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Мередит Монк

американский композитор, певица, хореограф, режиссер театра и кино
Дата рождения:
1942-11-20
Биография

Биография и творчество

Сняла по собственным сценариям экспериментальные «фильмы для слуха» «Эллис-Айленд» (1981) и «Книга дней» (1988).

Музыкальные произведения

Инструментальные сочинения

  • Paris for solo piano (1973)
  • Acts from under and above Ellis Island for two pianos (1986)
  • Window in 7’s for solo piano (1986)
  • Parlour Games for two pianos (1988)
  • Phantom Waltz for two pianos (1990)
  • St.Petrsburg Waltz for solo piano (1994)
  • Steppe Music for solo piano (1997)
  • Clarinet Study #4, for Solo Clarinet (1999)
  • Cello Study #1 for Solo Cello and Voice (1999)
  • Trumpet Study #1 for Solo Trumpet (1999)
  • Possible Sky for orchestra and voices (2003)
  • Stringsongs for string quartet (2004)

Вокальные сочинения

  • 16 Millimeter Earrings for voice, guitar and tapes (1966)
  • Juice: A Theater Cantata for 85 voices, Jew’s harp and two violins (1969)
  • Vessel: An Opera Epic for 75 voices, electronic organ, dulcimer and accordion (1971)
  • Our Lady of Late for solo voice and wine glass (1972)
  • Quarry: An Opera for 38 voices, 2 pump organs, 2 soprano recorders, tape (1976)
  • Songs from the Hill for unaccompanied solo voice (1976)
  • Tablet for four voices, piano four hands, two soprano recorders (1976)
  • Dolmen Music for 6 voices, cello, percission (1979)
  • The Games for 16 voices, synthesizer, keyboards, Flemish bagpipes, bagpipis, Chinese and rauschpfeife (1983)
  • Astronaut Anthem for chorus a capella (1983)
  • Panda Chant II for chorus a cappella (1984)
  • Book of Days for 25 voices, syntesizer, piano or 7 voices, synthesizer (Chamber Version) (1985)
  • Scared Song, song for solo voice, synthesizer and piano (1986)
  • I Don’t Know, song for solo voice and piano (1986)
  • Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts for 18 voices and chamber orchestra (1991)
  • Three Heavens and Hells for 4 voices (1992)
  • Volcano Songs (Solo) for solo voice, voice with taped voices and piano (1994)
  • Star Trek: Envoy for composing/directing/performing in the Den-Kai/Krikiki Ensemble (1995)
  • The Politics of Quiet for 10 voices, 2 keyboards, horn, violin, bowed psaltry (1996)
  • Mercy for 6 voices, 2 keyboards, percussion, multiple woodwinds, violin (2001)
  • When There Were Work Songs for vocal ensemble (2002)
  • Last Song for solo voice and piano (2003)
  • Impermanence for eight voices, piano, keyboard, marimba, vibraphone, percussion, violin, multiple woodwinds, bicycle wheel (2005)
  • Night for chorus and orchestra (1996—2005)
  • Songs of Ascencion for vocal ensemble and string quartet (2006)

Признание

Видный представитель нью-йоркского художественного авангарда. Почетный доктор Университета искусств Филадельфии, Художественного института Сан-Франциско, Бостонской консерватории. Ее музыка использована в фильмах Жан-Люка Годара «Новая волна» (1990), братьев Коэн «Большой Лебовски» (1998) и др.

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