Joan Baez‘s most unusual album,Baptismis of a piece with the “concept” albums of the late ’60s, but more ambitious than most and different from all of them. Baez by this time was immersed in various causes,
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The image may be based on theStanzeofAngelo Poliziano. Stanze 122 describes how the hero found Venus “seated on the edge of her couch, just then released from the embrace of Mars, who lay on his back in her lap, still feeding his eyes on her face”. Poliziano was one of the humanis...
I took a look at the spectra of 6 of my purchases from HD Tracks, specifically to determine what exists above 22 kHz. (I used Adobe Audition to do this.) I'm disappointed to report that only 1 of the 6 seems to have musical information there: See attached Phil_Orch_Strauss_Hindemith....
her idea of a concept album would differ from that of, say,Frank SinatraorThe Beatles. Baptism was a body of poetry selected, edited, and read and sung by Baez, and set to music byPeter Schickele(better known for his comical musical “discoveries” associated with “P.D.Q. Bach,” but...
out by costume designerSue Blaneand musical directorRichard Hartley, and stage producerMichael Whitewas also brought in to produce. As the musical went into rehearsal, the working title,They Came from Denton High, was changed just before previews at the suggestion of Sharman toThe Rocky Horror ...
released in 1976. The lyrical and musical themes – retellings of horror stories and poetry byEdgar Allan Poe— attracted a cult audience. The title of the album is taken from a popular title for a collection of Poe’s macabre tales of the same name,Tales of Mystery & Imagination, first...
her idea of a concept album would differ from that of, say,Frank SinatraorThe Beatles. Baptism was a body of poetry selected, edited, and read and sung by Baez, and set to music byPeter Schickele(better known for his comical musical “discoveries” associated with “P.D.Q. Bach,” but...
pop culture to describe a sexually precocious girl. The novel was adapted to film byStanley Kubrickin 1962, and again in 1997 byAdrian Lyne. It has also been adapted several times for stage and has been the subject of two operas, two ballets, and an acclaimed but failed Broadway musical....
“shining”. The title phrase “across the universe” appears at intervals to finish lines, although it never cadences, always appearing as a rising figure, melodically unresolved. It finishes on the leading note; to the Western musical ear, the next musical note would be the tonic and ...