The Shrouding of the Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
Filmmaker Devansh Agarwal and singer-songwriter Sonali Argade collaborated on a music video-like poetry film of John Webster’s 17th-century poem for the Visible Poetry Project. Argade is also the actress. Her musical interpretation appears to be a cover of the 1924 Peter Warlock composition, from his 3 Dirges of Webster, now in the public domain. Here’s a more standard performance by the Baccholian Singers of London:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzNavCXcghg
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Dave Bonta is a poet, editor, and web publisher from the Appalachian mountains of central Pennsylvania.
