The texts for these songs span many centuries—from Richard Barnfield”s “In Praise of Music and Poetry” (published in 1598) to the uplifting “Everyone Sang,” written by Siegfried Sassoon at the end of World War I. There is even a reference to Merlin, of King Arthur’s court, in Emerson’s opening poem “Merlin’s Song.”
From early to recent, the poems have the common thread of praising music for its power, its magic, its solace and its liberation. And it is this universal message which has inspired Sing Evermore!