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George Cooper (May 14, 1840, New York City – September 26, 1927, New York City) was an American poet remembered chiefly for his song lyrics, many set to music by Stephen Foster. He translated the lyrics of German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, and French musical works into singable English.
Alfred Owen Williams (7 February 1877 – 10 April 1930) was a poet, writer and a collector of folk song lyrics who was born and lived most of his life at South Marston, near Swindon, UK. He was almost entirely self-taught, producing his most famous work, Life in a Railway Factory (1915), in his spare time after completing a gruelling day's ...
Musical quotation is to be distinguished from variation, where a composer takes a theme (their own or another's) and writes variations on it.In that case, the origin of the theme is usually acknowledged in the title (e.g., Johannes Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn).
Jason Blume is an American songwriter, author, and teacher of songwriting. Blume is the author of 6 Steps to Songwriting Success (and the Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition), [1] This Business of Songwriting, [2] and Inside Songwriting, [3] all published by Billboard Books/Penguin/Random House.
The Philosophy of Modern Song is a book by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, published on November 1, 2022, by Simon & Schuster. The book contains Dylan's commentary on 66 songs by other artists. [1] [2] It is the first book Dylan has published since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. [3]
In 1993 Eldorado, along with "Hymn" and "Evening Star", was adapted by Jonathan Adams as Three Songs from Edgar Allan Poe for SATB chorus and piano. The better-known composer John Adams also composed an Eldorado symphony. In popular music, the poem was used in 1996 for the lyrics of a Donovan song on his album Sutras.
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Charles Austin Miles (January 7, 1868 – March 10, 1946) was a prolific American writer of gospel songs, who is best known for his 1912 hymn "In the Garden". He studied at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1892, he ceased to practice as a pharmacist. His first gospel song, "List!