Lorna Doone

Category: Miscellaneous | Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:12 am

Having not touched the keyboard for about a month, the creative urges were starting to simmer again. As I have managed to get a link to my website on a major Devonshire site called 'Everything Exmoor', I thought maybe I'd better beef up my Exmoor musical content.
The idea of the Lorna Doone novel by R. D. Blackmore has been lurking in the back of my mind for a while, so I went for it about a week ago, adding to it daily - I've no idea how many hours have gone into it, they just drift past. The outcome is four movements reflecting the storyline.
This morning at 5am I awoke with the last melody of the work ringing in my head - one of those tunes that you can't budge. So, with the help of about four cups of coffee, in my dressing gown, I made the final tweaks to it all, finishing with an appraisal of the whole thing in the correct sequence at about 8am.
I get quite emotional about music, and one part near the end, where Lorna marries John Ridd in the church at Oare, Exmoor, after all the previous romance and heartbreak of the story, but where the wedding bells finally kick in, really starts to fill me up. Soppy old beggar.
The next step, I think, is to source an outfit that can take the now programmed music from my keyboard, and transfer it (by whatever means) to a professional and marketable quality CD. The quality I achieve in copying music to the computer myself just isn't good enough.
The aim is to approach Exmoor based outlets - the National Trust, historic houses, museums, gift shops, etc...maybe even BBC Radio Devon. If you don't try you don't get.
But at least now I have something to work with.

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sharon mc wrote on Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:05 am:

This sounds like a very interesting project; hope you can get the outside support that you now need!

eileen wrote on Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:19 am:

Lorna Doone was always a favourite of my Pete and I still remember it clearly. I would love to hear the music you have created for it. Maybe, once you have it on CD and it's on the open market, you could send me a copy? Obviously I'd pay the full market price for it. Do let us know how you get on with promoting it and what outlets are going to sell it for you won't you?