{"product_id":"u-s-composers-and-poets-gerald-f-sweeney-9781959620846","title":"U. S. Composers and Poets: The Intersection of American Classical Music and American Literature (Revised and Updated)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerald F. Sweeney's new book is titled \"US Composers and Poets - The Intersection of American Classical Music and American Literature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between American composers and American writers has always been close. Creating the music to accompany and enhance the prose and poetry pf our greatest writers has given us a treasury of musical masterpieces, including Ives' \"Concord Sonata\" after Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne and the Alcotts- as well as Copland's \"Poems of Emily Dickinson,\" Gershwin's \"Porgy and Bess\" with DuBose Heyward, and Lukas Foss's \"The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County\" after Mark Twain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new soft cover book contains the musical offerings of 300 American composers who have embellished the literary creations of over one hundred and fifty American writers. This includes thirty-five musical versions of poems set by Walt Whitman and twenty-five by Emily Dickinson, indicating the devotion shown to our favorite poets by American troubadours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald F. Sweeney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959620843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959620846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Booklocker.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d","brand":"Gerald F. Sweeney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372804034815,"sku":"9781959620846","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7586da91-1e9e-461f-85b0-0f34a2c63490.jpg?v=1732727007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/u-s-composers-and-poets-gerald-f-sweeney-9781959620846","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}