The music for the mask, which still exists at least, the melody still exists, was written by Henry Lawes, the most important musician working in England.
现在流传下来了的《面具》的音乐, 亨利劳斯写的旋律依然存世, 亨利是英国最伟大的作曲家。
Over 32 poems Mr Hill traces an elegiac sequence for Lawes and his music, intermingling the historical events around his death with flashes of the everyday.