What are poems that have been transformed to songs?!
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What are poems that have been transformed to songs?
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"Rule, Britannia!" is a patriotic British national song, originating from the poem "Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson, and set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740.[1]
The Raven is a song written by young Bluegrass musician Dominick Leslie. It is based on the classic poem by Edgar Allan Poe.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_raven_%...
Richard Cory (poem), a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Richard Cory (song), a song by Simon and Garfunkel, based on the poem
"California Saga: The Beaks of Eagles" is a song written by Al Jardine and his wife, Lynda Jardine for the American pop band The Beach Boys, released on their 1973 album Holland. It is based on a poem by Robinson Jeffers.
Kashmiri Song is a well-known song by Amy Woodforde-Finden based on a poem by Laurence Hope, pseudonym of Adela Florence Nicolson.
The poem first appeared in Hope's first collection of poems, The Garden of Kama (1901), also known as India's Love Lyrics.
The Rückert-Lieder are 5 songs for voice and piano or orchestra by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert.
They are:
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! − Do not look at my songs! (14 June 1901)
Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft − I breathed a gentle fragrance (July 1901)
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen − I have become lost to the world (16 August 1901)
Um Mitternacht − At midnight (Summer 1901)
Liebst du um Schönheit − If You Love for Beauty (August 1902)