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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).
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Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" is a song with words by Jessie Brown Pounds and music by John Sylvester Fearis, written in 1897. The song gained huge popularity when it was used in William McKinley's funeral. It was subsequently a staple at funerals for decades, and there are dozens of recorded versions.
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.
Modern choral arrangements of this song sound entirely different from either the Eyes-Prize or Hand-Plow songs. [14] Both Sandburg in the preface to his book and folk singer Pete Seeger in the opening remarks to his Carnegie Hall performance of "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" note the malleability of American and African-American folk music.
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"The Author's Ordeal" are lyrics to a song by American author Isaac Asimov.They were first published in Science Fiction Quarterly, May 1957, pp. 34–36.They are included in three collections of Asimov's short stories: Earth Is Room Enough, The Far Ends of Time and Earth (omnibus edition) and The Complete Stories, Volume 1.
"Pride" is a song by American indie rock band American Authors. The song was written by band members Zachary Barnett, David Rublin, Matthew Sanchez and James Shelley with producers Aaron Accetta and Shep Goodman. The track was released by Mercury Records and Island Records as second single from their second album What We Live For.