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Category Archives: The Fisherman Songs
“Nighttime”
Nighttime from my song cycle Fisherman Songs I stopped getting embarrassed a while ago, probably when my now 12-year old daughter was born. So to sing my song wasn’t difficult but I just can’t sing well. But I want to … Continue reading
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Completed the Song As Above, So Below
Finished another song for the song cycle The Fisherman Songs, As Above, So Below using text from Thoreau’s Walden (The Ponds).
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Tagged HenryDavidThoreau, song, Thoreau, WaldenPond
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Walden Pond
Here is a photo of Walden Pond at dusk.
New Song Using a Bit of Text from “Walden”
Using a bit of text out of “The Ponds” section from Thoreau’s “Walden” for a new song titled As Above, So Below for my Fisherman Songs cycle: Sometimes, after staying in a village parlor till the family had all retired, … Continue reading
The Fisherman
As I mentioned in my July 19th post I decided to use W. B. Yeats’ poem “The Fisherman” as part of my song cycle The Fisherman Songs. The song is complete. The fly fisherman in the poem is both symbolic … Continue reading
The Fisherman
I am using W.B. Yeats’ poem “The Fisherman” as part of my song cycle The Fisherman Songs: Although I can see him still, The freckled man who goes To a grey place on a hill In grey Connemara clothes At … Continue reading
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Tagged Connemara, fly fishing, song, The Fisherman, W.B. Yeats
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The Fishing Rod
The most recent addition to my ongoing song cycle Fisherman Songs is The Fishing Rod. This song has three points of conscience influences. The following 6th-century Chinese poem by Shen Yuëh provides the text: Not only does my “cassia boat” … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese poetry, Le Rossignol, opera, Shen Yuëh, song, Stravinsky, Wu Zhen
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