{"product_id":"u-s-composers-and-poets-the-intersection-of-american-classical-music-and-american-literature-revised-and-updated-paperback","title":"U. S. Composers and Poets: The Intersection of American Classical Music and American Literature (Revised and Updated) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald F. Sweeney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerald F. Sweeney's new book is titled \"US Composers and Poets - The Intersection of American Classical Music and American Literature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between American composers and American writers has always been close. Creating the music to accompany and enhance the prose and poetry pf our greatest writers has given us a treasury of musical masterpieces, including Ives' \"Concord Sonata\" after Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne and the Alcotts- as well as Copland's \"Poems of Emily Dickinson,\" Gershwin's \"Porgy and Bess\" with DuBose Heyward, and Lukas Foss's \"The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County\" after Mark Twain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new soft cover book contains the musical offerings of 300 American composers who have embellished the literary creations of over one hundred and fifty American writers. This includes thirty-five musical versions of poems set by Walt Whitman and twenty-five by Emily Dickinson, indicating the devotion shown to our favorite poets by American troubadours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 558\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137347293319,"sku":"9781959620846","price":34.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/06c423282ecebddd9004174f17296100.webp?v=1732696910","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/u-s-composers-and-poets-the-intersection-of-american-classical-music-and-american-literature-revised-and-updated-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}