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Keats’ Ode to A Nightingale
The album “Ode on a Grecian Urn” now includes Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale.” Click here to link to lulu.com. It’s also available at amazon.com in the Ode to a Grecian Urn II album.
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Ode to a Nightingale, John Keats
First draft of John Keats’ famous poem “Ode to a Nightingale”. Just me with my guitar…. oops, says file is too big! The song turned out to be right at 10 minutes long. O.k. I’ll see what else I can do.So here’s a preview of the first two verses:
Here’s the first two lines again but different:
I’ve been playing with violin, viola, cello and flute which all sound good, but I keep coming back to the bare bones creation. What can I say!
Thank you, John for this beautiful poem. I hope you like what I’m doing with it.
Nearly Ready….or do I speak too soon!
Ode to a Nightingale is finally pulling together. I’m getting very close to beginning the recording process. My first reaction to putting this great work to music was a bit overwhelming. But patient, inching progress has led to something I think will be very nice and fitting of the great sentiments.
My favorite part: “Was it a vision or a waking dream? Fled is that music-do I wake or sleep?” (The very last lines)
Of course I love the whole poem. I hope you will like what I’m doing with it.
Ode on a Grecian Urn CD at lulu.com
The new CD “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is up and running at lulu.com. I’ ve ordered my first copies. You can get yours right now by going to lulu.com. It will also be on Amazon.com eventually, but Amazon pays about half of what lulu does. The inside of the CD cover is blank if I remember correctly. But it looks great otherwise!I’m already working on Ode to a Nightingale and some other great poems.
Thanks for checking it out!
La Belle Dame Sans Merci (John Keats)
I was pleased and surprised to find several musical settings for this great poem. There are classical versions and folk versions. There are choral versions and solo with orchestra and even instrumentals of various kinds. Here’s one I wrote for tenor and guitar, quasi folk/classical. How would you classify it?
La Belle Dame Sans Merci Keats
Last verse:
“And this is why I sojourn here,
Alone and palely loitering,
Though the sedge is wither’d from the lake,
And no birds sing.”Shaman’s Hand CD release party for SINGular mOMent
April 5 we’ll be celebrating the release of SINGular mOMent, the newest CD from Michael Emmanuel. This CD has a great collection of songs and shows Michael versatility as a writer of music for his own poetry and that of John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn, William Wordsworth, Daff
odils and Phantom of Delight, and a verse from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Sir Galahad, Star-like Mingles with the Stars.Other songs are Buttefly, At the Door, Lifting of the Veil, Circle of Love and Sigular Moment. The song Little Angels Dust Your Wings was inspired by a poem of the same name by Canadian Rieki Master Alex Chornyj who will also be on the show.
Join us for some beautiful music and an inspirational joyfilled time or catch the archive at your convenience.
About Michael
Michael Emmanuel has been making music most of his life. His blend of folk and classical music creates a unique sound that is engaging, intelligent and compelling.
Relying on original lyrics as well as some of the great Romantic poems of the past, his songs evoke a sense of connection to our fellow man, the world and the universe.
Beyond being a singer/songwriter and guitarist. Michael is an accomplished classical tenor and pianist.
Shaman’s Hand: BTR
