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When did T.S. Eliot start making music?

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T.S. Eliot's first song “Spleen” released on January 26, 1910.


Widely considered one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, Thomas Stearns Eliot was American-born, British by choice, and amongst the founding fathers of literary modernism.  A poet, playwright, and significant critic, Eliot’s works defined the disillusion and existential crisis of a society emerging from the horrors of World War I.... Read More
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