Iron miniature of the Duke, owned by Charlotte Bronte
maandag 2 september 2019
Project Anne Brontë 200.
Project Anne Brontë 200 is an initiative run by a collective of musicians and poets, and headed by Pamela Nash*. We are asking for your help to give the neglected Brontë sister centre stage and to further her legacy through the creation of new music for choirs as well as commemorative poetry in the run-up to 2020, the bicentenary of her birth.
"If Anne Brontë had lived ten years longer, she would have taken a place beside Jane Austen, perhaps even a higher place".... (novelist and poet George Moore, 1924).
History has done a great disservice to Anne Brontë, and though she may now be stepping out from behind the veil, her contribution to literature still remains undervalued and unjustly overshadowed by her more celebrated siblings. Until now, she has also been largely overlooked by composers, despite the striking musical affinities in her writing. So we are appealing for you to join us in seizing the chance to address this under-representation of Anne and to shed new light on her through the powerful and magical medium of the choir, as we commission choral settings of her words - as well as specially-written poetry inspired by her. crowdfunder/project-anne-bronte-200
