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Description for Book of Songs
Paperback. Norman Schwenk's new collection, Book of Songs , brings together poems and song lyrics of many varieties: love songs and ballads, dance and battle songs, satires and laments; there is a march, a lullaby, a hymn, a rock-and-roll song, a Christmas carol, a birthday song, a cowboy song, and even a song for a klezmer band. Num Pages: 58 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
His models are the Scots bard Robbie Burns and the Essex singer-songwriter Adrian May, whom he calls his 'song-writing mentor'. He also pays homage to his American contemporary, Tom Waits, the Elizabethan song-writer, Thomas Campion, and the Victorian lyricist, W.S. Gilbert, whom he describes as 'an honorary Schwenk'.
His models are the Scots bard Robbie Burns and the Essex singer-songwriter Adrian May, whom he calls his 'song-writing mentor'. He also pays homage to his American contemporary, Tom Waits, the Elizabethan song-writer, Thomas Campion, and the Victorian lyricist, W.S. Gilbert, whom he describes as 'an honorary Schwenk'.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
58
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910409879
SKU
V9781910409879
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-34
About Norman Schwenk
Norman Schwenk was born and grew up in Nebraska and was educated in the USA. He taught literature and writing at the University of Pennsylvania, Uppsala University in Sweden and Cardiff University in Wales. Norman has been writing and publishing verse in the US and the UK for more than 60 years. His most recent collections are The More Deceived: ... Read more
Reviews for Book of Songs
' - a stimulating read - they richly reward rereading - fresh, vibrant, insightful - '
Nigel Jenkins on Cadillac Temple 'Norman Schwenk is a wordsmith of great quality, someone who can fix a moment or an idea and make it come alive on the page, taking the reader to places he never dreamed of going.'
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Nigel Jenkins on Cadillac Temple 'Norman Schwenk is a wordsmith of great quality, someone who can fix a moment or an idea and make it come alive on the page, taking the reader to places he never dreamed of going.'
Phil Carradice on The ... Read more