Re: ENGLISH BLAKE (REPLY TO BURFORD)

[rmcdonell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert McDonell)]

Van Morrison's "Let the Slave" combines, as I recall, a passage from Songs
of Experience with one from Songs of Innocence.  Very nicely done, I think.


>On Tue, 5 Dec 1995, Ralph Dumain wrote:
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>> Indeed, few people know this, because the prefatory poem was
>> detached and set to music on its own and titled "Jerusalem", which
>> became part of British popular culture and also spread throughout
>> the world.  Hubert Parry composed a magnificent melody and there
>> are several recordings of Paul Robeson singing this majestic song,
>> which stirs me to the marrow.
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>        Billy Bragg does a good rendition on his `The Internationale'
>tape/CD/whatever -- along with (surprise) `The Internationale' (a
>different take from the usual) -- and my favorite on the tape: `The Red
>Flag' (quite a stirring little call-to-arms...)!!   :>
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