Doublereed Archive - Posting 000019.txt from 2009/01

From: harold@-----.br
Subj: [DR-L] Edgar Allen Poe and dreeds
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:06:58 -0500

 HiDavid and the List:
Google in edgar allen poe + music and abracadabra thereÂ?s the results.As for KGE reeds and what Indermuhle says,I can scan it tomorrow and send it on.DidnÂ?t do this in the first place because it seems like an ad.But our Lists are more liberal.
Best Rgds,

Harold
PS--Mustagain emphasize I continue to use Glotin.
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Em 12/01/2009 00:19, David Lurie escreveu:>
At 12:40 PM 1/11/2009, you wrote:

Hi Harold.

First - and most important - HAPPY NEW YEAR.

This is all very interesting. I would be
interested in knowing where you got all this information.

Best personal regards to you and your wife. I wonder if she remembers me?

David

>Leon Botstein, conductor of the American
>Symphony Orchestra--which presented a program of
>"Tales From Edgar Allan Poe" in 1999--noted that
>in the realm of classical music, as in
>literature, Poe's influence was felt more deeply in Europe than in America.
>
> From the mid-19th century on, Poe’s peculiar
> mix of the supernatural and symbolic fascinated
> French and Russian composers who experimented
> with literary narrative and poetic texts as the
> basis for musical structure. Their sense of
> affinity between Poe’s writings and music
> perhaps rests in the amorphous, abstract, yet
> psychologically powerful qualities of Poe’s
> dramatic illustrations, which seem to resemble
> the qualities of music itself.[1]
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>Claude Debussy often declared Poe's profound
>effect on his music[2], and began an opera based
>on "The Fall of the House of Usher"; though
>unfinished, a reconstructed version was
>performed at Yale University in 1977. A
>recording of it was released in 1984. Debussy
>also left an unfinished opera based on Poe's "The Devil in the Belfry".
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>Two members of Debussy's circle also wrote works
>inspired by Poe. Florent Schmitt wrote an etude,
>Le palais hante, derived from the Poe poem "The
>Haunted Palace", in 1904.[3] Andre Caplet's
>Conte fantastique for harp and strings,
>published in 1924 but begun at least as early as
>1909, is a musical retelling of "The Masque of the Red Death".[4]
>
>Sergei Rachmaninoff, sent a Russian translation
>of "The Bells" by an admirer, transformed the
>poem in 1913 into a choral symphony that he
>regarded as his favorite of his works.
>
>The English composer Joseph Holbrooke composed a
>symphonic poem based on "The Raven" that debuted
>in 1900, followed in 1903 by a similar
>adaptation of "The Bells". Holbrooke also wrote
>a ballet score for "The Masque of the Red
>Death", among other Poe-inspired works.[5]
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>Poe continues to be a source of ideas for
>contemporary classical works. Minimalist Philip
>Glass wrote an opera based on "The Fall of the
>House of Usher" that debuted in 1989.[6] Choral
>composer Jonathan Adams set three poems--"Hymn,"
>"Evening Star," and "Eldorado"-- as Three Songs
>from Edgar Allan Poe for SATB chorus and piano
>in 1993 as well as "Annabel Lee" in 1995 and
>"Alone" in 1997. On the Last Frontier,
>Einojuhani Rautavaara's 1997 fantasia for chorus
>and orchestra, is based on the final paragraphs
>of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.[7]
>
>In 2005, composer Damon Ferrante and Librettist
>Daniel Mark Epstein wrote of a young Edgar Allan
>Poe's fantasies and plights in Jefferson & Poe: A Lyric Opera in Two Acts.
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>Other operas based on stories by Poe are Ligeia,
>a 1994 opera by Augusta Read Thomas, and The Tell-Tale Heart by Bruce Adolphe.
>
>The contemporary Greek composer Dionysis
>Boukouvalas has set to music Poe's poem To
>Zante, for mezzo, mandolin and guitar.
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>[edit] Popular music
>Frankie Laine recorded a version of Annabel Lee
>in 1957, which was adapted from Poe's poem by Vic Corpora and Albert Lerner.
>Jim Reeves recorded "Annabel Lee" in 1963 for an
>album of poems called Talkin' To Your Heart.
>The American folk and protest singer Phil Ochs
>set Poe's poem "The Bells" to music on his debut
>album, All the News That's Fit to Sing, in 1964.
>Bob Dylan's 1965 song "Just Like Tom Thumb's
>Blues" makes reference to "Rue Morgue Avenue."
>Poe's final poem "Annabel Lee" was set to music
>by composer Don Dilworth, and was recorded by
>Joan Baez as part of her 1967 album Joan, as
>well as by Spanish pop band Radio Futura, and
>Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi in 1972.
>When the Beatles compiled images of their heroes
>for the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
>Club Band, one of the most recognizable faces
>was that of Poe, in the center of the top row.
>The same year, 1967, the Beatles declared in
>their song "I Am the Walrus," "Man you should
>have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe." The
>British band's embrace of the romantic,
>melancholy Poe as one of their precursors
>foreshadowed the writer's impact on a wide range of popular musicians.
>In 1969 RCA records released "Poe Through the
>Glass Prism", a concept album in which all the
>songs featured the words of Edgar Allan Poe set
>to psychedelic rock. The Glass Prism, from
>Scranton, Pennsylvania, had a Billboard top 100 hit with "The Raven".
>In 1976, the British art rock group Alan Parsons
>Project released a full album, Tales of Mystery
>and Imagination, based on Poe's stories and
>poems. Opening with an instrumental named for
>Poe's poem "A Dream Within a Dream", the album
>features songs based on "The Raven", "The Cask
>of Amontillado", "The System of Doctor Tarr and
>Professor Fether" (which was a Top 40 hit) and
>"To One in Paradise", as well as a five-part
>rock symphony called "The Fall of the House of
>Usher". Producer and engineer Alan Parsons
>released a remixed version of the album in 1987,
>featuring narration by Orson Welles; executive
>producer Eric Woolfson revisited the concept in
>a 2003 stage musical [Poe: More Tales of Mystery and Imagination]. [1].
>Also, in their 1980 album The Turn of a Friendly
>Card, there is an instrumental song called "The Gold Bug".
>The song "Allan" by French singer Mylene Farmer
>from her album Ainsi Soit Je... (1988) is dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe.
>The American rock band the Smithereens released
>a song called "William Wilson", based on the Poe
>story of the same name, on their 1989 album 11.
>Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf Generator
>released an operatic version of "The Fall of the
>House of Usher" in 1991. A remixed and
>re-recorded version was released in 1999.
>Tool featured the lyrics "seems like I'm
>slipping into a dream within a dream" in the
>song "Sweat" on their 1992 album Opiate.
>Cuban musician Silvio Rodriguez has several
>songs on Poe, including "Trova de Edgardo" (1992), on the album Silvio.
>A Québécois artist Jean Leloup (Jean Leclerc)
>has a song Edgar depicting humorously Edgar
>Allan Poe on the album Le D�me (1996).
>The tribute album Closed on Account of Rabies
>was released in 1997, with musicians and actors
>such as Jeff Buckley and Christopher Walken
>reading Poe's works with background music.
>Avant-garde Metal band Arcturus have a song on
>the album La Masquerade Infernale (1997) called
>"Alone" incorporating the full, unaltered text of Poe's poem "Alone".
>The band Odes Of Ecstasy on their second album
>Deceitful Melody (2000) incorporates the full
>text of "The Conqueror Worm" under the title of "Abstract Thoughts."
>Pop singer Britney Spears named her 2001-2002
>concert tour Dream Within a Dream, incorporating
>lines from that poem (and other Poe works) into her show.
>The Post-Hardcore band Thrice has a song "The
>Red Death" on their album The Illusion Of Safety
>(2002) which in style and plot refers to the
>short story "The Masque of the Red Death".
>Lou Reed released a double CD concept album
>called The Raven in 2003 that featured a number
>of musical and spoken-word interpretations of
>Poe, with guest appearances from various actors,
>including Steve Buscemi and Willem Dafoe.
>Five Iron Frenzy's song "That's How The Story
>Ends" has several quotes from "The Raven"
>incorporated into it. It was released on their album The End Is Near (2003).
>He was mentioned in the song "St. Jimmy" by
>Green Day on the album American Idiot (2003).
>The lyric says, "I am the son of a bitch and
>Edgar Allan Poe, raised in the city in the halo of lights."
>MC Lars heavily refers to "The Raven" in his
>song "Mr. Raven" on his album The Laptop EP
>(2004). The song includes the words, "We got EAP
>in the house tonight, Edgar Allan Poe. America's
>favorite anti-transcendentalist." He continues
>to refer to "The Raven" throughout.
>The song "The Casket of Roderick Usher" by Finch
>references the character from "The Fall of the
>House of Usher" on the album Say Hello to
>Sunshine (2005) and the song "Reduced to Teeth"
>would appear to be a reference to "Berenice."[original research?]
>Scarlet's Well's fifth album Black Tulip Wings
>(2006) features musical settings of "To One In Paradise" and "Evening Star".
>The L.A. Goth Rock Duo Creature Feature wrote
>the song "Buried Alive" about Poe, released in
>2007. The song contains over 20 references to
>Poe's work and life. Works named include "A
>Dream Within a Dream", "The City in the Sea,"
>"The Valley of Unrest," "Loss of Breath," "The
>Premature Burial," "The Oblong Box," "Never Bet
>the Devil Your Head," and many others.
>Finnish goth-metal singer Ville Valo of the band
>HIM frequently cites[citation needed] Poe's work
>as the inspiration for many of his lyrics, even
>sporting a tattoo of Poe's eyes on his back.
>Marilyn Manson has been quoted[citation needed]
>saying that some of his inspiration for his
>music and art comes from Edgar Allan Poe's
>works, and has even painted a portrait of Poe.
>Nox Arcana, an American gothic instrumental duo,
>pays homage to all of Poe's literary works with
>their 2007 album Shadow of the Raven.
>Several heavy metal bands have made reference to
>Poe in their recordings. Iron Maiden recorded a
>song titled "Murders in the Rue Morgue" for
>their second album, 1981's Killers. Grave
>Digger's 2001 album The Grave Digger is
>dedicated to Poe, and some of Poe's works,
>including "The Raven" and "Fall of the House of
>Usher" are the basis of a number of songs.
>Progressive/thrash metal band Nevermore takes
>its name from "The Raven". Other Metal bands
>that wrote songs inspired by Poe are: Crimson
>Glory, Ra's Dawn, Manilla Road, Donor, Hawaii,
>Rage, Metal Church and Stormwitch
>Gothic Metal band Tristania have a song called
>"My Lost Lenore." The song refers to "her raven
>eyes" and ends similarly to the poem "The
>Raven," still mourning his lost Lenore.
>The neocelt band Omnia has set "The Raven" to music on their 2007 CD Alive!.
>The song "The Poet and the Pendulum" by Finnish
>symphonic metal band Nightwish is partly
>inspired by Poe's short story "The Pit and the
>Pendulum." Poe is one of the favorite writers of
>the band's leader, Tuomas Holopainen.
>Other bands or musicians that have recorded
>songs inspired by Poe or using lyrics by Poe
>include Voltaire, Blues Traveler, Bright
>Eyes,Green Carnarion (song "alone"), Green Day
>(in the song "St. Jimmy"), Good Charlotte,
>Tourniquet, Mr. Bungle, The Cr�xshadows, Roses
>Never Fade, Cradle of Filth, Team Sleep, Utada
>Hikaru, Elysian Fields, The Smithereens,
>Symphony X, Rozz Williams, Siouxsie and the
>Banshees, Tiger Army, Sopor Aeternus & The
>Ensemble of Shadows, Overlord, Insane Clown
>Posse, Antony and the Johnsons, Marissa Nadler,
>Lloyd Cole, Panic at the Disco, Michael Hurley, and AFI.
>The post-hardcore band Chiodos cites Poe as one
>of their inspirations for lyrics from their
>third CD, entitled Bone Pallace Ballet.
>Michael Romeo from Symphony X recorded an
>instrumental album called The Dark Chapter where
>has several songs inspired from Edgar Allan Poe
>including "The Cask of Amontillado," "The
>Premature Burial", and "The Masque of the Red Death".
>Italian rocknoir band Belladonna regards Poe as
>their main inspiration and have included a line
>from Ligeia in the booklet of their debut album,
>entitled Metaphysical Attraction.
>The Christian heavy metal band Tourniquet wrote
>their song "Tell-Tale Heart" entirely as a
>tribute to Poe and have said that his works have
>inspired them throughout their tenure.
>Also the Christian heavy metal band Tourniquet
>used a line from the story, "The Masque of the
>Red Death" in their song Vanishing Lessons, from the album of the same title.
>The famous thrash metal band Annihilator
>dedicated one song to Poe's short tale "Ligeia"
>in their debut album "Alice in Hell" (1989)
>Utada Hikaru in her early career wrote her song
>"Kremlin Dusk" about Poe's poem "The Raven".
>German Ambient Doomrock band The Ocean used "The
>City in the Sea" as lyrics, only swapping a few
>lines to fit rhythmical patterns of the song. It
>was used both due to the band's love of Poe, and
>the themes common to both poem and band.
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>[edit] References
>^ AmericanSmyphong.org
>^ Frank, Frederick S. and Anthony Magistrale.
>The Poe Encyclopedia. Westport, Connecticut:
>Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 93 ISBN 0313277680
>^ Schmitt at AmericanSymphony.org
>^ Caplet at AmericanSymphony.org
>^ Rachmaninoff at AmericanSymphony.org
>^ New York Times online
>^ Rautavaara at AmericanSymphony.org
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>Em 11/01/2009 10:53, harold@-----.br escreveu:>
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>Dear List
>I note that this is the 200th anniversary of
>Edgar Allen Poe.Anyone know of any music
>involving double reeds which honors or uses the American�?s poems,etc.?
>Many thanks in advance.
>Rgds,
>
>harold emert
>
>PS--Re:KGE reeds there is a full page ad in the
>current Australian DR magazine with glowing
>praises of Thomas Indermuhle.The distinguished
>Swiss oboist and renowned prof. claims he used
>reeds with success in various cities,at
>different altitudes and that the ready made
>reeds allowed him to concentrate on the music
>rather than the reeds.He also has praises for
>the shapred and gouged cane of KGE.I know
>Indermuhle and his words are sincere and not
>paid for by KGE.(I am only using myself KGE
>shaped and gouged but still prefer Glotin
>although I appreciate the possibilities of KGE reeds,etc)
>
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