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Beginning in 1957, poems of Elizabeth Bishop have been set to music by four Pulitzer Prize-winning composers and a popular Brazilian singer and songwriter. This chapter will discuss the way each of these composers—Ned Rorem, Elliott Carter, John Harbison, Yehudi Wyner, and Luciana Souza—approached her writing. Special emphasis will be given to the two major song cycles (Carter and Harbison), which have been recorded and widely performed.
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A version of this section on Carter appeared in my essay “Elliott Carter and American Poetry,” Elliott Carter: The Vocal Works (1975–1981), Bridge Records, 1989.
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Schwartz, L. (2019). ‘In Need of Music’: Musical Settings of Elizabeth Bishop. In: Cleghorn, A. (eds) Elizabeth Bishop and the Music of Literature. Palgrave Studies in Music and Literature. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33180-1_10
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