Name: I Would Not Paint A Picture Amanda Jacobs by Words&MusicInc
Duration: 2 min 48 s
Description: One of the winning compositions from the Words&Music 2014 composition competition

One of the winning compositions from the Words&Music 2014 composition competition

I Would Not Paint A Picture   Amanda Jacobs

Chicago Songs is my attempt to musically recreate something of the spirit and people found in Carl Sandburg’s iconic poetry. Sandburg’s world is one filled with the grit of burgeoning industrialization, the earnest hope of immigrant settlers, and the heartache and beauty found in the everyday. His characters are larger than life, yet tragically human - there’s a poignancy in their foibles that I find very attractive. As a composer I’ve always been drawn to nostalgic, highly personal subject matter and these texts compliment my own nostalgic, highly personal musical impulses.

I Would Not Paint A Picture Amanda Jacobs

Words&MusicInc

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