MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 97117812
003 DLC
005 20101116105656.0
008 970220s1996 ctua 000 0 eng
010 $a 97117812
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
041 1 $aeng$apol$hpol
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aN7433.4.A475$bG46 1996
245 00 $aAltar book for Górecki :$b"The symphony of sorrowful songs" by Henryk Górecki : lyrics in Polish and English translation.
246 30 $aSymphony of sorrowful songs
260 $aMiddletown, CT :$bRobin Price,$c1996.
300 $a[6] leaves :$b[3] ill. ;$c31 x 16 cm. (in wooden case 34 x 18 cm.)
500 $a"Lyrics for the first movement are from a fifteenth century Lamentation of the Holy Cross Monastery in Poland. The second movement is a prayer inscribed on the wall of a cell in the Gestapo's headquarters in Zakopane. The text for the third movement is a Polish folk song"--leaf [6].
500 $a"Inspired by Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3 ... as recorded in 1992 with soprano Dawn Upshaw. Three copperplate engravings from The Ornithology of Francis Willughby of 1678 are reproduced as visual equivalents to the symphony's three movements ... The form of the book is a triptych, made of ... wood boards hinged with vellum. Letterpress printed sheets ... are laminated onto both sides of the boards ... Designed, printed & bound by Robin Price in an edition of sixty copies"--Prospectus.
500 $aLC has copy no. 37, signed by the designer. Accompanied by prospectus.$5DLC
650 0 $aArtists' books$zUnited States.
700 1 $aGórecki, Henryk Mikołaj,$d1933-2010.
700 1 $aWillughby, Francis,$d1635-1672.
700 1 $aPrice, Robin$q(Glenna Robin)
710 2 $aArtists' Books Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC