Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Описание: This is a second revised version of my earlier video of "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" (which can be viewed at -    • Видео  ) with the lyrics complete and continuous and replacing the captions identifying the Barber and Agee families. It's a tribute to Samuel Barber and James Agee, as well as my own family, without whose photo albums this video would not have been possible. All the city shots are early 20th century photos of the Knoxville downtown area and additionally, I was able to find some paintings by the Knoxville artist Catherine Wiley to help illustrate the piece. I think that Dawn Upshaw's version of this piece is about as perfect as is possible. She has a beautiful casualness that fits the music perfectly.

Agee had written 'Knoxville' in 1935 when his memories of the early death of his father in an automobile accident had moved him to put something down on paper. The resulting lyrical prose, which at times breaks into poetic fragments, was simple and straightforward and filled with memories of the vanished world of the Knoxville he had grown up in. It was first published in Partisan Review and when 'A Death in the Family' was published in 1947 the publisher added it to the book as a sort of preface to evoke that period of time.