Music News Project Setting Blake's Poetry to Music Now on CD October 19, 2004 • In the 1950s, composer William Bolcom began an ambitious project to set the 46 poems in William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience to music. A massive work, the result premiered in 1984. Now, a recording of Bolcom's work has finally been released. NPR's Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr reports. Project Setting Blake's Poetry to Music Now on CD Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4115996/4115997" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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