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| ⚫ | '''Ode''' is a [[poem]] written by the [[English people|English]] poet [[Arthur O'Shaughnessy]] and first published in 1873.<ref>{{cite journal |last=O'Shaughnessy |first=Arthur |date=4 October 1873 |title=An Ode |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BgMZAAAAYAAJ&q=%22AN+ODE%22&pg=PA440 |journal=[[Appleton's Magazine|Appleton's Journal]] |location=New York, NY |publisher=[[D. Appleton & Company]] |accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> It is |
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The ''Ode'' is the first poem in O'Shaughnessy's collection ''Music and Moonlight'' (1874). It has nine stanzas, although it is commonly believed to be only three stanzas long. The opening stanza is: |
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[[File:Giant_ocean_wave_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|“We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams”]] |
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| ⚫ | "'''Ode'''" is a [[poem]] written by the [[English people|English]] poet [[Arthur O'Shaughnessy]] and first published in 1873.<ref>{{cite journal |last=O'Shaughnessy |first=Arthur |date=4 October 1873 |title=An Ode |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BgMZAAAAYAAJ&q=%22AN+ODE%22&pg=PA440 |journal=[[Appleton's Magazine|Appleton's Journal]] |location=New York, NY |publisher=[[D. Appleton & Company]] |accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> It is the first poem in O'Shaughnessy's collection ''Music and Moonlight'' (1874). "Ode" has nine stanzas, although it is commonly believed to be only three stanzas long{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}. The opening stanza is: |
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We are the music makers, |
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And we are the dreamers of dreams, |
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The phrase "movers and shakers" (now used to describe powerful and worldly individuals and groups) originates here. |
The phrase "movers and shakers" (now used to describe powerful and worldly individuals and groups) originates here. |
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| ⚫ | The first two lines of the poem were recited by [[Gene Wilder]] as [[Willy Wonka]] in the film ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1971), which was later sampled by [[Aphex Twin]] on the track "We are the Music Makers" from his debut album ''[[Selected Ambient Works 85-92]]''. The poem has also been set to music, or alluded to, many times. Sir [[Edward Elgar]] set the ode to music in 1912 in his work ''[[The Music Makers (Elgar)|The Music Makers]]'', Op. 69, dedicated to Elgar's old friend Nicholas Kilburn, and the first performance took place in 1912 at the [[Birmingham Triennial Music Festival]]. Performances available include: ''The Music Makers'', with Sir [[Adrian Boult]] conducting the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] in 1975 (reissued 1999), paired with Elgar's ''[[The Dream of Gerontius]]''; and the 2006 album ''Sea Pictures'', paired with ''The Music Makers'', Simon Wright conducting the [[Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra]]. [[Zoltán Kodály]] (1882–1967) set "Ode" to music in his work ''Music Makers'', dedicated to [[Merton College, Oxford]], on the occasion of its 700th anniversary in 1964. |
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The poem has been set to music, or alluded to, many times: |
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| ⚫ | Sir [[Edward Elgar]] set the ode to music in 1912 in his work |
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==Cultural references and parodies== |
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*[[Scarling.]] has a song called "We Are the Music Makers." The line is said in the beginning of the chorus. |
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*[[Antonio Breschi]]’s track "Poem and Gig" from his album ''My Irish Portrait'' features the first three stanzas and is recited by [[Ronnie Drew]]. |
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*[[Joy Electric]]'s 1996 album ''[[We Are the Music Makers]]'' is a reference to the first line. |
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*The poem is used in the introduction of [[Elizabeth Haydon]]'s book ''[[The Assassin King]]''. |
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* "Music Makers & Dreamers of Dreams" is a track off the album "As Above, So Below" by "Windmills". |
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* The Seo Linn song "Music Makers", commissioned by [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]] for the centenary of the 1916 [[Easter Rising]], is in Irish but uses much of the first stanza of "Ode" as its chorus in English. |
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* Three stanzas of the poem are referenced in "Black", a [[House music|House]] track by Fabian Reichelt and Raycoux Jr. on the album Circle |
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* South African band, Gimp, performed a rock anthem of the poem in 2005 at Woodstock South Africa. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:07, 4 February 2024
"Ode" is a poem written by the English poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy and first published in 1873.[1] It is the first poem in O'Shaughnessy's collection Music and Moonlight (1874). "Ode" has nine stanzas, although it is commonly believed to be only three stanzas long[citation needed]. The opening stanza is:
We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.[2]— Stanza 1
The phrase "movers and shakers" (now used to describe powerful and worldly individuals and groups) originates here.
The first two lines of the poem were recited by Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), which was later sampled by Aphex Twin on the track "We are the Music Makers" from his debut album Selected Ambient Works 85-92. The poem has also been set to music, or alluded to, many times. Sir Edward Elgar set the ode to music in 1912 in his work The Music Makers, Op. 69, dedicated to Elgar's old friend Nicholas Kilburn, and the first performance took place in 1912 at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival. Performances available include: The Music Makers, with Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1975 (reissued 1999), paired with Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius; and the 2006 album Sea Pictures, paired with The Music Makers, Simon Wright conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967) set "Ode" to music in his work Music Makers, dedicated to Merton College, Oxford, on the occasion of its 700th anniversary in 1964.
References
- ^ O'Shaughnessy, Arthur (4 October 1873). "An Ode". Appleton's Journal. New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgar (1874). Music and Moonlight : poems and songs. London: Chatto and Windus. pp. 1–5.