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MusicIC Presents: Discussing Whitman’s “Lilacs” with Ed Folsom

Posted on July 19, 2022 by unesco-ic

As part of the 2022 MusicIC festival, professor Ed Folsom led a lecture and discussion focusing on Walt Whitman’s poem Lilacs and why musicians continue to set his poetry to music.

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