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A review by rosaok
Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN by Anaïs Mitchell, Anaïs Mitchell
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
such a good book, exactly what i hoped it would be. i love hearing about the processes artists go through to create their work, and anaïs mitchell is so good at exploring and reflecting on it.
i got into hadestown midway through bits of the broadway soundtrack being released, and the first version of it i got into was the concept album - i definitely have a soft spot for the more abstract, poetic earlier versions of the work, but seeing how the tensions between drama and music played out behind the scenes makes me appreciate the broadway version even more. can't wait to see it in london in just over a week!!
mitchell tying the continued cycles of revision to the lyrics into the cyclical nature of the show itself gives the book a really satisfying parallel narrative alongside the narrative of the lyrics themselves
i got into hadestown midway through bits of the broadway soundtrack being released, and the first version of it i got into was the concept album - i definitely have a soft spot for the more abstract, poetic earlier versions of the work, but seeing how the tensions between drama and music played out behind the scenes makes me appreciate the broadway version even more. can't wait to see it in london in just over a week!!
mitchell tying the continued cycles of revision to the lyrics into the cyclical nature of the show itself gives the book a really satisfying parallel narrative alongside the narrative of the lyrics themselves