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Song Album Musical artist Literary work Author Comments Citations "7th Step" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One: Deborah Pardes: Angela's Ashes: Frank McCourt [29] "40" War: U2: The 40th Psalm of the Book of Psalms from the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament [30] "1984" Diamond Dogs: David Bowie: Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell
Songs about school have probably been composed and sung by students for as long as there have been schools. Examples of such literature can be found dating back to Medieval England. [ 1 ] The number of popular songs dealing with school as a subject has continued to increase with the development of youth subculture starting in the 1950s and 1960s.
The first published book of children's nursery rhymes was likely Tommy Thumb's Song Book, published in 1744 by a woman named Mrs. Cooper. [1] Most of the nursery rhymes contained in the Song Book are familiar to modern audiences, and were most likely passed through the oral tradition before being written down. [1]
This is a list of articles, or subsections of articles, about music inspired by literature. [1] Musical settings of, or music inspired by, poems by Byron; Edgar Allan Poe and music; Music related to Anne Rice's novels; Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien [1] Music based on the works of Oscar Wilde; List of songs based on poems; Romeo and Juliet ...
"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.
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Before The Tortured Poets Department was ever a glimmer in Taylor Swift’s eye, the singer peppered her music with references to classic literature. As early as 2006 ...
Nahuatl literature was divided into cuícatl, which included song and poetry, and tlahtolli, which included prose works of history and discourses. The teocuícatl were divine hymns that were sung to praise the gods, while other Nahuatl poetry was sung in celebration of life and friendship, to honor warriors, or to pose philosophical questions.
A school song, alma mater, [1] school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England , this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and grammar schools . Australia