Poetry

24 articles related to Poetry:

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  MEDITATION

  Vinayagar Agaval: medieval lyrics linking Ganesha with yoga practice

  India, Devotional Song, Indian Classical
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  PIANO

  Ständchen from Schwanengesang serenade as Schubert's last testament

  Austria, Serenade, Romantic
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  SONGWRITER

  Longfellow Serenade and the fireside poet that kindled Neil Diamond's song

  USA, Popular Song, 1970s
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  PIANO

  La fille aux cheveux de lin: Parnassian poem behind Debussy's most recorded piece

  France, Prelude, 20st Century Classical
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  SONGWRITER

  The Bells of Rhymney: two major modal modes of famous protest song

  USA, Folk, Protest Song, Rock, 1950s, 1960s
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  PIANO

  Suite bergamasque: did Debussy record his best-known piano piece?

  France, Suite, Romantic 1 comment
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  Poetry

  Guajira Guantanamera: song meaning and origin of the lyrics

  Cuba, Flamenco, Latin, Popular Song, 1930s, 1940s
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  ORCHESTRA

  Gabriel Faure's Pavane as the key to modern revival of early genre

  France, Dance, Pavane, Romantic
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  Poetry

  12,000 Annamayya songs discovered in a Hindu temple after 300 years of oblivion

  India, Devotional Song, Indian Classical
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  Poetry

  On the Massacre of Glencoe: Walter Scott lyrics set to Beethoven's arrangement of folk melody

  Austria, Scotland, Ballade, Romantic
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  SONGWRITER

  Salma Ya Salama: historical record by Sayed Darwish, the father of Egyptian popular music

  Egypt, Popular Song, 1920s, 1970s
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  Poetry

  The Ektara: traditional music instrument of the Bauls, wandering minstrels from Bengal

  Bangladesh, India, Folk, World Music, Indian Classical
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  Poetry

  Down by the Salley Gardens: famous Yeats poem evoking old Irish love ballad was set to the traditional air

  Ireland, Air, Ballade, Folk, 20st Century Classical
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  Collaboration

  Shakespearean characters expressed through atonality in atypical guitar sonata by Hans Werner Henze

  England, Germany, Sonata, 20st Century Classical
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  Poetry

  Lamento de la Ninfa: Monteverdi's song of love, fire and ice

  Italy, Madrigal, Baroque
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  Poetry

  The best Qawwali lyrics performed by prominent singers of the century

  India, Pakistan, Devotional Song, Qawwali, Indian Classical
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  Poetry

  Peter Sinfield: the songwriter whose lyrics embellished the formative prog rock albums of the 1970s

  England, Progressive Rock, 1960s, 1970s 3 comments
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  Poetry

  Zefiro Torna: famous madrigal by Monteverdi lauds the west wind that brings spring

  Italy, Chaconne, Madrigal, Renaissance, Baroque
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  Manuscript

  Rich music collection of the Trecento times recovered from Florentine palimpsest

  France, Italy, Caccia, Madrigal, Mass, Motet, Medieval
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  ORCHESTRA

  The multicultural heritage of Granville Bantock from Celtic folk music to Eastern philosophy of Omar Khayyám

  England, Scotland, Symphony, 20st Century Classical, Romantic
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  ORCHESTRA

  A story of love and friendship in the music of World War I

  Australia, England, Elegy, 20st Century Classical
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  SONGWRITER

  Sūrsāgar: ocean of poetry that expanded for five centuries

  India, Devotional Song, Indian Classical
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  Poetry

  Sufi lyrics expanded all over the world thanks to Qawwali songs

  India, Pakistan, Devotional Song, Qawwali, Indian Classical 1 comment
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  Anthem

  Prog rock version of Jerusalem was banned by BBC

  England, Popular Song, Progressive Rock, 20st Century Classical 4 comments