Richard Thompson, Vincent Black Lightning. Ewan MacColl's a capella Lord Randal. Gryphon's 1970s folk-rock setting for "The Unquiet Grave."
Elliot Carter, "A Mirror on Which to Dwell."
Communards, If I Could Tell You.
Bikini Kill, Demirep.
Paul Agnew sings "Weep you no more, sad fountains" (video follows sheet music). The same words,a different setting, a clip from a film.
Burns's special position: a modern piano setting for "Green Grow the Rashes." A modern folk-pop arrangement. A 1980s indie-rock incorporation of Burns's chorus (Burns's words start at 1:17).A much quieter arrangement of Burns's original. A vast trove of Burns's songs, from a scholarly site, for download.
The Cambridge Singers perform "The Silver Swan" in Orlando Gibbons's madrigal setting (video is the sheet music). Ned Rorem's modern setting, performed by Leontyne Price.
Billie Holiday sings "I'll Be Seeing You." Billie Holiday sings "All of Me." The French prog-pop-jazz act Faustine sets "Songs for a Colored Singer." The same group sets "Song for the Rainy Season."
"Sucka MCS can call me Sire." Kool Keith. Terrance Hayes's "The Blue Kool."
Recordings of Armantrout, including multiple versions of "Overhearing" and a discussion of "Overhearing." Patti Page performs "The Tennessee Waltz" (1950).
