“Das himmlishe Leben,” about a child’s perspective on Heaven, is a poem (originally titled “Der Himmel hängt voll Geigen”) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, a collection of German folk poems that Mahler set ...
BEFORE attempting any delimitation of the frontiers of Music and Poetry, or any discussion of their interaction, it is perhaps prudent to admit that in one respect it is impossible to separate them.
As a young conservatory student in 1993, I was talking with a classmate. He told me that his teacher, a prominent trumpet player in the New York Philharmonic, would begin each weekly lesson by having ...
French video artist Christophe Thockler's poetic music video for Mimi Goese and Ben Neill's "Cusp" freezes mementos and symbolic objects into blocks of ice that melt over time. The technique is a ...
Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” The music-poetry mashup is at the ...
Ten Shekel Shirt has a reputation for making poetic music, yet some reviewers have thought them too simplistic for that description. What these writers forget is that the best poetry is simple and ...
There’s something timeless about a cowboy’s story–tales told under starlit skies, woven with humor, grit, and the quiet strength of life on the range. On Wednesday, July 30, the Utah County Fair will ...
For all the people looking for a space to share or hear new ideas and art, Poetic Soul is the place to be. Citizens of Arizona can come to Stand Up Live every Wednesday from 7 to 11 p.m. for an open ...
Songs and lore of the West will be performed and recited Sunday at the 27th annual Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering at Sherwood Hall in Salinas. The event celebrates the tradition of music and tales ...