YouTube Thingies

Some curious things recently found on YouTube:

"When his first-born was put into his arms . . . he again, with a full heart, acknowledged that God had tempered judgment with mercy." Charlotte Bronte, "Jane Eyre." Composer Lewis A. Kocher presents images from his collection of antique photographs, and his piece, "Jane's Lullaby"; a song Jane herself could have sung to her and Edward's children.

EDIT: From the composer himself:

"Jane Eyre" has always been my favorite novel and it has inspired more than one of my musical works. In fact my publisher, ALRY Publications, Inc. has published my flute ensemble work, "Aire," which is inspired by Jane Eyre. The title itself is a wordplay on her name. This Fall I will be recording a flute ensemble playing it, and it should be ready for YouTube before the end of Autumn. In the meantime if there are any flute choirs interested in performing the work, it may be purchased either directly from the publisher (www.alrypublications.com) or through online music stores like Sheetmusicplus.

MissionVerdopolitian reads aloud a letter from Patrick Brontë to Elizabeth Gaskell from June 20th, 1855:

The Reverend Patrick Brontë pens an informative letter to, Mrs. Gaskell, the first biographer of his world-famous writer daughter the peerless prose-stylist Charlotte.

And finally, remember Wuthering Heights: Emily's Dream? His author, Jason Nicholls, publishes another update of his project:

Work in Progress Interactive Fiction PC game for Windows called Emily's Dream. A must for any fan of Wuthering Heights and the Brontes. Help Emily Bronte inside her Dream. Unravel the mysterious of the wild and untamed moors. The game has full motion video clips of the Bronte countryside.

Categories: Jane Eyre, Music, Patrick Brontë, Weirdo, Wuthering Heights