I currently write lyrics for two different composers. The first, prefers me to write the lyrics first. The results I find, is more fluid and rhythmic. Like poetry set to music.
With the second composer, he feels the music must come first. I'm instructed as to how many syllables per line. What vowel it should end in.Where the rhyme and inner-rhyme should fall. The result is a less poetic but very dramatic piece. And every musician reading it has asked "how were you able to match syllables with notes so perfectly?"
Keep in mind that these arias are all for opera only. Please let me know if you are a musician or writer or have ever composed.
I appreciate your thoughts.
Song bird
2007-10-09
16:06:20
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