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Thank you!It seems recordings of the both the works of f Holbrooke and Hugh S. on are hard to find here in Sweden, but I will keep looking for them, for sure!love/Reb>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells> > Best I could do at 1:45 a.m. here, near San Francisco,> as I have been watching a spectacular planetary display> and a beautiful full moon.> > Love to you and to , Reb, and to all here with us,> n> > > > > ________________________________> To: MSersLife > Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 1:20:08 AM> Subject: Totally OT!> > > I happened to listen to Phil Ochs musical adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's poem > "The Bells" right after listening to the choral symphony by Sergej Rachmaninov > based on the same poem (the blessings of letting iTunes chose the music...). I > hadn't reflected on the fact that both works, kind of different in style and > genre, are based on the same poem before. But I did now. And I wondered, are > there more musical versions of that poem. I would be very interested to know, > and to be able to compare them too. > > And...here's where you come in... I was thinking that since Edgar Allan Poe was > American, perhaps you Americans on the list would know of more musical adaptions > of the poem. Any tips?> > love> /Reb>