Aaron Copeland - 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson (1950) 3/3

9. I felt a funeral in my brain
10. I've heard an organ talk sometimes
11. Going to Heaven!
12. The chariot


Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano)
Aaron Copland (piano)
Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York City, NY on December 22, 1950 and April 4, 1952

Texts at http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/assemble_texts.html?SongCycleId=109

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[TheSWolfe]

This kicks ass! The work was still new and experimental in a sense, plus, the composer is the pianist, who best to interpret Copland but Copland?

[punkpoetry]

@TheSWolfe

yes, this is a fantastic song cycle (and a total one-off on my channel that is dedicated to the piano music of Debussy. but, being a huge fan of Dickinson, I just liked it too much)

out of sheer principle - not sure about your second point: Emil Gilels and Sviatoslav Richer played Prokofiev better than the composer himself ever could

[TheSWolfe]

Granted. I meant this not as a generalization, but applied specifically to "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" in regard to the various renditions I have heard (so far), and Copland's ability to translate Dickinson's poetic tone in this piece into musical form.