TY - BOOK AU - Seth,Vikram TI - Rivered earth SN - 9780670085415 AV - PR9499.3.S38 R58 2011 U1 - 808.81 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Dublin PB - Hamish Hamilton KW - Poetry KW - Indic poetry (English) KW - Chinese poetry N1 - Printed music on end papers; Songs in Time of War -- Shared Ground -- The Traveller -- Seven Elements N2 - The Rivered Earth contains four libretti written by Vikram Seth to be set to music by Alec Roth - together with an account of the pleasures and pains of working with a composer. They take us all over the world - from Chinese and Indian poetry to the beauty and quietness of the Salisbury house where the poet George Herbert lived and died. Spanning centuries of creativity and humanity, these poems pulse with life, energy and inspired brilliance.They are accompanied by four pieces of calligraphy by the author ER -