Yes, definitely Sally Beamish was the composer, now that I've heard the name
I remember. But I don't think Galloway was the poet -- it doesn't seem to
ring the right bells, and something else is trying to. Whoever it was, she
made an interesting point about its being very hard when writing poems which
were to be set to music, because the poet has to leave so much imaginative
space for the composer to work not only with but in. Quite put me off the
thought of being a librettist, that did!
joanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Cudmore" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: Bach
> Would that have been Galloway and Sally Beamish, the composer? No, I think
> that was something else. Hm... a google search on clara song cycle brings
> up
> plenty of Robert Schumann, but 8 pages in I haven't spotted a likely
> candidate.
>
> P
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Joanna Boulter
>> Sent: 20 August 2007 15:27
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Bach
>>
>> And yes, I know and own the Galloway book. The Schumann/Wieck story seems
> to
>> have sparked quite a few artistic spin-offs. There's a song cycle by two
>> women, poet and composer, about Clara -- I don't actually know it but
> heard
>> the two of them talking on the radio about the process of working on it.
> I
>> hope Peter at least knows what I'm talking about, because it's irritating
>> the hell out of me that I can't remember their names! I'm glad to see
> though
>> that Clara is at last receiving acknowledgement as a musician, and indeed
> a
>> composer, in her own right rather than just as an adjunct to her husband.
>>
>> joanna
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