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Vanessa Carlton => General Vanessa Carlton Discussion => Topic started by: SadAsBlue on April 02, 2008, 02:49:30 pm

Title: Wallace Stevens Harmonium
Post by: SadAsBlue on April 02, 2008, 02:49:30 pm

I'm hoping this hasn't been talked about a million time before and I missed it in the search button thing but......I am doing a research project on the U.S. in the 1920's and a poet named Wallace Stevens published a poetry book title  Harmonium and I was curious to see if this book had anything to do with Vaness'a Harmonium. I may be way off but I thought it could be a possibility beause of her reference to Robert Lewis Stevenson in H and T. Thoughts??

Title: Wallace Stevens Harmonium
Post by: Simply Ordinary on April 02, 2008, 05:17:59 pm

A real harmonium is a string instrument "from the jungle."

Vanessa Carlton's "Harmonium" is a combination of pandemonium and harmony.

Title: Wallace Stevens Harmonium
Post by: SadAsBlue on April 02, 2008, 06:58:35 pm

Right, but this is a book of poetry made by an american author. Had it been a book of music I would have thought nothing of it, but given her inspiration from A Child's Book of Garden Verses. i thought maybe

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Post by: Nanc77 on April 03, 2008, 09:46:58 am

no, i have that book and it really has no correlation to VC.. just the title.[/quote]

Title: Wallace Stevens Harmonium
Post by: SadAsBlue on April 03, 2008, 02:02:19 pm

^ Thank you ! That was basically what I was curious about.  :D