· First published in and reprinted in , The Blizzard Voices is based on stories told to Kooser as a boy in Iowa and as an adult in Nebraska as well as local histories that feature the blizzard. Of particular help to Kooser was W.H. O’Gara’s book, In All Its Fury. The result is Kooser’s crystallized distillation of shards of memory. Told in his trademark spare, straightforward, . THE BLIZZARD VOICES, with text by poet Ted Kooser, is an oratorio scored for six vocal soloists, SATB chorus, and orchestra. It was commissioned by Opera Omaha, who gave the premiere under the direction of Stewart Robertson in Omaha, Nebraska, in September By Robert Kirzinger. · Overview. This book is a collection of poems recording the devastation unleashed on the Great Plains by the blizzard of Janu. The Blizzard Voices is based on the actual reminiscences of the survivors as recorded in documents from the time and written reminiscences from years later. Here are the haunting voices of the men and women who were teaching school, working ISBN
The Blizzard Voices is based on the actual reminiscences of the survivors as recorded in documents from the time and written reminiscences from years later. Here are the haunting voices of the men and women who were teaching school, working the land, and tending the house when the storm arrived and changed their lives forever. This book is a collection of poems recording the devastation unleashed on the Great Plains by the blizzard of Janu. The Blizzard Voices is based on the actual reminiscences of the survivors as recorded in documents from the time and written reminiscences from years later. Here are the haunting voices of the men and women who were teaching school, working the land, and tending the. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Blizzard Voices by Ted Kooser (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
On Janu, a sudden deadly blizzard struck the Great Plains. Gathering much historical information but still making it his own, Ted Kooser writes poems in the voices of the survivors, describing the events, memorializing those who were lost. By turns sad, uplifting, inspiring, and mournful, Kooser brings these hearty Midwesterners to life. The Blizzard Voices is based on the actual reminiscences of the survivors as recorded in documents from the time and written reminiscences from years later. Here are the haunting voices of the men and women who were teaching school, working the land, and tending the house when the storm arrived and changed their lives forever. Ted Kooser, Presidential Professor of the University of Nebraska, is former U.S. poet laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. The Blizzard Voices / Ted Kooser / Tom Pohrt. Ted Kooser has recently served two consecutive terms as U.S. Poet Laureate and was winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. The Blizzard Voices was produced in and is a collection of Kooser’s poems that provide a haunting dramatized narrative of the devastation unleashed on Nebraska Territory by the Great Blizzard of Janu (which is often referred to as “The Children's Blizzard”).
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