Literary songs

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What kind of readers are you hoping to reach with this music?
- I think '; Text[3]=' '; Text[4]=' '; Text[5]=' '; Text[6]=' those people who\'ve had a passion for, er, reading their whole life and those people who\'ve '; Text[7]=' '; Text[8]=' '; Text[9]=' '; Text[10]=' reading their whole life, I think it\'s the '; Text[11]=' spectrum. It\'s just an excuse for you to start thumbing '; Text[12]=' '; Text[13]=' '; Text[14]=' and really be gentle with yourself and not be so '; Text[15]=' on yourself and say "oh it\'s too much".
- Well, you found a lot of literature loving musicians for this CD
- '; Text[16]='
- There are new ones included, but there are some very well known ones as well, Suzanne Vega '; Text[17]=' '; Text[18]=' '; Text[19]=' by Homer\'s "Odissey" in her song "Calypso".
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Literary songs
ATTENZIONE. E' necessario trovare la risposta esatta di ogni singolo quesito, altrimenti il programma non invierà il risultato al docente. In caso di risposta errata a un quesito, riprovate fino a che trovate quella giusta. Se fate tutto cliccando a caso sulle risposte, il voto inviato al docente sarà conseguentemente molto basso...

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Miss Deborah Pardes has asked British and American songwriters to send her songs they have written inspired by great literary works. She got over 350 entries and then selected 10 for a CD of songs inspired by great literature. Diana Nyad interviews her here for NBR radio, and starts by noting how many of the books involved are not light reading...