You can’t research and write a novel about the Civil War, or anything else set in the mid-19th century, without quickly running into the songs people sang. As I researched what would eventually become my novel Brookhaven, I came across war songs, anthems, sung by the Irish who came to America and enlisted, hymns, songs by the home folk, and more.
I went looking for a book about music in the Civil War, and I found ta small volume published by the Library of America in 2010, Stephen Foster & Co.: Lyrics of America’s First Great Popular Songs. It’s a small, eye-opening gem. I discovered that songs I learned in elementary school had been around for more than a century.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweestepak Poetry.
Some Tuesday Readings
English Poet John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ and 3 Great One-Liners – James Sales at The Epoch Times.
What happens in the space of absence – Padraig O Tuama at Poetry Unbound.
John Deane’s Poetry of Praise – Cyril O’Regan at Church Life Journal.
Reading Rilke with the Catherine Project – Jordana Rosenman at Front Porch Republic.
Tu Me Manques – poem by Michelle Ortega at Every Day Poems.
“The Waste Land (Part 1: The Burial of the Dead),” poem by T.S. Eliot – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.
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