Summary
Transforming a poem into a song is a dangerous challenge, but Philip Glass - one of the most respected and prolific classical composers of our time - has taken Leonard Cohen's writings and created a work which will fascinate, delight and infuriate.
Cohen is best known as a singer-songwriter, worshipped in his native Canada and respected worldwide as a rival of Bob Dylan. He is also a sporadic poet and artist who makes sketches of rooms, guitars, women and the face he sees in the mirror.See the full content of this document
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Cohen's Poems Brought to the Stage
Glass has taken his most recent collection of poetry, Book of Longing, and turned the te...
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