Eric Whitacres sleep Lyrics by Robert Frost
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It's a great song either way, but it's SO much better with the original lyrics. The Silvestri words, while impressive in that they fit Whitacre's composition, ultimately read and sound like placeholders, and if you remove them from the song, they're a mediocre poem, at best, at least by any objective literary metrics. The Frost, on the other hand, is a truly beautiful, practically divine, piece of writing, and the power of its words only serve to heighten Whitacre's composition.
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@jwhcomposer For this day and age, I agree completely. However, both versions paint such an evocative, beautiful picture of life and death. Frost being able to do that proves he was well ahead of his time, and Silversti elaborating on that theme shows he is a true genius. Erics composition brings everything to life though, definitely. #AmazingBeyondWords
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AMAZING ALL OT IT!!!! PURE JOY FOR THE SOUL!!!
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It's so weird hearing the melody from Sleep with the original lyrics. I hate that this had to be lost because of a legal battle... but Sleep is beautiful, and I think the words flow better with the melody with the Silvestri.
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Eric Whitare is a genius. His legacy is probably going to last for a long, long time.
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I would love this so much better if you could actually understand what they were saying. If I didn't already know the poem, I'd be so confused. Eric Whitacre is bomb, though. I sang the Silvestri version in high school
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I so glad that he had to change the lyrics to Sleep because I feel they fit much better than Frost's poem!
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Maybe most of us are biased because we've all heard the Silvestri version first - but in all honesty, the syllabic composition of Silvestri's text does sound with Whitacre's writing.
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I was going to pick which version of the song I like better... but I realized that the music and lyrics match each version with equal beauty.
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Just out of curiosity, which choir is this? They're VERY good.
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I think it totally sucks that the whole copyright battle went down with this piece. It is an amazing arrangement and really does the poem justice. Why the Robert Frost estate would have denied this beautiful work the right to exist is beyond me.
kenealios 2 years ago 27
Stunning....truly one of a kind and an obvious gem, regardless if Frost or Silvestri wrote the lyrics. Both are masterpieces of a higher level than we normaly see. Congrats to Eric Whitacre for sheer brilliance.
music0makes0me0smile 2 years ago 6