(DOWSON, Ernest.) SCOTT, Cyril.
The Valley of Silence Composed for Voice and Pianoforte.
The title is taken from the opening words of Dowson’s “Beata Solitudo,“ which first appeared in his Verses (1896). Scott (1879-1970) was an influential and prolific composer, as well as mystic, occultist and advocate of natural therapies. He created songs using the poetry of Symons and Rosamund Marriott Watson as well as Dowson, and also wrote poetry, Elkin Mathews publishing a couple of his books, including a translation of Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal. A fine copy.
