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Pages in category "Musicals based on poems" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Epica is a concept album based on Faust, Part One. It was followed by The Black Halo, which was based on Faust, Part Two. [1] The House of Atreus Act I and The House of Atreus Act II: Virgin Steele: Oresteia: Aeschylus: Two-part concept album based loosely on the Oresteia of Aeschylus [7] Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds ...
Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe is a musical that was written, composed, and directed by Jonathan Christenson and designed by Bretta Gerecke. [1] It follows the life of Edgar Allan Poe and the internal and external struggles he faced which are depicted as inspiring his writings.
Musicals based on poems (1 C, 21 P) Operas based on the Aeneid (21 P) Musical settings of poems by author (10 C, 1 P) Songs based on poems (126 P) D.
Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, novelist, short story writer and wit, whose works have been the basis of a considerable number of musical works by noted composers. In classical genres, these include operas, ballets, incidental music, symphonic poems, orchestral suites and single pieces, cantatas, and songs and song cycles.
Ten Blake Songs" are poems from Blake's "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" and "Auguries of Innocence", set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957. "Tyger" is both the name of an album by Tangerine Dream, which is based on Blake's poetry, and the title of a song on this album based on the poem of the same name.
Cats is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.It is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot.The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice" by deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
The Dante Club is a 2003 novel by Matthew Pearl that tells the story of various American poets translating The Divine Comedy in post-civil war Boston, who must also investigate murders being committed based on the punishments in the text, due to their desire to protect Dante's reputation and the fact that only they have the necessary expertise ...