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Category: Poetry as Music

Poetry as Music

Under a Tree

17 February 202026 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

I’m reading the proofs from Arc Poetry Magazine for my forthcoming poem “Compose.”  This is always one of my favourite moments as a writer when all the invisible work of being a poet starts to feel and become real. The poem … Continue reading Under a Tree

Poetry as Music

Work in Progress

28 December 201926 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

In 2019 “it didn’t happen here” won the National Broadsheet Contest from the League of Canadian Poets (judged by D.A. Lockhart), “Johnny on the Spot” received an honourable mention in the Great Blue Heron Poetry Contest from The Antigonish Review … Continue reading Work in Progress

Poetry as Music

Conversation in three Scotland concerts

4 September 201826 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

Emily Doolittle’s  Conversation is based on a poem by Eleonore Schönmaier from Treading Fast Rivers (MQUP). Continue reading Conversation in three Scotland concerts

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Migrations set to music by Emily Doolittle

26 April 201826 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

Eleonore Schönmaier’s “Migrations” is part of this year’s Poem in Your Pocket brochure from the Academy of American Poets and the League of Canadian Poets. The poem has also been set to music by Emily Doolittle. Postcard Image Designed by … Continue reading Migrations set to music by Emily Doolittle

Poetry as Music

Conversation set to music by Emily Doolittle

17 February 201820 August 2020 Eleonore Schönmaier

Emily Doolittle’s Conversation, a setting for soprano and ensemble of Eleonore Schönmaier’s haunting poem of the same name will be debuted on February 21 in Scotland as part of Music Planet’s programming with the St Andrews New Music Ensemble.  “Schönmaier’s poem explores what … Continue reading Conversation set to music by Emily Doolittle

Poetry as Music

One Room Ensemble

20 November 201719 August 2020 Eleonore Schönmaier

“Inspired by beautiful poems from Eleonore Schönmaier (Canada), Giuseppe Ungaretti (Italy) and Gerrit Achterberg (The Netherlands), the musicians show their most sensitive and lyrical side.”  CD from One Room Ensemble. Continue reading One Room Ensemble

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Eleonore Schönmaier is the award winning Canadian author of Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete (2021), Dust Blown Side of the Journey (2017), Wavelengths of Your Song (2013) and Treading Fast Rivers (1999) all from McGill-Queen’s University Press. Wavelengths of Your Song was published in German translation in 2020 as Wellenlängen deines Liedes (parasitenpresse, Cologne).

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