It is the final song in Les nuits d’été, the cycle by Berlioz, which sets six poems of Gautier. They were friends and ...

How the dubious tradition of song-sharking led to a strangely beautiful repository of folk art ...

In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...

MIKE CERRE: Their sister a cappella chorus, a Conspiracy of Venus, highlighted Cohen's collection of love songs, originating from his poetry, like most of his music did. LEONARD COHEN, Musician ...