Dulce et Decorum Est
Channel: MidiPunk
Date: 2010-10-05

Dulce et Decorum Est, a poem written by Wilfred Owen during the First World War, set to music.  Originally a letter addressed to his mother with the message "Here is a gas poem done yesterday, (which is not private, but not final)". 

Vocals, quality control, encouragement, and prodding by dashpoet:
http://www.youtube.com/user/dashpoet
Thank you again, Mark!

The middle of the audio (from "GAS!  GAS!" to four bars into the heavy part) was inspired by his reading:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khzp7YbUKUI

I sent him the clip saying I tried but I want to do something happy.  He replied with a re-reading the next day, exactly as I imagined it, and we went on (as far beyond 'good enough' as I've been) from there.


The two WWI photos were found while image-searching "WWI image public domain".  Unfortunately I was not able to find further credit or details.  I sincerely tried.

The final score without vocals is available here:
http://soundcloud.com/midipunk/gas

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