tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970569328265348295.post8761518282531669560..comments2023-09-08T03:58:05.432-07:00Comments on Magdalena Ball: Poetry Monday: A Wind Has Blown the Rain AwayMagdalena Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00182314078304734996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970569328265348295.post-11349749998015943052012-12-02T12:54:42.475-08:002012-12-02T12:54:42.475-08:00I think Stevens would have appreciated the renditi...I think Stevens would have appreciated the rendition of Gray Room - the smile in the voice and the repetition of the final line. I especially liked the way the song ends on an intake of breath. This reply is from Mandel (who asked me to put it in for her):<br /> <br />Dear Prufrocksdilemma, Thanks for listening!! These songs are within the same art song tradition as Ned Rorem's. Glad you listened to "Gray Room" too! I don't know whether you know the Henry James novella "Washington Square" or the play adapted from it---"The Heiress"-----The poem and song are like a portrait of the heroine at the end of the play. I wonder whether Wallace Stevens knew the story-----Best----Ellen MandelMagdalena Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182314078304734996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970569328265348295.post-90765392364740691942012-12-01T20:15:43.894-08:002012-12-01T20:15:43.894-08:00e.e. cummings, with an "s," it should ha...e.e. cummings, with an "s," it should have been. My eyes do have more trouble these days with these small boxes! I know how furiously your heart is beating . . . priceless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970569328265348295.post-2231229522163803972012-12-01T20:14:07.074-08:002012-12-01T20:14:07.074-08:00At last I've had a moment to come over here an...At last I've had a moment to come over here and have a listen! Fascinating to hear e.e. cumming as (convincing) cabaret. Mandel strikes me as within the same song tradition as Ned Rorem. Is that plausible, or no connection? (Now listening to Gray Room. Wonder what Stevens would think of this!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com