Musical Versions
Many musical allusions to the fable are of limited or no relevance. Use of the title by Waking Ashland and the Jazzyfatnastees (among several others) is not justified by anything appearing in the lyrics, but the following examples may be noted.
- The Yellow Jackets jazz quartet's instrumental version of "Tortoise and the Hare" was recorded on their Politics album in 1988.
- The Anglo-Irish band Flook has an instrumental title on their Haven album (2005).
In 1979 the cellist Evalyn Steinbock (b.1932) set the fable for violin, cello and narrator. A poetic version was set for children's voices and piano by Edward Hughes in his Songs from Aesop's Fables (1965) and Bob Chilcott included the fable as one of the five pieces in his Aesop's Fables for piano and choir in 2008. The following year it was set for a cappella choir by Darmon Meader. It was also set by Lucian Cristofor Tugui in 2006.
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