T.S. Eliot
May. 4th, 2007 10:24 pmSo one of the books I got last weekend was selected poems of T.S. Eliot. Which means that I have finally actually read all of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock for the first time and, god damn, do I want someone to set it for male voice. It would be incredible. Does anyone know if this exists yet? Or if the poem is still under copyright? Because if not, I kind of want to plant the idea in the heads of some of the composers I know. (and you know if it just happens to be performed by a certain bass baritone we know that wouldn't be terrible or anything)
Also, I realised that "Memories" (yes, from CATS) is totally from his Preludes:
I.
The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and chimney pots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horsesteams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.
Apparently Webber took more material from Eliot than just Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, eh?
Also, I realised that "Memories" (yes, from CATS) is totally from his Preludes:
I.
The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and chimney pots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horsesteams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.
Apparently Webber took more material from Eliot than just Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, eh?