Poetry for Composers

Posted on Oct 19, 2005 | 7 comments
Filed under: Art Song, Choral, Composing, Poetry, Song Cycle

My post about Doctor Atomic has got me thinking about this whole business of effectively setting poetry to music. This is something John Adams has always been exceptionally good at, even if I don’t agree with his approach to writing for the stage. But it’s certainly not a given that any good composer would be able to do this well. Most of my...

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