 First edition | |
| Author | Leonard Cohen |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | McClelland & Stewart |
Publication date | 1993 |
| Pages | 415 |
| ISBN | 978-0679755418 |
| OCLC | 670435038 |
Stranger Music is a 1993 book by Leonard Cohen. It compiles many of his published poems, as well as the lyrics to his songs.
In the "A Note On The Text" section of the book it states: In some sections of this book, certain poem titles and texts have been altered from their original publication.
In the section taken from Death of a Lady's Man, some changes have been made for this edition: "A Woman's Decision" originally appeared as the commentary to "The Lover After All; "A Different Drum" as the commentary to "The Other Village"; "A Marvellous Woman" as the commentary to "No One Watching"; the text of "Not Going Back" is from the commentary to "The Rose"; the text of "Montreal" is from the commentary to "St. Francis"; "French and English" from the commentary to "Our Government-in-Exile"; "Roshi" originally appeared as the commentary to "Formal in His Thought of Her."; "The End of My Life in Art" originally appeared under the title "My Life in Art"; "Roshi Again" originally appeared as the commentary to "My Life in Art." The poems mentioned above have been given new titles for this edition. The poems in italic have, for this edition, incorporated the word "commentary" into the title.
Poems reproduced here from Selected Poems 1956–1968 had original publication in that edition.
Selections from Beautiful Losers and Book of Mercy were given titles for this edition. All but three of the poems selected for this edition from The Energy of Slaves were originally untitled.[1]
Lyrics omitted from the collection: "Stories of the Street," "A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes," "The Old Revolution," "The Butcher," "Tonight Will Be Fine," "Last Year's Man," "Dress Rehearsal Rag," "Love Calls You by Your Name," "Sing Another Song, Boys," "Lover Lover Lover," "Leaving Green Sleeves," "Iodine," "Death of a Ladies Man," "Humbled in Love," "The Smokey Life," "The Law," "Hunter's Lullaby," "Heart With No Companion," "Jazz Police," "Tacoma Trailer."
