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“Mask” for piano by Arnold Bax was written on July 22, 1912 (the same month Nympholept was composed), approximately one month after the arrival in London of Serge Diaghilev’s celebrated “Ballets Russes,” for whom Bax had written the unperformed and unpublished ballet Tamara, composed between July and November 1911.
Hitherto thought lost, we have Nick Barnard to thank for discovering the manuscript in a sale at Hanson’s and having the forethought to copy it from the auction house’s catalogue.
“Mask” was dedicated to Gustav Holst’s cousin, Mary Lediard.
This edition is edited by Nick Barnard and carries an insightful Introduction by the pianist Ennio Caironi, who has made the first recording of the piece.
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