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U. S. Composers and Poets: The Intersection of American Classical Music and American Literature (Revised and Updated) by Gerald F. Sweeney

U. S. Composers and Poets: The Intersection of American Classical Music and American Literature (Revised and Updated)

by Gerald F. Sweeney

558 pages
US Composers and Poets shows the relationship between American Classical Music and American Literature

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About the Book
Gerald F. Sweeney's new book is titled "US Composers and Poets - The Intersection of American Classical Music and American Literature."

The relationship between American composers and American writers has always been close. Creating the music to accompany and enhance the prose and poetry pf our greatest writers has given us a treasury of musical masterpieces, including Ives' "Concord Sonata" after Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne and the Alcotts- as well as Copland's "Poems of Emily Dickinson," Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" with DuBose Heyward, and Lukas Foss's "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" after Mark Twain.

This new soft cover book contains the musical offerings of 300 American composers who have embellished the literary creations of over one hundred and fifty American writers. This includes thirty-five musical versions of poems set by Walt Whitman and twenty-five by Emily Dickinson, indicating the devotion shown to our favorite poets by American troubadours.

 

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About the Author
A Michigan grad and ex-GI, Gerald Sweeney spent his career in Manhattan’s madcap magazine business. Since retirement, he has lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for twenty years. His seven novels and collection of short stories are available through BookLocker.

 

 

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