Subtitle on cover: A celebration of Allen Ginsberg's epic protest poem. "Howl for Now is a volume published in conjunction with a performance of the same name, staged on October 7th, 2005, in the Clothworkers' Centenary Concert Hall in the School of Music of the University of Leeds in the UK. Like the performance, the volume commemorates the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's first reading of his epic protest poem 'Howl' in the Six Gallery in San Francisco on October 7th, 1955"--P. 7. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Musical responses to 'Howl': compositional approaches to the text / Howl for Now composers. Howling wolves / David Meltzer -- The poem and I are fifty / Steven Taylor -- Sifting the shifting sands: 'Howl' and the American landscape in the 1950s / Simon Warner -- The dramatic imagery of 'Howl': the [naked] bodies of madness / George Rodosthenous -- Filming 'Howl': A cinematic visualizing of the text / Ronald Nameth -- The visual arts and 'Howl': painters and poets in the American 1950s / Michael Anderson -- A soundtrack to 'Howl': First thought, best thought / Bill Nelson -- Musical responses to 'Howl': compositional approaches to the text / Michael Spencer and the Howl for Now composers.
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