COMPLETE PLAY: A Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord by Robert Hugh Benson-mas

[ej400]

Here is Narrator for Scene 5

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mysteryplay_narrator_5.mp3 9:00

This was much more involved than Scene 5, so give it a good PL, Elijah, because I may have missed something.

One small PL note:

@ about 7:04 Mid sentence, there was a missed line "Gaspar turns to tray,"

Great work though, Larry!

[ej400]

I have just uploaded:

Ben Ezra Scene 3:
https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mysteryplay_benezra_3.mp3 2:58

Ben Ezra Scene 4:
https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mysteryplay_benezra_4.mp3 0:15

Appendices:
https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mysteryplay_6_benson_128kb.mp3 19:14


Next I could do the editing of the Prologue and Scenes, if that role is available?

Great work! These are all PL OK!

[WinterMoon]

Ill claim and narrate the Preface and Prologue if that is not a placeholder.

[Rapunzelina]

Ill claim and narrate the Preface and Prologue if that is not a placeholder.

Indeed it's a placeholder. I have that edited and almost ready, only thing missing to complete it is the dramatis personae which I slowly add to as I edit each scene.

[Rapunzelina]

I was working on Scene III, and I'm missing two narrator's lines:
- His tone changes to despondency.
- He stretches and yawns


FIXED: and a bit of the chorus on page 61:
Chorus (in simple harmony). Et in terra pax, hominibus bonae voluntatis.


For the narrator's missing lines, would Mozartjr be available to record these two short phrases? If not, shall we just skip them? Would Elijah be interested and available to record those? Because I feel that their voices are similar enough.


FIXED: For the Chorus bit, stage directions call for a "plainsong melody of mass". Gill is the only choir member still active in this project. Might she be available to offer a recording then I can add my voice for "simple harmony"?

[GillH]

Here's the "Et in Terra..." line:
https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mysteryplay_choir1_etinterrapaxhominbus.mp3

[Rapunzelina]

Thank you Gill! I got this and incorporated it into my master file! I'll edit my post above to reflect this.

[Rapunzelina]

Working on Scene 4, I'm missing:

-Intro from the Narrator
"Scene 4 of A Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org. A Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord, by Robert Hugh Benson. Scene 4"
(this is the intro format used by mozartjr for the first three scenes)


-the Angels song on pages 68-69

[ej400]

Working on Scene 4, I'm missing:

-Intro from the Narrator
"Scene 4 of A Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org. A Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord, by Robert Hugh Benson. Scene 4"
(this is the intro format used by mozartjr for the first three scenes)


-the Angels song on pages 68-69

I was working on Scene III, and I'm missing two narrator's lines:
- His tone changes to despondency.
- He stretches and yawns

For the narrator's missing lines, would Mozartjr be available to record these two short phrases? If not, shall we just skip them? Would Elijah be interested and available to record those? Because I feel that their voices are similar enough.

I can record those for you!

[Rapunzelina]

Thank you! The lines from scene 3 would be great!


In scene 4, narrator is Larry Wilson so hopefully he's available for the intro.

[GillH]

For the song ("When I see the mother holding...") I'm going to go with the melody in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEv8rT7NnUs - the first verse starts at about 57s, and I'll repeat that same melody for verses 2 and 3.

[Rapunzelina]

Thank you, Gill! I am a bit clueless when melody is concerned. Is what you posted the same as: https://www.ccel.org/b/bramley/carols/jpg/0027=22.htm ?
If not, would you be able to sing the scanned version which is definitely pd?

All scanned pages:
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6

[Rapunzelina]

Working on Scene 5, I'm missing

- Narrator's intro, as before:
"Scene 5 of A Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org. A Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord, by Robert Hugh Benson. Scene 5"
- the narrator's phrase, Elijah pointed out above: @ about 7:04 Mid sentence, there was a missed line "Gaspar turns to tray,"

- a line by Balthazar on page 86: And I but myrrh To offer here. . . . Lord Joseph, give them her.

[GillH]

Thank you, Gill! I am a bit clueless when melody is concerned. Is what you posted the same as: https://www.ccel.org/b/bramley/carols/jpg/0027=22.htm ?
If not, would you be able to sing the scanned version which is definitely pd?

Hi. It's not the same. I've found the original tune (it seems) on SoundCloud which should also be pd (he died in 1948) https://soundcloud.com/abbie-betinis/when-i-view?in=abbie-betinis/sets/rev-bates-g-burt-carols-sent, although that only covers the first eight lines of each verse.

The version you've linked to has a couple of words different from the printed text, with some repeated /extra phrases. If we go with that version, should we keep the words of the text, plus the extra bits (to fit the melody - which is a bit complicated, by the way...)?

[Rapunzelina]

I certainly wouldn't want to complicate it further; this project is complicated enough as it is! But it's not my decision to make, I think MaryAnn is acting BC, and we can wait for her counsel