Link: Songs Inspired by Literature (SIBL)

Subject: Link: Songs Inspired by Literature (SIBL
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 23 Sep 02 - 01:21 PM

I mainly wanted to call your attention to this website: The SIBL Project, an organization that promotes adult literacy by using "music as a vehicle to engage, inspire and reinforce the magic of literature and the power of reading."

Their list of famous SIBLs is fun to browse (though it's discouraging that it contains so many typos).

They also sponsor a yearly songwriting competition.

What songs inspired by literature are you aware of? If they're not already in The SIBL Project's list, I'll collect them and e-mail them to The SIBL Project.

Subject: RE: Link: Songs Inspired by Literature (SIBL
From: Schantieman
Date: 23 Sep 02 - 01:24 PM

Depends what you mean by literature. Pete Bellamy's setting of Kipling's poems are pretty amazing.

Steve

Subject: RE: Link: Songs Inspired by Literature (SIBL
From: fat B****rd
Date: 23 Sep 02 - 02:53 PM

Er..Wuthering Heights, or is this gonna be a wordy thread ?.

Subject: RE: Link: Songs Inspired by Literature (SIBL
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 23 Sep 02 - 03:06 PM

Well, what the hell's the point of having a web site that cannot accept submissions...

Subject: RE: Link: Songs Inspired by Literature (SIBL)
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Sep 02 - 05:53 AM

Almost any "Filk" song, as long as SciFi & fantasy count as literature

Nigel