William Cooper

Since I’m a huge Patrick Wolf geek, I thought I’d write down all of the songs I know to be based on these three things (I do have 109 of his songs, after all). If you know of any more, let me know and I’ll put them in!

• The Bachelor (lyrics from ‘Poor Little Turtle Dove’ folk song)
• Damaris (local folklore based on mysterious grave)
• Godrevy Point (possibly based on Virginia Woolf & her house in Godrevy)
• The Hazelwood (lyrics taken from poem ‘The Song of Wandering Aegnus’ by William Yeats)
• Idumea (English hymn originally by Isaac Watts (1600- 1749))
• Ignis Fatuus (another name for Will-o’-the-Wisp)
• Jacob’s Ladder (bible story/reference- Genesis)
• Oblivion (originally called Barghest- Yorkshire legend)
• Peter Pan- literary reference
• Theseus (Greek mythology)
• The Tinderbox (Hans Christian Andersen story reference))
• To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf literary reference)
• Tristan (Cornish Arthurian legend)
• Vaaety Braeu (Manx Gaelic folk song)

So there you have it. I’ll add to this, and again, if you have any you know of that makes reference to mythology, folklore, or literature- let me know!

EDIT:

Thanks to http://ohwhatatragiccost.tumblr.com/ we have some more!

• Secret Garden (literary reference- Frances Burnett) (see now I was going to add this but thought it wasn’t a DIRECT reference. Just a song named after a secret garden in general- but OK)
• Jerusalem (original poem by William Blake (also used as England’s anthem))
• Bitten- (Bram Stoker character reference)

Thanks!

MOAR EDITS (by me)

• Augustin (not Augustine, but Augustin from The Magic Position single- uses ‘Oh du lieber Augustin’ Austrian folk song)
• Augustine (reference to St Augustine of Hippo)

Hey everyone, so I’m working on some art. In this artwork I plan on having Vladimir Horowitz & Sergei Rachmaninov both sitting at a piano leaning into kiss each other. The view will be from the back, looking front on the piano.

I’m looking for reference photos- so people leaning into kiss (preferably sitting down), or just old pictures of men sitting down would be nice. Halp?