Beschreibung:

Jones (Daniel, 1912-1993). Original manuscript score of several songs for Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, circa 1953-54, 8 pages of autograph manuscript music and lyrics for songs included in the original radio production of Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, first broadcast on the BBC third programme on the 25th January 1954, black ink on printed paper with musical stave, with annotations in pencil to margins, including 'Dent Thursday am', the various songs numbered in blue ink from 74153 to 74166, a few marks and occasional minor soiling, sheet size 310 x 245 mm (12.25 x 9.7 ins), contained in old brown manilla envelope with typewritten note to one side 'UNDER MILK WOOD - Dylan Thomas 74153 - 74166' (Qty: 1) The songs included here are: Johnnie Crack and Flossie Snail, Childrens' Game, Polly Garter's Song, and Mr. Waldo's Song. The 4 songs are divided in the manuscript into 7 parts, each with a page number indicated. A milestone of radio broadcasting, Under Milk Wood, first performed on 25th January 1954, was a 'play for voices' which revealed the hidden lives and dreams of a small Welsh village, Llareggub, in rich poetic and burlesque language and music. The composer Daniel Jones was a friend from boyhood of Dylan Thomas, as charted in his memoir My Friend Dylan Thomas (1977). During the Second World War, Jones had worked at Bletchley Park as a Captain in the Russian-Japanese section. Dylan Thomas never heard the BBC Radio premier (which famously included his friend Richard Burton as the narrator), dying of alcohol poisoning in New York on 9th November 1953 at the age of just 39. The first edition of Under Milk Wood consisting of 101 pages, includes a preface as well as 8 pages of musical score, all of which were provided by Daniel Jones.