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Eighteen Springs (novel)
Eighteen Springs may refer to: *''The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs'', a song for voice and closed piano by John Cage, based on James Joyce's ''Finnegans Wake'' *''Half a Lifelong Romance'', a 1948 Chinese novel by Eileen Chang, also known as ''Eighteen Springs'' ** ''Eighteen Springs'' (film), a 1997 China-Hong Kong film based on Chang's novel **''Affair of Half a Lifetime ''Affair of Half a Lifetime'' () is a 2003 drama-romance TV series based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Chinese author Eileen Chang. The series stars Ruby Lin, Patrick Tam, Jiang Qinqin and Li Liqun. It had the most simultaneous broadca ...'', a 2002 adaptation of Chang's novel * ''Eighteen Springs'' (album), by Ruby Lin, 2004 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs
''The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs'' is a song for voice and closed piano by John Cage. It was composed in late 1942 and quickly became a minor classic in Cage's oeuvre. The text was a reworked version of a passage from James Joyce's ''Finnegans Wake''. General information The song was commissioned by singer Janet Fairbank, who later became known for pioneering contemporary music. Cage chose to set a passage from page 556 of ''Finnegans Wake'', a book he bought soon after its publication in 1939. The composition is based, according to Cage himself, on the impressions received from the passage.John Cage. Liner notes to ''The 25-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage'' (1959), private issue recording by George Avakian (K08Y 1499–1504) ''The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs'' marks the start of Cage's interest in Joyce and is the first piece among many in which he uses the writer's work. The vocal line only uses three Pitch (music), pitches, while the piano r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |