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*{{PostedDate|2006-07-26}} {{CPDLno|12094}} [http://www.johnkilpatrick.co.uk/music/JAK/#burgess {{net}}] PDF & MIDI files
*{{PostedDate|2006-07-26}} {{CPDLno|12094}} [http://www.johnkilpatrick.co.uk/music/JAK/#burgess {{net}}] PDF & MIDI files
{{Editor|John Kilpatrick|2006-07-26}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|54|591}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|John Kilpatrick|2006-07-26}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|54|591}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:'''
:{{EdNotes|New edition November 2014: A few minor tweaks to the music, Two new sections added making 13 in total, Re-paged and bar-numbered. Scores available: Full Score (in concert pitch) 54 pages; Vocal Score (with piano reduction) 40 pages; Parts for wind quintet in one each 12 pages, enclosed in one PDF. Also available is a User Guide (i.e. programme notes)}}
– New edition November 2014:
:A few minor tweaks to the music
:Two new sections added making 13 in total
:Re-paged and bar-numbered
– Scores available:
:Full Score (in concert pitch) 54 pages
:Vocal Score (with piano reduction) 40 pages
:Parts for wind quintet in one each 12 pages, enclosed in one PDF
– Also available:
:User Guide (i.e. programme notes)


==General Information==
==General Information==
{{Title|''Cuttings from a Nonsense Book''}}
{{Title|''Cuttings from a Nonsense Book''}}
{{Composer|John Kilpatrick}}
{{Composer|John Kilpatrick}}
{{Lyricist|Gelett Burgess}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
{{Genre|Secular|Cantatas}}
{{Genre|Secular|Cantatas}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments| Wind Quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) with choir and speaker (narrator). Alternatively with piano reduction.}}
{{Instruments| Wind Quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) with choir and speaker (narrator). Alternatively with piano reduction.}}
{{Pub|1|2005}}, extended 2014.
{{Pub|1|2005|}}
 
{{Pub|2|2014|– extended.}}
'''Description:'''<br>A 30-minute work comprising 12 numbers written to words from The Burgess Nonsense Book (Gelett Burgess, 1901) and one short section for instruments only.
{{Descr|A 30-minute work comprising 12 numbers written to words from The Burgess Nonsense Book (Gelett Burgess, 1901) and one short section for instruments only. Designed for performance as a whole, but with the possibility of omitting sections. The Purple Cow could be performed as a mini-suite on its own.}}
<br>Designed for performance as a whole, but with the possibility of omitting sections. The Purple Cow could be performed as a mini-suite on its own.
{{ListSections|No||Sections|No
 
|1|Introduction|Frontispiece and Epigram
''Component sections:''
|2|Digital Extremities|
{{Text|Simple|
|3|Cranial Ambulation|
1. Introduction (Frontispiece and Epigram)
|4|City Flora|
2. Digital Extremities
|5|My Fancies|
3. Cranial Ambulation
|6|Fugue in 24 keys|instrumental
4. City Flora
|7a|The Minutes|
5. My Fancies
|7b|The Museum of Kisses|
6. Fugue in 24 keys (instrumental)
|8|The Floorless Room|
7a. The Minutes
|9|The Window|
7b. The Museum of Kisses
|10|The Towel and the Door|(and vice-versa)
8. The Floorless Room
|11|The Purple Cow|
9. The Window
|11a|The Purple Cow|
10. The Towel and the Door (and vice-versa)
|11b|The Purpil Cowe|
11. The Purple Cow
|11c|Confession|
  - The Purple Cow
|12|Finis|
  - The Purpil Cowe
|13|Exit|encore}}
  - Confession
{{#ExtWeb:
12. Finis
*[http://www.johnkilpatrick.co.uk/music/JAK/Cuttingswords.htm Complete text] from the composer's website}}
13. Exit (encore)}}
'''External websites:'''
*[http://www.johnkilpatrick.co.uk/music/JAK/Cuttingswords.htm Complete text] from the composer's website
 
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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Editor: John Kilpatrick (submitted 2006-07-26).   Score information: A4, 54 pages, 591 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: New edition November 2014: A few minor tweaks to the music, Two new sections added making 13 in total, Re-paged and bar-numbered. Scores available: Full Score (in concert pitch) 54 pages; Vocal Score (with piano reduction) 40 pages; Parts for wind quintet in one each 12 pages, enclosed in one PDF. Also available is a User Guide (i.e. programme notes)

General Information

Title: Cuttings from a Nonsense Book
Composer: John Kilpatrick
Lyricist: Gelett Burgesscreate page

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Cantata

Language: English
Instruments: Wind Quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) with choir and speaker (narrator). Alternatively with piano reduction.

First published: 2005
    2nd published: 2014 – extended
Description: A 30-minute work comprising 12 numbers written to words from The Burgess Nonsense Book (Gelett Burgess, 1901) and one short section for instruments only. Designed for performance as a whole, but with the possibility of omitting sections. The Purple Cow could be performed as a mini-suite on its own.

Sections in this work

1. Introduction – Frontispiece and Epigram
2. Digital Extremities
3. Cranial Ambulation
4. City Flora
5. My Fancies
6. Fugue in 24 keys – instrumental
7a. The Minutes
7b. The Museum of Kisses
8. The Floorless Room
9. The Window
10. The Towel and the Door – (and vice-versa)
11. The Purple Cow
11a. The Purple Cow
11b. The Purpil Cowe
11c. Confession
12. Finis
13. Exit – encore

External websites:

Original text and translations

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