllalkozsaink vissza nullra. De van mg.
Az elsdleges megvalstsa kialakulban van
meglep a bkrl s a lehetsges
diminisihing konfliktusok s az emberi
ellentt. Brhol is felmerlnek.

Honnan ez a reflex szrmazik? A mtosz Kin

s bel gy gondolom, nagyon fontos (Phillipa
Pearce utal r, egy mesteri gazdasg, Tom
Midnight Garden). Figyelembe vve a
szimbolikus jelentsgt Ely katedrlis ebben
a regnyben, s eszbe jutott, hogy az sszes
veget ott elpusztult, s a scuptures torz,
nem volt nehz extrapollni ez a mai
puszttsok hallunk Irakban s Afganisztnban
az igen rgszeti leletek ami meghatroz
bennnket, mint az eurpaiak, kzel-keleti
npek, s az zsiaiak - a lakossg, amely
jelents s szignifikns darab a civilizlt vilg:
a civilizci nyilvn kell reduplicated s
megjtott az jvilgba, amikor eljtt az
ideje ... s mi vgtelen dsts.
s mivel a szeretet otthon kezddik, mr
elkpzelni is, ahonnan egy vratlan s
kellemetlen rzelem rkezik az ajtmon vagy inkbb, ezekben az idkben, az n
szmtgp kpernyjn - merlt fel; s n
gy kellett kezdeni a megbklst a
bocsnatkrs s a gyns az esetleges

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hinyossgok a sajt .. minden krlmnyek

kztt, az egyik lehet, de remljk, a
megrts, a kegyelmet, s forgivenes ... A
msik mindig ismeretlen.
Ez azt ltni fogjuk, szintn, sajt kell helyen.
De a zene is alakult ki. n mr felbuzdulva a
magyar hsvti himnusz, illetve tudomsul
veszi le - s elmerengve egy jszakn t a
trkeny emberi antant trtuk kiss, s
rsbeli eredmnyek lefel. A kompozci,
rvid, ahogy van, akkor itt lehet
megtekinteni, mind pontszm s audio
vltozata; s van egy szerv kzjtk tl; br a
rvid betekintst kevsb fontos, hogy mi az,
amit mint azt sugallja: vagyis, a vilg Robert
Carver, amelynek nyomban I (a pici divat s
krlbell hat perc) I futfellet; Andit beszl
is a flsleges antagonizmus az emberek
melyik jn pusztn kptelen amonst sok
elfogadni, hogy Isten teremtett minket, hogy
rme egy hangsor, egyenltlen
vrmrsklet ...

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Az ilyen temperamentumok nincsenek jelen

ebben SSSA bellts azonban, hogy ...
s gy a klnbsg, deviancia, j nzpontok,
egy felkavar alma kocsik vrhat. Ez nem
azt jelenti, rosszul. Ez rsze az emberi llapot.
s hogy azrt imdkozom, hogy a
gymlcsket gy kell rteni, s a tolerancia
kialakulni, klnsen a Kaukzusban, az
iszlm-zavarta Eurpban s az alattomosabb
s gyllkd nekelt konfliktusok lappang a
felszn alatt szmos tekintlyes orszgok akit
nem nevet ... Conficts olyan trivilis, mint az
enym, vagy a kiterjesztett, mint nz egy
teljes gazat a gazdasg. Ezek valban
blokkolja az utat az dvssg; s meg kell
oldjuk, az idben; azokat nem szabad
megengedni, vglegesen, hogy ...
Itt kvetkezik egy vers, egy prblkozs
vezekls s a megbkls, mvszi vlaszid
az emberi dilemma. Hogyan nyugodt tombol
olajkt gyllet volt, amely taposta pusztn
vletlenl? Lehet, hogy nem lett volna a Red
Adair, de helyettesthetik George Herbert az

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pihennap, gy n egy dlutn, tizenkettedik

ember egy mrkzs ... A vlasz az volt
emblematikus a feladat mindannyian, mint az
emberek szembe kell nznie minden nap,
hogy szembenzzen, elfogadja, st idelis
esetben a szerelem ... a klnbsg. Isten tett
minket a szmtalan mdon. Ez a hiba.
Adhatok nhny link. Brahms Requiem,
termszetesen, a Carver (amely egy j Sixtusi
mennyezet ismeretlen a legtbb), s nhny
Dupr ismeretlen mg szmomra. Adjam
hozz pontszm s kt audios.And
termszetesen a vers.
Prospero kellett volna az utols sz, idzem,
termszetesen a legjobb vltozata a zr
beszdet a Tempest, hogy tallok az
interneten, egy vide vltozata. Kr, hogy ez
egy rnyalattal rvidteni. De a tkletlensg,
mert kell lennie. Lesz felidzni:
Most a varzsa minden o'erthrown,
milyen ereje van a magamt,
Ami leginkbb halvny: most, Ez igaz,

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Azt kell itt korltozni az n ltal,

Vagy kldtt Npolyba. Hadd ne,
Mivel ott van a hercegsg kapott
s Kegyelmet nyerni a csal, tartzkodsi
Ebben csupasz szigetre varzslat;
De engedje engem szalagok
Segtsgvel a j lapokkal:
Gyengd lehelet a tid n vitorlk
Ki kell tltenie, klnben n projekt
sikertelensge
Melyik volt, hogy rmet. Most azt akarom,
Szellemek rvnyesteni, mvszeti
elvarzsol,
s a befejezs ktsgbeess,
Hacsak nem enyhl, ima,
Amely tlyukasztja gy, hogy tmadsok
Mercy magt s felszabadtja az sszes hibt.

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Ahogy szrmaz bncselekmnyek lenne

Kegyelmet nyerni lehet,
Hagyd, hogy a knyeztets engedj.

sea

-
, .



Hippie
,
Bronowski, in
, out
,
.. .
antimonies ,
-

Canterbury
, ;

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soundings ( Thoreau
, ...).
, , ,
, , -
-
up
.
.
-

diminisihing
. ,
.
reflex ?
, (Phillipa
Pearce ,
, Midnight ).
, Ely

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scuptures
,


,
,
, - ,

,
:

...
.
,
, ,

doorstep - ,
, - ;


.. , ,
,
forgivenes ... .

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, , .
, , .

, , -
musing entente
,
. ,
, ,
, ;
interlude ;
,
,
: ,
Carver, I (in
) tread;
andIt , ,
,
amonst ,
,
,
...
sssa
, ...

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, , , ,
, ,
carts .
.
. ,


, - ,
spiteful unsung

,
... Conficts
, ,
.
;
, ; ,
...
, expiation
, reponse
.
,
?
Red Adair,

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, , ,
twelth ...
,
,
, ,
... .
myriad .
.
.
Requiem, , Carver (
Sistine )
Dupr .
audios.And ,
.
Prospero
o'erthrown,
,
:
, ' ,
,
.
,

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pardon'd ,

;

:

,
,
.

,
,
,
,
,

.
pardon'd
,

.
titkos nishani mietsa chemtvis sea

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aleksandre blokis akvs dasamakhsovrebeli

da sakmaod tvitneburi imiji misi ert-erti
leksebs, romelits me tsitirebas zemot. igi
ekutvnoda taobis madziebelta da mistikis
im ponze rusetis revolutsiis da
garkveultsilad sheidzleba chaitvalos
shedarebit gvian Hippie taobis inteligentsias
evropashi, rogoritsaa iakob Bronowski, in
sakhe pozitivizmis da sabazro ekonomikis,
shesuntkvis miznit out qvela pantazia,
romelits modis reiganis tetcheri taobis
mkholod mas shemdeg .. chemi golgota.
es antimonies dghesats chventan ertad,
magram - nakarnakhevi moulodneli
inpormatsia uchveulod shemokmedebiti
ekumenuri nabiji shoris vestminsteris da
Canterbury sakatedro tadzari, erti mkhriv;
da tanabrad moulodneli jer patara piradi
konplikti ar arsebobs realuri mnishvneloba
meores me akhlakhans ukve aidzula
daitsvas eliotis prinvelis garkveuli kreatiuli
baghi da miighos soundings (rogorts Thoreau
sheidzleba gaketdes, qinulis ...).

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qinulis, ra tkma unda, am kontekstshi,

mkholod, rom, romelits - tundats
gazapkhulze - aris midrekileba rom gachedos
up adamianis gulis da shekmnas qvela
chveni satsarmoebis ukan nulovani. magram
aris kidev.
sakartvelos premier-realizatsiis romlzets
gasakviri ar aris mshvidoba da
shesadzleblobebi diminisihing konplikti da
adamianis antagonizmi. ik, sadats isini
tsarmoikmneba.
sad am reflex modis? miti kaeni da abeli me
vpikrob, dzalian mnishvnelovania (Phillipa
Pearce mianishnebs is, virtuozulad
ekonomikis, tom Midnight baghi). gankhilvis
shemdeg, simboluri mnishvneloba Ely tadzari
am romanis da damakhsovrebis rogor qvela
minis ar daingra da scuptures
damakhinjebulia, es ar iqo rtuli ganzogadebis
am tanamedrove dgheshi ngreva gvesmis
eraqsa da avghanetshi dzalian arkeologiur
romelits gansazghvravs chvens, rogorts
evropelebi, akhlo aghmosavletis khalkhebs,

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da azielebis - mosakhleoba, romelits aris

mnishvnelovani da mnishvnelovani natsili,
tsivilizebul samqaroshi: tsivilizatsiis
ashkarad gauormagdebat da kritikulad
gaaanaliza akhali msoplio rotsa dro
movida ... da chveni usasrulo gamdidreba.
da mas sakvelmokmedo itsqeba sakhlshi,
me mkonda tsarmosadgenia, dzalian,
saidanats moulodneli da arasasurveli
grdznobebi chamosvlis chemi doorstep upro stsorad, am dros, chemi kompiuteris
ekranze - gachnda; da me amit unda
daitsqos sherigebis protsesi bodishis mokhda
da aghiareba susti mkhareebis chemi .. qvela
garemoebashi, sheidzleba, magram imedi
makvs gageba, shetsqalebis da forgivenes ...
skhva qoveltvis utsnobia.
es ikneba kvemot, aseve, tavis gamo adgili.
magram musika, dzalian, gachnda. me ukve
entuziazmit ungreli aghdgomis sagalobeli,
da aghnishna, rom is kvemot - da musing
ghamit sisuste adamianis entente hkonda
ganakhlebuli garkveultsilad, da datserili

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shedegebi kvemot. shemadgenloba, mokle,

rogorts es aris, sheidzleba chaitvalos ak,
orive kula da audio versia; da ar aris organo
interlude dzalian; miukhedavad imisa, rom
mokle ristvisats naklebad mnishvnelovania,
ra aris vidre is gvtavazobs: rom vtkva,
msoplioshi robert Carver, romlis kvaldakval I
(in mizerulia modis da daakhloebit ekvsi
tsuti) me tread; andIt saubrobs, dzalian,
daakhloebit uazro antagonizms adamianebi,
romlebits modis mkholod uunaroba amonst
bevri miighos, rom ghmertma shekmna
chventvis, moneta musikaluri praza,
utanastsoro temperamenti ...
aseti temperamenti ar aris am sssa
garemoshi, tumtsa ...
da, shesabamisad, ganskhvaveba,
gadakhrebis, akhali punktebi azrit, pavoriti,
vashlis carts aris mosalodneli. es ar aris
tsudad nishnavda. es aris natsili adamianis
mdgomareoba. da rogor vlotsulob, rom misi
naqopi sheidzleba iqos gagebuli da
tolerantobis gamochndes gansakutrebit

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kavkasiashi, islami-sheshpotebulia
evropashi, da upro mzakvruli da spiteful
unsung konpliktebis imaleba kvesh
zedapirze bevri pativsatsemi kveqana,
romelsats me ar asakhelebs ... Conficts
trivialuri rogorts chemi da rogorts
gagrdzeldes, rogorts, rom tsinashe mteli
sektoris ekonomika. es namdvilad aris blokad
gza khsna; da mat unda daishala, dro; isini ar
unda mietses, mudmivad unda iqos ...
shemdegnairad poema, mtsdeloba expiation
da sherigebis, mkhatvruli reponse adamianis
dilema. rogor tsqnar mdzvinvarebs navtobis
kargad sidzulvilis, romelits ukve telavs
tsminda shemtkhvevit? me sheidzleba ar
qopiliqo Red Adair, magram me ver
chaanatsvlebs jorj herbert misi dasvenebis
dghes, da ase viqavi, dghis meore
nakhevarshi, twelth katsi erti matchi ...
pasukhi iqo simboluri amotsana chven
qvela, rogorts adamianebs akvt pirispir
qoveldghe, daupirispirdes, miighos, da kidev
idealurad siqvaruli ... ganskhvaveba.

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ghmertma gaaketa chventvis myriad gzebi.

es aris rubls sheadgens.
davamato garkveuli kavshirebi. bramsi
Requiem, ra tkma unda, Carver (aris akhali
Sistine cheri utsnobi sauketeso) da zogierti
Dupr utsnobia ki chemtvis. davamato
chemi angarishi da ori audios.And ra tkma
unda, leksi.
Teper' moi prelesti vse o'erthrown ,
kakaya sila u menya yest' moye sobstvennyy,
Kotoryy yavlyayetsya naiboleye slabym :
seychas, 'eto pravda,
YA dolzhen byt' zdes' ogranichen vami ,
Ili otpravleny v Neapol' . Pust' menya ne tak,
Tak kak u menya yest' gertsogstvo poluchil
I pardon'd obmanshchika , obitat'
V etom golom ostrove po vashim
zaklinaniyem ;
No osvobodit' menya ot moikh grupp
S pomoshch'yu vashikh khoroshikh rukakh :
Nezhnoye dykhaniye tvoye moi parusov
Neobkhodimo zapolnit' , inache moy proyekt
poterpit neudachu ,

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Kotoryy dolzhen byl ugodit' . Teper' ya khochu

Dukhi dlya obespecheniya , iskusstvo
ocharovyvat' ,
I moye okonchaniye otchayaniya ,
Yesli ya ne budet osvobozhden ot molitvy ,
Kotoryy pronzayet tak, chtoby ona napadayet
sama po sebe i Miloserdiye osvobozhdayet
vse nedostatki .
Kak vy iz prestupleniy budet pardon'd byt' ,
Pust' vasha sniskhoditel'nost' osvobodi menya
.

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ALL FLESH IS AS THE GRASS

In memoriam of a Saint whose relic lies at

Esztergom...
In 1844, Tischendorf, by then nominally a Privatdozent
at Leipzig (his reading of the overwritten Biblical text of
the Ephraemi manuscript, previously thought
irrecoverable, had won him considerable renown), but in
fact out in the field and looking for evidence, visited the
monastery of St Catherine on Mt Sinai. In a
wastebasket of discarded papers to be used as fuel for
the monastery oven, he happened to find forty-three
leaves of what he recognized (there is something to be
said, in this business, for educating one's powers of
recognition) as a copy of the Septuagint version of the
Old Testament, written in early Greek script. The monk
in charge cheerfully informed him that two basketloads
of such discarded leaves had already been fed to the
oven.

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(Gallery of Philiogists, University of

Massachusstts, paragraph 2 :
https://www.umass.edu/wsp/philology/gallery/tisch
endorf.html)
Alas, my words, no harm (you know me!) meaning
Loyal Wolseys esteem knocked aft, or else learnd
More was not so sweet as twas before;

Now Thames threatened to run with blood

As even the Tiber, which Horace maybe misunderstood
In days of yore. My prickdness knowing,

Chafed however his even more. All England

a keg and ready to alight like Transcaucasian
nomads or Carpathian hordes; or even when noble

Thomas before, let slip a discontent at the kings

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crowning, and had his pate slit in the steep ambulatory,

Windows glowing in the purple dusk.

Nay, friend, come back and in the choir

Sweet unction of the censer take:
Kiss, make up, and be at peace: let this be the end
Of our disadvantage and (who knows?) maybe
This paltry dispute to mend our liege gave outpourd blood
At the golden end of the medieval images flood
At Canterbury.

Sajnos, az n szavaimat, nem rt (ismersz!) Jelentst

Loyal Wolsey nagyrabecslst kopogtatott tat, vagy pedig
megtanulta
More nem volt olyan des, mint "Twas eltt;

Most Thames fenyegetztt, hogy fut a vr

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Mivel mg a Tiberis, ami Horace taln flrertette

Hajdanban. Sajt prick'dness tudva,

Bosszantotta azonban mg. All England

egy hord, s kszen ll, hogy gve, mint transzkaukzusi
nomdok Krpt hordk; vagy akkor is, ha nemes

Thomas eltt, elereszt egy elgedetlensg, a kirly

koronz, s volt a psttom hasadkot a meredek
ambulns,
A Windows izz a lila alkonyat.

Nem, bartom, jjjn vissza, s a krus

des kenete a fstl venni:
Csk, smink, s lgy bkessgben: ez legyen a vge
A mi htrny, s (ki tudja?), Taln
Ez a csekly vita javt a Liege adta outpour'd vr

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Az arany vgn a kzpkori kpek "rvz

Canterbury.

, , ( me!)

Loyal Wolsey aft,

, , "twas ;

Thames ,
Tiber, Horace
yore. prick'dness ,

Chafed .
keg ,
; ,

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,
crowning, pate ,
Windows glowing purple dusk.

Nay, ,
Sweet unction :
, , :
( ?)
Liege
outpour'd
images
'
.
samtsukharod, chemi sitqva, ar ziani (tkven itsit me!)
mnishvneloba
Loyal Wolsey pativistsema gundi aft, anda sheitqo
More, ase ar iqo tkbili, rogorts "twas tsinashe;

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akhla Thames daemukra, rom atsarmoebs siskhlis

rogorts ki Tiber, romelits Horace ikneb arastsorad
am dgheebshi yore. chemi prick'dness itsis,

Chafed tumtsa misi kidev upro. qvela inglisi

keg da mzad antebuli, rogorts amierkavkasiis
momtabare da karpatebis lashkarta; da mashinats ki,
rodesats ketilshobiluri

tomas adre, neba gadaichekho ukmaqopileba mepis

crowning, da misi pate zoli tsitsabo ambulatoria,
Windows glowing tsels purple dusk.

Nay, megobari, davbrundebit da gundi

Sweet unction sakartvelos satsetskhluri miighos:
kotsna, sheadginos, da iqos mshvidoba: es ikneba bolos

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chveni minusi da (vin itsis?) ikneb

es umnishvnelo dava sheketebas chveni Liege mistsa
outpour'd siskhlis
amave okros bolos shua saukuneebis images 'tsqaldidobis
kenterberis.

CHRIST IS RISEN, GIVE HIM GLORY

...seems to suggest a four part female choir for its nine
bars, which is obtainable at Mtszalka... The words are
purely optional, and may be taken from the scan. A more
insistent organ interlude, halfway between Dupr and
Eklund, and with a touch of Tournemire, formed itself
almost entirely through the agency of the much improved

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MuseScore program. However I can vouch for the vocal

section, which contains some counterpoint Bach would not
have sniffed at; and perhaps evokes Carver almost
accidentally.
Here, first is the SCAN
[and since we have a bit of blank space, the missing
Dupr link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=7LgZI2VEbMk]

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Page 2 shows the top of a quiet organ interlude not used.

Or at least not used so far... This kind of art work is indeed
provisional and supra-personal...

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This is a source for words if choirs want to use them.

The Musescore Choral MS is like this:

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The mp3 is here. The organ interlude I am less sure about,

but I like the way it stops suddenly, That is like the end of
the Art of Fugue, when Bach died. Also its suggests vividly,

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Why gaze ye up to Heaven...Ye men of Galilee_ Christ will

return the same way as you saw him go...
It is worth remarking that the C in the penultimate bar
really ought to be doubled by half the Altos for Bar 8. That
would make a richer effect. A sudden fifth part.It is in the
MS.
The quieter organ interlude might have worked well, and is
in reserve, but Musescore helped me to arrive at this:

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mp3 Charmingly, Picosong things it is Purple Sunset:

Sleep Music Lullabies for Deep Sleep.
I promised you some meat. Behold, All Flesh is As the
Grass. Words from Isaiah, music by Brahms... This is the
idea of my poem...
This is a nice slow version by Klemperer... It made a huge
impression on me when I was twelve...the timpani are
stupendous...and we sang it at Birmingham. And to round

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it off we should really read this fair and charitable

interview with Sir John Tavener nine years before his
death. http://www.independent.co.uk/artsentertainment/music/features/john-tavener-god-be-in-myhead-732873.html
At the end of this, with the descending B flat Major scale so
simple, it is a hard heart indeed that is not melted almost
to tears. What is the music saying? That all our sacrifices
have been, and continue to remain, worthwhile...
What is the link? Well, Taveners twin brother also suffered
from a hereditary heart condition, and was wheeled into
the operating theatre listening to this piece.
The only honest reaction to the Klemperer is to play it
again, it is so explanation defying...
But clearly it, too, speaks of peace...but peace obtained only
after a Titanic struggle.
And its good to here it now, not long after Taveners death,
and when his website looks a bit gone to seed and down-atheel. His time will come back.

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Finally, just the Dupr and the Carver. After all that, I
cannot say much more. I just give the links.
Carver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LhX0OVkaKU
Dupr:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LgZI2VEbMk

Westminster cathedral, which will receive the relic of St

Thomas a Becket back from Hungary in May 2016

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last bars of All Flesh is as the grass...

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/3628/willem-vrelant-themartyrdom-of-saint-thomas-becket-flemish-early-1460s/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xluKsjEjTc