tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post3168760793551782854..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: Out of the Cradle Endlessly RockingTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-23135528294449353812009-12-10T09:36:14.623-05:002009-12-10T09:36:14.623-05:00Thanks for all the kind comments. Some day I will ...Thanks for all the kind comments. Some day I will take up work on this again and move on to the next stanza!Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-40446302401263051672009-12-10T00:16:05.595-05:002009-12-10T00:16:05.595-05:00Walt Whitman — to my mind the supreme American bar...<i>Walt Whitman — to my mind the supreme American bard</i><br /><br />Indeed! :-)<br /><br />Downloading now...JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-53285180951407448762009-12-05T11:21:47.474-05:002009-12-05T11:21:47.474-05:00Tobias, this brings the Chesapeake Bay to mind. T...Tobias, this brings the Chesapeake Bay to mind. Thank you , this is both interesting and lovely.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09748809418423591030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-3315283618088250662009-12-04T16:17:56.975-05:002009-12-04T16:17:56.975-05:00This is extraordinary!!!! I'm listening to it...This is extraordinary!!!! I'm listening to it a second time as I type this. <br /><br />You've managed to capture, I think, the quality of Whitman's run-on sentences, especially with the violins in the background... so that the "musical sentences" have this endless quality to them, building and twisting, at times lyrical, at times discordant or even ominous or playful. Whitman jams so much of life into his poetry. And you've got that going on in your symphony here. I honestly hadn't expected a symphony, but what else could do him justice?<br /><br />As a child I discovered <i>Leaves of Grass</i> in the attic (where my brother and I slept). And I recall reading his poems out loud to myself, relishing the long sentences, the <i>music</i> of them. Sometimes a child is lucky when they run out of library books!<br /><br />Thank you for this treat! And the recollections of my childhood discovery of Whitman.TheraPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684120043427738135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-64748501535852946752009-12-02T23:49:04.816-05:002009-12-02T23:49:04.816-05:00Tobias
Thank you for this. It was great to see in...Tobias <br />Thank you for this. It was great to see in Chicago albeit briefly. Send my regards to James during the transition at 815.<br />Walter+Walter+https://www.blogger.com/profile/06942250564221678191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-18700793447618033592009-11-30T21:56:42.978-05:002009-11-30T21:56:42.978-05:00Beautiful. Yes, Mimi named it. Thank you for sha...Beautiful. Yes, Mimi named it. Thank you for sharing this, Tobias.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-89254434878343716132009-11-30T15:24:04.156-05:002009-11-30T15:24:04.156-05:00The sun shines here on the west coast, but I see y...The sun shines here on the west coast, but I see your shoreline, Tobias.susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-7694382778402118162009-11-30T14:40:55.506-05:002009-11-30T14:40:55.506-05:00Tobias, Thank you for adding this beautiful compos...Tobias, Thank you for adding this beautiful composition to your blog. It is a real blessing on what is otherwise a very dreary day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-5345205661145540172009-11-30T14:20:47.043-05:002009-11-30T14:20:47.043-05:00Tobias, the composition is beautiful. I hear &quo...Tobias, the composition is beautiful. I hear "play of shadows, twining and twisting as if they were alive", and the sad chanting of the he-bird, and the dirge for the she-bird. The music gave me chills.<br /><br />Oh, and it's a perfect accompaniment for my day of the blues. My friend Margaret tells me it's the full moon and that I need to go out and howl at the moon tonight, and I'll feel better. I don't know. Sometimes I think that it's best to just have a day of the blues.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com