Until reading about Pound in a TLS article, I hadn't realised that he wrote music and that it had been published and in some quarters, well received. Can anyone recommend any recordings?
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I used to have an LP of his opera Testament de Villon. I don't know whether it ever came out on CD but the vinyl recording can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h87wzHikkwc - it was of a concert performance in 1972 conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. IMO it's quite interesting in the way Pound attempts to capture the rhythmical complexity of spoken poetry in his music, but in other ways it's a bit rudimentary. I don't think I've ever heard any other music of his.Originally posted by gradus View Post
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