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Re: 101 Essential Pieces of the 20th Century
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Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:46:21 -0400
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Steve Schwartz wrote:

>Why "effectively?" I don't see why another composer can't set Owen, even
>the poems that Britten set.  The only reason that occurs to me is that
>Britten set them so effectively, so well that you can't imagine another
>setting as good.  Even I, a firm admirer of the WR, don't go *that* far.

Hindemith and Sessions both wrote music to Whitman's "When Lilacs Last in
Dooryard Bloomed".  While I believe the Hindemith setting is better known,
I prefer listening to the Sessions.

Walter Meyer

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