That Time of Year: Sonnet 73.v2 (rschletty/Dadai)

Another in the series of Shakespeare sonnet songs by Postludes Trio (now Breakers). Composition and guitar track by Jack Miller. Vocals by Richard Schletty. Copyright 2006 Music by Jack Miller/ Lyrics by William Shakespeare

Jack's previous demo is here: http://www.macjams.com/song/22536

Jack says: "Over the last year I have had one friend die of cancer and three others enter the battle against that dread disease. Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare gripped me when I read it, as it elegantly addresses the topic of getting old and facing the days when death is not too far off."

Richard writes: "I got a little excited today when I got a letter in the mailbox from Warren Smith (MacJammer WKS). It was a news clipping from the New York Times which reported this: Shakespeare's Sonnets Reinvented by Contemporary Musicians. It was about the Royal Shakespeare Company commissioning contemporary music settings of Shakespeare's sonnets. Well, Jack and I are looking for our day in the dark, so I decided to act and finish my vocal mix for Jack's soundtrack for Sonnet 73 which I had been neglecting for several months."

Here is the story Warren sent me: http//query.nytimes.com/...

Richard sent this e-mail to The Royal Shakespeare Company today:

12-1-2006

To: The Royal Shakespeare Company
Attn: Roger Mortlock, Philippa Harland, Nada Zakula, Joanna Hammond, Dean Asker, Danielle Baird and Lucien Riviere

Dear Shakespeare devotees:

I just saw this:
Shakespeare's sonnets reinvented by contemporary musicians
http://www.rsc.org.uk/press/420_4626.aspx

Our group of contemporary musicians, Postludes Trio (now Breakers), has been overlooked! We have already done settings of a number of Shakespeare sonnets. May Jack Miller and I write or perform for you? Our songs are here:

http://www.macjams.com/song/5194 Thou Art More Lovely: Sonnet 18
http://www.macjams.com/song/6881 Music to Hear: Sonnet 8
http://www.macjams.com/song/7476 Love Alters Not: Sonnet 116
http://www.macjams.com/song/10114 Sonnet 138: Rock / When My Love Swears
http://www.macjams.com/song/10132 Sonnet 138: Industrial / When My Love Swears
http://www.macjams.com/song/10181 Sonnet 138: Jazz / When My Love Swears
http://www.macjams.com/song/19625 Like As The Waves: Sonnet 60
http://www.macjams.com/song/21106 When In Disgrace: Sonnet 29 (Furner version)
http://www.macjams.com/song/21272 When In Disgrace: Sonnet 29 (Schletty version)
http://www.macjams.com/song/26685 That Time Of Year: Sonnet 73 (posted today!)

Jack and I are unsigned musicians but we do own pens. Give us a holler!

Sincerely,
Richard Schletty and Jack Miller

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That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.

In me thou seest the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.

In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.

This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

Sonnet 73, William Shakespeare

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