Archive for May, 2010

PRIMA LA MUSICA E POI LA PAROLA

No, the question of word / music won´t go away. Or , more specifically, what text(s) should a composer set. Why ? A young composer writes Lieder; the text leads, supports, offers form and shape and melodic thrust. Or she goes for choral settings. Ditto. My ” MEDIEVAL IRISH LYRICS” for the then R.T.E.Singers was [...]