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''War Music'' is the name of British poet Christopher Logue's long-term project to create a modernist poem based on Homer's ''Iliad'', and the name of one volume of that project. The project began in 1959. The first volume published was the ''Patrocleia''. ''GBH'' and ''Pax'' make up the rest of the core poem known as ''War Music'', along with ''Kings'' and ''The Husbands''. Since the publication of the ''War Music'' collection, Logue has also written two additional volumes, ''All Day Permanent Red'' and ''Cold Calls'', the latter of which won the 2005 Whitbread Poetry Award. Logue's work has created controversy among classicists since Logue does not know Ancient Greek, and instead bases his work on other translations of the ''Iliad'', notably Chapman, Pope, Lord Derby, A.T. Murray, and E.V. Rieu, according to the Author's Note to War Music. The work features a modernist, Imagist style and forsakes most of Homer's notable stylistic features for a looser structure. It also alters the plot and characters in many minor points. In June, 2001, Verse Theater Manhattan (VTM) presented a two-man production of "Kings," adapted and directed by James Milton. In September 2001, VTM opened a production of "War Music" featuring a cast of three women and also adapted and directed by Mr. Milton. The production, in Greenwich Village, closed down because of the 9/11 attack, but was revived and went on to play tours of both the Midwest and the United Kingdom. American playwright Lillian Groag was commissioned by the American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco, California to write a musical play based on the material. Groag directed and premiered the play, also called ''War Music'', at the ACT in early 2009. American composer Nathan Currier worked on a version of ''War Music'' for actors, baritone singer and mixed ensemble in collaboration with Christopher Logue, from 2003 until dementia overtook Logue in 2005. Originally commissioned for a premiere in Providence, Rhode Island by a group called Aurea with support from the Rhode Island Foundation, the premiere was to have taken place in September, 2005 as part of a Festival called FirstWorks, but disagreements with the ensemble led to its cancellation, and the work has not been premiered. ==Books== Books of the Iliad which roughly correspond to Logue's volumes:〔(Logue's and Robert Fagles' versions compared. )〕 *1-2 - ''Kings'' *3-4 - ''Husbands'' *5-6 - ''All Day Permanent Red'' *7-8 - ''Cold Calls'' (but taking material more generally from books 5-9)〔(''The Guardian'' review, 8 October 2005 )〕 War Music: *16 - ''Patrocleia'' *17-18 - ''GBH'' *19 - ''Pax'' 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「War Music (poem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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