O crikey yes, much French. (Dunno if he did any Mallarme tho', that'd be
interesting, I don't think I've ever heard any composer's settings of him
other than Debussy.) And also celebratedly Michelangelo, y'know, those rough
but forcefelt sonnets.
Best
Dave
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From: "Jill Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Owen
> on 26/7/01 5:44 PM, david.bircumshaw at [log in to unmask]
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> > Yeah, I think it _was_ Britten. My memory's rather jaded from a
sleepless
> > night right now, but I think others he set included Tennyson, Jonson,
> > Dickinson, Shakespeare, Cotton and Keats.
>
> And some French poets. Rimbaud was it? Verlaine? Again, my mind is going.
> It's late.
>
> Jill
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