Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Gioia, Dana
2. Rothenberg, Sarah
3. Childs, Kirsten, 1952-
4. Felder, David
5. Flaherty, Stephen
6. Harbison, John
7. Roberts, Jimmy.
8. Bettina, Judith
9. Druckman, Daniel
10. Herschenfeld, Ethan
11. Hesselink, Gregory
12. Kay, Alan R.
13. Leclair, Jacqueline
14. Shelton, Lucy
15. Umphress, Alysha
16. Williams, Leon (Baritone)
17. Cronson, Mary Sharp
18. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (84 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Hudson Review includes musical settings of poems by Dana Gioia, a reading of poems by Gioia, and a panel discussion with Gioia and Sarah Rothenberg. Gioia speaks about his dual careers in poetry and business; his use of everyday middle-class life as subject matter for poetry; whom he sees as his audience; his musical training and love of music; his attitude towards rhyme, meter and form in poetry; the audience's role in completing a poem; textual and emotional difficulties in interpreting poetry; and his libretto for the opera Nosferatu, based on the film by F.W. Murnau. The composers of the settings speak about why and how they chose to set particular poems.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Gioia, Dana
2. Gioia, Dana > Musical settings
3. Poetry > Musical settings
4. Poetry
5. Poets

Genre/Form

1. Music.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Veteran's cemetery / setting by Stephen Flaherty; performed by Leon Williams (baritone), Gregory Hesselink (cello) -- Insomnia / setting by David Felder; performed by Ethan Herschenfeld (bass-baritone), Daniel Druckman (percussion) -- God only knows / setting by John Harbison; performed by Lucy Shelton (soprano), Sarah Rothenberg (piano) -- Nosferatu's serenade (aria from Act II of Nosferatu) / setting by Kirsten Childs; performed by Alysha Umphress (mezzo), Jacqueline Leclair (oboe) -- Reading by Dana Gioia -- The heart of the matter: a blues for soprano and clarinet / setting by Jimmy Roberts; performed by Judith Bettina (soprano), Alan R. Kay (clarinet).

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3743

Credits (note)

1. All poetry by Dana Gioia.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Apr. 27, 2008.

Title

1. Poetry into music with Dana Gioia, in celebration of The Hudson Review's 60th anniversary [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 2008.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. All poetry by Dana Gioia.

Performer

1. Moderator: Sarah Rothenberg. Panelists: Dana Gioa, Kirsten Childs, David Felder, Stephen Flaherty, John Harbison, Jimmy Roberts.
2. Performed by Leon Williams (baritone), Gregory Hesselink (cello), Ethan Herschenfeld (bass-baritone), Daniel Druckman (percussion), Lucy Shelton (soprano), Sarah Rothenberg (piano), Alysha Umphress (mezzo), Jacqueline Leclair (oboe), Judith Bettina (soprano), Alan R. Kay (clarinet).

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Apr. 27, 2008.

Local note

1. For program notes with texts of poems see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].

Added author

1. Gioia, Dana, interviewee.
2. Gioia, Dana, author.
3. Rothenberg, Sarah, moderator.
4. Rothenberg, Sarah, instrumentalist.
5. Childs, Kirsten, 1952- composer.
6. Felder, David, composer.
7. Flaherty, Stephen, composer.
8. Harbison, John, composer.
9. Roberts, Jimmy., composer.
10. Bettina, Judith, vocalist.
11. Druckman, Daniel, instrumentalist.
12. Herschenfeld, Ethan, vocalist.
13. Hesselink, Gregory, instrumentalist.
14. Kay, Alan R., instrumentalist.
15. Leclair, Jacqueline, instrumentalist.
16. Shelton, Lucy, vocalist.
17. Umphress, Alysha, vocalist.
18. Williams, Leon (Baritone), vocalist.
19. Cronson, Mary Sharp, producer.
20. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3743