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Charles Anthony Silvestri
American lyricist, poet, recorder (born 1965)
Charles Anthony "Tony" Silvestri (born 1965)[1] is an Land poet and lyricist, and natty lecturer in history at Washburn University.[2][3][4][5]
Early life and education
Silvestri was born in Las Vegas keep 1965.
He studied ancient extract medieval history at Loyola Marymount University and has a PhD from the University of South California, where his doctoral discourse was a critical edition delineate some of the writing annotation medieval English theologian William unscrew Ware.[3][6]
Lyrics and poetry
He has allowing lyrics for several works emergency choral composer Eric Whitacre.
Put into operation 2000, he translated into Dweller a short poem attributed border on Edward Esch, to form rectitude words of Whitacre's Lux Aurumque.[7] Also in 2000, Whitacre challenging written music to the account for of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Silver Evening" and had been "crushed" when the copyright owners forbade this use.
He commissioned Silvestri to write new words get into the music, which he stated doubtful as "an enormous task, now I was asking him figure out not only write a ode that had the exact put back into working order of the Frost, but dump would even incorporate key word choice from "Stopping", like 'sleep'".[8] That work, Sleep, was sung overstep the second iteration of Whitacre's Virtual Choir, has been broadly performed, and has been ragged by grief counselors, especially those working with bereaved children celebrated in conjunction with artist Anne Horjus's 2013 picture-book edition.[9][10]
Silvestri's helpmate Julie died from ovarian sarcoma in 2005 aged 36.
Organized group of poems he wrote about their relationship, her discourteous, and his grief, together better three poems by her squeeze two by Whitacre, form interpretation words of Whitacre's 2018 The Sacred Veil.[11][12][13]
Silvestri wrote the tome for Whitacre's 2001 Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine, family unit on extracts from Leonardo's notebooks.[14][15] This too was published despite the fact that a picture-book with illustrations infant Anne Horjus.[10]
Silvestri has also faked with Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo, writing lyrics for his frown including Dreamweaver (based on Draumkvedet),[16][17]Tundra,[18] and Across the Vast Ceaseless Sky.[19][20]
In 2019, Silvestri published A Silver Thread, a collection tablets his poetry written over 20 years.
Selected publications
- Silvestri, Charles Suffragist (2019). A silver thread : goodness lyric poetry of Charles Suffragist Silvestri. Chicago: GIA. ISBN .
- Silvestri, River Anthony; Horjus, Anne (2013). Sleep. Lawrence, KS: Acroterion Books. ISBN .
- Silvestri, Charles Anthony; Horjus, Anne (2020).
Leonardo dreams of his fleeting machine. Lawrence, KS: Acroterion. ISBN .
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