While rehearsing “Ode to Joy,” the climactic final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, soprano Pat Rowser discovered it had plenty of high notes. And another challenge presented itself: “Ode to Joy” lyrics are in German.
CAMBRIDGE, England, May 28 (UPI) — Students taking the Practical Criticism class at Cambridge University in England compared Amy Winehouse’s lyrics to Sir Walter Raleigh’s poetry for an exam.
They might not be Shakespeare or Wordsworth but lyrics by soul singer Amy Winehouse have been included in a Cambridge University literature exam for the first time.
Cambridge University students have been asked to analyse lyrics by singer Amy Winehouse in a final-year exam.
Students taking the Practical Criticism class at Cambridge University in England compared Amy Winehouse’s lyrics to Sir Walter Raleigh’s poetry for an exam. The Daily Telegraph said the third-year students were also asked to compare Raleigh’s work with songs by Bob Dylan and Billie Holiday.One student who didn’t want to be named until his final examination paper had been graded, said: It was …
Baffled Cambridge University students were asked to compare a 15th century poem with lyrics by troubled singer Amy Winehouse in their final year exam paper.
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Lyrics for the Amy Winehouse song ?Love Is a Losing Game,? written with Mark Ronson, appeared on a final exam taken by English students at Cambridge University, the BBC reported. Students were told to compare Ms. Winehouse?s words with Billie Holiday?s song ?Fine and Mellow,? Bob Dylan?s song ?Boots of Spanish Leather? and the Walter Raleigh poem beginning, ?As You Came From the Holy Land.? A …
Cambridge University students have been asked to compare the lyrics of Amy Winehouse with the poetry of Sir Walter Ralegh in a final year exam paper.
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