tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post3800502123973824669..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Unswayed by Critics and by Vogue Undaunted'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-44176135777669027942018-03-06T00:48:58.043-06:002018-03-06T00:48:58.043-06:00Robert Hillyer is unread these days but not entire...Robert Hillyer is unread these days but not entirely unheard. Composer Ned Rorem did a setting of Hillyer's "Early in the Morning" that is a staple of American art song repertory. The poem, which seems a bit precious on the page, makes a charming song lyric. The music gives the words that extra bit of animation that makes them work. The same is true for Vachel Lindsay whose "General William Booth Enters into Heaven" received two knock-out settings, one by Charles Ives, the other by Sidney Homer. <br /><br />American art song has a tiny audience, but it is a kindred sort of posterity for a poet.Dana Gioiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05899305928052830588noreply@blogger.com