I found an America Opera Project featuring Walt Whitman in song. It says it is a callaboration between Composures and the voice and the Walt Whitman project, "a Brooklyn-based community arts organization, devoted to exploring the life and influence of this great American writer through readings of his poetry and prose and performances of musical compositions based on his works. Whitman spent much of his life living and working around New York City, including in Fort Greene, Brooklyn - the home of American Opera Projects"
http://operaprojects.org/whitman.htm
There is a connection between poetry and music, and who better to bridge that connection than Walt Whitman? Even though the stretch between opera and a poetry reading may be long, there is emotion evoked in both forms, and Walt enjoyed every creation. I've never seen opera live, but I'm guessing the emotion will be explosive.
There is a connection between poetry and music, and who better to bridge that connection than Walt Whitman? Even though the stretch between opera and a poetry reading may be long, there is emotion evoked in both forms, and Walt enjoyed every creation. I've never seen opera live, but I'm guessing the emotion will be explosive.
I found a children's book, When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer. Really amazing pictures to go along with the poem.
About the book:
sketches:
http://www.lorenlong.com/astronomer/astronomer_sketches.html
I love that this poem was made into a children's book. This allows children to be exposed to poetry and a great poet in a way are used to, with pictures. Children have amazing imaginations, and poetry is the perfect way in which they can explore their minds, because it can hold so much meaning.
I love that this poem was made into a children's book. This allows children to be exposed to poetry and a great poet in a way are used to, with pictures. Children have amazing imaginations, and poetry is the perfect way in which they can explore their minds, because it can hold so much meaning.
Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac put out a solo album and used Whitman's writing from the poem, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" on his album cover and to go along side to his collage of phtotographs on the album. The title of the album was, "Out of the Cradle".
Also Found a fun song called, "Walt Whitman's Niece" that was written by Woodie Guthrie, described as,
" raucous, irreverent, and sexually charged in a way that other evocations of Whitman have not been"
In using Walt Whitman in both these musical forms, uses him as a toll to get a tone across to the listener. I read that he was used as a peace symbol, a rowdy symbol, a personal symbol, this shows Walt's work is universal and the man himself, stands for something for everyone.
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