Sailing to Byzantium: 13 Songs Based on the Poetry of W. B. Yeats
By Maria Popova
The intersection of music and literature is an enchanting place — from Tin Hat’s 17 songs based on the poetry of e. e. cummings to Emily Dickinson’s poetry set to song by Israeli singer-songwriter Efrat Ben Zur to Natalie Merchant’s soulful musical adaptations of Victorian children’s poetry, and even my ongoing Literary Jukebox side project. Now comes Sailing to Byzantium (iTunes) by jazz vocalist and composer Christine Tobin, a collection of thirteen songs — some soothing, some disquieting, some cinematic, all spellbindingly soulful — based on the poetry of W. B. Yeats.
Thanks, @Aleatorus
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Published October 19, 2012
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https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/10/19/christine-tobin-sailing-to-byzantium/
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