Willow Noir

by Debra Banks

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Willow Noir

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Debra Banks

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Photograph - Photography

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This cascade of spring willow branches blowing in the breeze was almost hypnotic with its swaying.

In literature, the most famous literary reference to the willow is perhaps William Shakespeare's Willow Song in Othello. Desdemona, the heroine of the play, sings the song in her despair. You can hear an example and read the musical score and words on Digital Tradition. Many composers have set this song to music, but the version on Digital Tradition is one of the oldest. The earliest written record of The Willow Song is from 1583 and was written for the lute, a stringed instrument like a guitar but with a much softer sound. Shakespeare uses the symbolism of the willow again in Hamlet, when doomed Ophelia breaks willow branches and tosses them into the river where she eventually drowns herself. Willows are referenced also in Twelfth Night.


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April 14th, 2016

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