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The influence of Edgar Allan Poe on the art of music has been considerable and long-standing, with the works, life and image of the horror fiction writer and poet inspiring composers and musicians from diverse genres for more than a century. ==Classical music== Leon Botstein, conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra—which presented a program of "Tales From Edgar Allan Poe" in 1999—noted that in the realm of classical music, as in literature, Poe's influence was felt more deeply in Europe than in America.〔(Schmitt at AmericanSymphony.org )〕 André Caplet's ''Conte fantastique'' for harp and strings, published in 1924 but begun at least as early as 1909, is a musical retelling of "The Masque of the Red Death".〔(Caplet at AmericanSymphony.org )〕 Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara based his 1997 choral fantasy "On the Last Frontier" on the final two paragraphs of Poe's novel ''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket''.〔(MUSIC REVIEW; At the Ball, a Deadly Thief in the Night (New York Times) )〕〔(Tales of Edgar Allen Poe at AmericanSymphony.org )〕 Sergei Rachmaninoff's choral symphony ''The Bells'' set a Russian translation of Poe's poem to music. Other operas based on stories by Poe are ''Ligeia'', a 1994 opera by Augusta Read Thomas, and ''The Tell-Tale Heart'' by Bruce Adolphe. A ballet based on a story by Poe is ''Hop-Frog'', a 2009 ballet by Terry Brown. Greek composer Dionysis Boukouvalas has set Poe's poem ''To Zante'' for soprano and piano. In 2001 Dutch composer Robert Weirauch composed a short song cycle for baritone and piano, ''E. A. Poe Songs'', consisting of ''Evening Star'', ''Lenore'' and ''Annabel Lee''. Swedish composer Fredrik Klingwall released in 2009 nine piano pieces, each one inspired by one of Poe's poems in a collection called ''Works of Woe''. American composer Emma Lou Diemer set "A Dream Within A Dream" and "Eldorado" for mixed chorus and piano. These works were published by Hinshaw Music, Inc. in 2001. Daron Hagen included settings of "A Dream Within a Dream" and "Thou Wouldst Be Loved" in the 1983 song cycle "Echo's Songs", published by E.C. Schirmer. Leonard Bernstein set "Israfel" as part of his song cycle for voices and orchestra, Songfest. American conductor/composer Leonard Slatkin has composed a setting of "The Raven" for narrator and symphony orchestra. A lesser-known American composer, Edgar Stillman Kelley (1857–1944) wrote a piece for orchestra entitled "The Pit and the Pendulum". Russian composer Nikita Koshkin wrote the 1984 piece ''Usher Valse'' (Usher Waltz) for solo guitar, depicting Usher's frenzied guitar performance in the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher". The Usher Waltz has been recorded by John Williams and Elena Papandreou. American composer James Poulsen composed "Five Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" for medium high voice and piano in 1986. The song cycle was orchestrated in 1998 with a commission from Jack and Dawn Taylor of Des Moines, Iowa. The Des Moines Symphony premiered the work in 1999 with Robin Roewe, tenor. The poems in the set are: 'Alone', 'Evening Star', Hymn', 'A Dream', and 'To One in Paradise.' Poulsen has also set a letter of Poe, a letter of Maria Clemm, and the valentine poem of Virginia Poe to music. American conductor/composer Adam Stern wrote a setting of Poe's early poem "Spirits of the Dead", subtitled "rhapsody for narrator and orchestra." The work received its world premiere in Seattle in October, 2014. Edmund Stone was the narrator, and the composer led the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edgar Allan Poe and music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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