Poetry in song III; Expression

Poetry in song. The National Association of educational broadcasters presented by tape recording a series of programmes prepared song and narrated by Colbert Mitchell. American concert artist and editor of the poetry and song Bulletin. These programs feature outstanding musical settings of poetry and the literary anthologies of the world. Thus integrating the fields of music and literature. Here now to give us poetry in song is Hobart Mitchell. As humans we need to express ourselves. We get charged up inside with enthusiasm or sorrow or love. And have to let it out. Our motion is like a stream that is dammed and rises higher and higher until it breaks over the dam and its demand to flow. Out of this need for expression is come the music and poetry that make up our song literature and poetical anthologies among simple people who had no training in writing poetry or music. This need for expression came forth in full poetry and

folk song. The negroes displayed clearly how this came to be in their religious meetings for they would become so moved that one or another of them would rise up and sing and the whole gathering would join in they would sing out their feelings and thoughts. And often they would create a new spiritual one that surged up spontaneously. It might be repeated and then finally recorded on paper. Or it might never be sung again. One spiritual that was recorded is little David. Which Jay Rozum and Johnson has arranged. DAVID LEYONHJELM David play David play. Shot of joy.

David De Gea was was the son of David David David. All through simple civilisations the people have cried out and rejoined just and told their stories and framed their parables and written down their teachings in poetry and song until eventually in each civilization individuals have come along who have had talent for expressing human experience in words and music. Alan Seeger a

poet soldier of the First World War wrote his feelings into I have a rendezvous with death so shortly before he was killed in action that the point was found in his uniform pocket. Now years later Josefina says set this point to music. Broad knows her.

Son right. Well of course. Oh no. Owens. I assure you. Robert Herrick that urbane and pleasant poet of the 17th century has written a

warm tribute to his love in his poem shot not so sue which Ethel languorous has set. Oh it's a load It was a. Good day of course. To see them solo the. Merry load. Was showing was good. Oh no oh no

no no shrine of course. Load. O o o. O o o o o o o o. Once again a tribute to his love. But this time in heartbroken

remembrance Oscar Wilde writes is Rick we ask God which Gordon Young has set. The story. Was. Thanks Miles.

Oh no. We speak. Yes. There. In still another mood James Joyce writes joyously of his beloved and of the

beautiful woodland she journeys through in the merry Greenwood which E.J. mair said. The great whispering. The matter. By way that oh I know now passes soon the streets lined with names. Ways to Leave with us. Oh us on a resume. Oh and his oh my

oh oh oh it is growing. Oh ya. And now to return to the realm of folk songs into the spontaneity of the Negro spiritual we can catch the exultant excitement of the singer NHT Burley's arrangement of Didn't It Rain. 40 days 40 nights when the rain fall and the wicked climb the tree for help kept out of the water doors away I'm going to. Tell me knowing they. Some climbed a mountain some climbed some started saying

and I know Roland wait over here son writes women and I guess those women stay with us. Don't tell me you know you did it right. You have been listening to poetry and song. This has been one of a series of tape recorded programs especially produce song and narrated by Hobart Mitchell for the National Association of educational broadcasters. Mr. Mitchell formerly an English teacher at New York University is widely known for his concert programs of poetry and song and for his research in this field. He will be very happy to supply information concerning the songs heard on these programs to anyone who will write to him in care of this station. These programs are recorded in the studios of radio station WCAU al at say in all

of college in Northfield Minnesota. This is the end of the Radio Network.