Simple Gifts
Joseph Brackett
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Simple Gifts by Anonymous. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 17th, 2010.
Several Shaker manuscripts indicate that this is a "Dancing Song" or a "Quick Dance." The references to "turning" in the last two lines have been identified as dance instructions. The melody was used by Aaron Copeland as the basis for Appalachian Spring. (summary by Wikipedia and David Lawrence) (0 hr 11 min)
Chapitres
| Simple Gifts - Read by ALC | 0:47 | Lu par Anna Clarkson |
| Simple Gifts - Read by DL | 0:43 | Lu par David Lawrence |
| Simple Gifts - Read by GHS | 0:47 | Lu par Algy Pug |
| Simple Gigts - Read by JB | 0:41 | Lu par JemmaBlythe |
| Simple Gifts - Read by LAH | 0:48 | Lu par Lee Ann Howlett |
| Simple Gifts - Read by LLW | 0:47 | Lu par Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) |
| Simple Gifts - Read by MLR | 0:47 | Lu par Melissa Ranum |
| Simple Gifts - Read by MOE | 0:51 | Lu par Mihai Ovidiu Enache (MOE) |
| Simple Gifts - Read by NJB | 0:56 | Lu par Nicholas James Bridgewater |
| Simple Gifts - Read by RN | 0:53 | Lu par ravenotation |
| Simple Gifts - Read by SD | 0:51 | Lu par summerdaze |
| Simple Gifts - Read by TDO | 0:43 | Lu par Tracy Osborne |
| Simple Gifts - Read by VCF | 0:49 | Lu par Vicente Costa Filho |
| Simple Gifts - Read by VG | 0:46 | Lu par Victoria Grace |
Critiques
Listen to a 50 sec poem 14 times
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