Finn Coren
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Finn Coren is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his series of albums setting to music the lyrics of William Blake
, W.B. Yeats and Olav H. Hauge
.
Coren's first album The Echoing Green comprised songs written and composed by him, though the title was taken from Blake. His second album Love's Loneliness was released in 1990, and was a setting of Yeats songs, from Words for Music, Perhaps. Two albums setting to music the words of Blake were released in 1997 and 1998. His next project, Lovecloud, was dedicated to his heroes, Blake, Yeats and John Lennon
, but the songs were written by Coren himself.
Cancer
put a temporary stop to Coren's career. In 2008, Coren returned with a double-album setting to music the lyrics of the Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge
. I draumar fær du was Coren's first album in Norwegian, and the first part of a series devoted to Nordic poets
. In 2011, he released the album Mitt hjerte where he puts music to poems and texts by the Norwegian poet, novelist and screenplay author Jens Bjørneboe
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
, W.B. Yeats and Olav H. Hauge
Olav H. Hauge
Olav Håkonson Hauge was a Norwegian poet. He was born in Ulvik and lived his whole life there, working as a gardener in his own orchard....
.
Coren's first album The Echoing Green comprised songs written and composed by him, though the title was taken from Blake. His second album Love's Loneliness was released in 1990, and was a setting of Yeats songs, from Words for Music, Perhaps. Two albums setting to music the words of Blake were released in 1997 and 1998. His next project, Lovecloud, was dedicated to his heroes, Blake, Yeats and John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, but the songs were written by Coren himself.
Cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
put a temporary stop to Coren's career. In 2008, Coren returned with a double-album setting to music the lyrics of the Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge
Olav H. Hauge
Olav Håkonson Hauge was a Norwegian poet. He was born in Ulvik and lived his whole life there, working as a gardener in his own orchard....
. I draumar fær du was Coren's first album in Norwegian, and the first part of a series devoted to Nordic poets
Scandinavian literature
Scandinavia literature or Nordic literature is the literature in the languages of the Nordic countries of Northern Europe. The Nordic countries include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway , Sweden and associated autonomous territories .The majority of these nations and regions use North Germanic...
. In 2011, he released the album Mitt hjerte where he puts music to poems and texts by the Norwegian poet, novelist and screenplay author Jens Bjørneboe
Jens Bjørneboe
Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization on the whole...
Discography
- Finn Coren: The Echoing Green (Luna Music, 1989)
- A Full Moon In March: Love’s Loneliness (Kirkelig kulturverksted, 1990)
- Finn Coren The Blake Project: Spring (Bard, 1997)
- Finn Coren The Blake Project: Spring: The AppendixSpring: The AppendixSpring: The Appendix is an album by Norwegian musician Finn Coren, and is the follow-up to 1997's Spring. As with its predecessor, all words are by William Blake and music by Coren.-Track listing:# "Spring"# "The Little Vagabond"# "Nurse's Song"...
(Bard, 1998) - Finn Coren: Lovecloud (Bard, 1999)
- Finn Coren: I draumar fær du (Bard, 2008)
- Finn Coren: Mitt hjerte: Dikt av Jens Bjørneboe (Bard, 2011)