Who wrote the lyrics for Incantations?
Part 2 is nothing other than excerpts from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Hiawatha; some of the verses have been re-arranged and a word or two changed. (The lyrics printed on the Japanese Incantations LP sleeve are wrong. See: http://www.ommadawn.dk/mou/inc/nippon.html.) Part 4 includes Ben Jonson’s Ode to Cynthia, from Cynthia’s Revels, again with re-arrangements and an occasional word change. See: http://www.ommadawn.dk/mou/inc/cynthia.html. An analysis of the changes to these lyrics can be found at: http://rcarter.34sp.com/oldfield/incantationspoems.html. The Space Movie includes an out-take from Part 4 (see 2.7), and its lyrics are taken from A Spell For Creation by Kathleen Raine which can be found at: http://oldpoetry.com/poetry/30104/showall=1. Credit: Jim F.Glass, yqg023@rdyne.bna.boeing.com, Gregory Adams, greg@essex1.com, Ron Kostecka, U22866@uicvm.uic.edu, John James, johnrhon@bigpond.net.au.
Part 2 is nothing other than excerpts from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Hiawatha; some of the verses have been re-arranged and a word or two changed. For more info check out this site: http://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/data/gutenberg/hisong10.txt. (The lyrics printed on the Japanese Incantations LP sleeve are wrong. See: http://www.ommadawn.dk/mou/inc/nippon.html.) Part 4 includes Ben Jonson’s Ode to Cynthia, from Cynthia’s Revels, again with re-arrangements and an occasional word change. See: http://www.ommadawn.dk/mou/inc/cynthia.html. An analysis of the changes to these lyrics can be found at: http://www.rcarter.34sp.com/oldfield/incantationspoems.html. An out-take from Part 4 can be heard on the Soundtrack of The Space Movie (see 2.7), and its lyrics are taken from The Spell of Creation by Kathleen Raine. Credit: Jim F.Glass, yqg023@rdyne.bna.boeing.com, Gregory Adams, greg@essex1.com, Ron Kostecka, U22866@uicvm.uic.edu, John James, johnrhon@bigpond.net.au.
