Identity area
Reference code
JCPP/Picken/6/1/2
Title
'Laurie's Songs'
Date(s)
- 2000-2001 (Creation)
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File
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
File of material generated by Anthea Smith while organising the recording of 'Laurie's Songs' - a song cycle Laurence Picken composed for his cousin Mary (Anthea Smith's mother) in his youth. [According to correspondence between the two, Laurence Picken preferred the title 'Mary's Songs'].
Includes photocopies of Laurence Picken's entries in Who's Who and notes for the recording sleeve notes, biographies of the singer and pianist who appear on the recording, texts of the songs and correspondence with the pianist, Nicholas Ansdell-Evans.