Paul Bowles (1910–1999)
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Paul Bowles (1910–1999)
1. What do we need to know about this composer?
Possible answers . . .
- Composer, writer, musicologist, and world traveler.
- Collected and taped folk music from North Africa, South and Central America, the Antilles, and Spain.
- Lyric songs with fusion of text and music.
2. Name a song composition by this composer.
Possible answers . . .
Blue Mountain Ballads
1. Heavenly grass
2. Lonesome man
3. Cabin
4. Sugar in the cane
Once a Lady Was Here
Three
A Little Closer, Please
April Fool Baby
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This selection is called: Blue Mountain Ballads “1. Heavenly grass”
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This selection is called: Blue Mountain Ballads “2. Lonesome man”
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This selection is called: Blue Mountain Ballads “3. Cabin”
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This selection is called: Blue Mountain Ballads “4. Sugar in the cane”
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This selection is called: “Once a Lady Was Here”
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This selection is called: “Three”
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This selection is called: “A Little Closer, Please”
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This selection is called: “April Fool Baby”
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