#eric salzman

Moishele Moishele

Moses Maimonides

Bowing and chanting "Bar

Uch Adonai,"

Picked up the telephone

Anachronistically

Ordered pastrami with

Mustard on rye.

Higgledy-Piggledy

Robert C. Rauschenberg

Gunked up his canvas with

All kinds of glop.

"Though mixing media

Meta-linguistically

Seems to me silly I

Can't seem to stop."

Higgledy-Piggledy

Don Juan Tenorio

Tempted his girl with a

Garlic bouquet.

Stink diabolical

Aphrodisiacal

Put her in heat but it

Drove him away.

Eric SALZMAN

"Wiretap"

(LP. Finnadar. 1974) [US]

From the Agenda newsletter:

Coming soon in November: Poetry and Opera issue Vol 47 No.3-4:

This special double issue of Agenda is a first. It tackles the fascinating complexities between librettists, poets and composers, and has a plethora of well-known and new writers establishing this lively debate.

David Harsent, Thomas Adès , John Greening, Neill Powell on Britten, William Bedford on Tom Paulin’s libretti, Eric Salzman are just some of the names to have their say.

Theoretical questionings, personal experiences, autobiography - such as a fascinating piece by Eva Salzman about her upbringing and later collaboration with her composer father, new work and experiments in opera abound in these pages.  

Plus wonderful poetry loosely based on opera and music, and on the inherent music in the poems themselves. Chosen young poets/composers and essayists are also included.