| Music's Spell: Poems about Music and Musicians Contributor(s): Fragos, Emily (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0307270920 ISBN-13: 9780307270924 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2009 Annotation: Music may be the universal language that needs no words--the "language where all language ends," as Rilke put it--but that has not stopped poets from ancient times to the present from trying to represent it in verse. Here are Rumi and Shakespeare, Elizabeth Bishop and Billy Collins; the wild pipes of William Blake, the weeping guitars of Federico Garcia Lorca, and the jazz rhythms of Langston Hughes; Wallace Stevens on Mozart and Thom Gunn on Elvis--the range of poets and of their approaches to the subject is as wide and varied as music itself. The poems are divided into sections on pop and rock, jazz and blues, specific composers and works, various musical instruments, the human voice, the connection between music and love, and music at the close of life. The result is a symphony of poetic voices of all tenors and tones, the perfect gift for all musicians and music lovers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Music | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 808.819 |
| LCCN: 2008042855 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 4.3" W x 6.42" (0.51 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Music may be the universal language that needs no words--the "language where all language ends," as Rilke put it--but that has not stopped poets from ancient times to the present from trying to represent it in verse. Here are Rumi and Shakespeare, Elizabeth Bishop and Billy Collins; the wild pipes of William Blake, the weeping guitars of Federico Garc a Lorca, and the jazz rhythms of Langston Hughes; Wallace Stevens on Mozart and Thom Gunn on Elvis--the range of poets and of their approaches to the subject is as wide and varied as music itself. The poems are divided into sections on pop and rock, jazz and blues, specific composers and works, various musical instruments, the human voice, the connection between music and love, and music at the close of life. The result is a symphony of poetic voices of all tenors and tones, the perfect gift for all musicians and music lovers. |