The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #75611 Message #1331881
Posted By: Mark Cohen
18-Nov-04 - 11:25 PM
Thread Name: Corigliano 'classical' setting of Dylan
Subject: RE: Corigliano 'classical' setting of Dylan
Well, Mooh, it seems to be in character for him: he also did settings of three Dylan Thomas poems. And his Symphony #1 was supposed to be "an impassioned response to the AIDS crisis" -- whatever that means. He did win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2001. He did the score for The Red Violin, and I liked that movie. But this piece sure left me cold. I wonder if Dylan ever heard it. (I wonder if he got royalties.)