Songs to Joannes 9 & 10

Parlando - Where Music and Words Meet

As a young woman, Mina Loy adventured through many avant-garde artistic scenes in early 20th century, and her series of poems of desire, its attractions and disaffections, "Songs to Joannes," still stands out for its exciting use of language. Here are two small excerpts from that series turned into a song.

The Parlando Project has combined over 800 sets of works (mostly literary poetry not intended to be sung) with original music in differing styles. You can hear all of the released pieces and read short reports on our experiences with the word and the music we combine with them at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org