Or perhaps “recomposed” - would that be a zombie story?
I had the distinct pleasure of working on this live play and the film based on the POEM:
<https://vimeo.com/44280784>
It was more than a song…
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown's_Body>
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On Mar 16, 2015, at 9:31 AM, John Haley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Does that mean that "John Brown's Body" got decomposed? Sorry for being
> impertinent; can't help it. .
>
> Best, John
>
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> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Richard L. Hess <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>> On 2015-03-16 11:31 AM, David Lewis wrote:
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>>> ...the judgment is a problem for every musician,
>>> and in turn every musician ought to band together to reverse it, as the
>>> judgment itself reverses at least six centuries of forward development in
>>> music.
>>>
>>
>> The traditions of "folk music" acknowledge this recycling and reuse as
>> "the folk process." Didn't Julia Ward Howe set her "Battle Hymn of the
>> Republic" to the "folk" tune "John Brown's Body" which apparently was at
>> least partially composed by a collective at a "camp meeting?"
>>
>> I agree with your call to action.
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