| Impermanence | ||||
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| Released | March 18, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | January 2007 at Avatar Studios, New York | |||
| Genre | Minimalism | |||
| Length | 65:06 | |||
| Label | ECM New Series | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Impermanence is the twelfth album by Meredith Monk, released on March 18, 2008 through ECM New Series.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Last Song" (for voices and piano) | Meredith Monk | 7:18 |
| 2. | "Maybe 1" (for 8 pianos) | Meredith Monk | 2:03 |
| 3. | "Little Breath" (for 4 voices, bass clarinet and elephant bells) | Meredith Monk | 1:44 |
| 4. | "Liminal" (for 4 voices and chamber ensemble) | Meredith Monk | 10:59 |
| 5. | "Disequilibrium" (for 6 voices and bicycle wheel) | Meredith Monk | 2:26 |
| 6. | "Particular Dance" (for 7 voices, double ocarina, anklung, Balinese flute, zaphoon, punji, piano and percussion) | Meredith Monk | 5:01 |
| 7. | "Between Song" (for 3 voices, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, bells and vibraphone) | Meredith Monk | 6:10 |
| 8. | "Passage" (for 7 voices) | Meredith Monk | 1:59 |
| 9. | "Maybe 2" (for 6 voices, bass clarinet and bass drum) | Meredith Monk | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Skeleton Lines" (for voice and chamber ensemble) | Meredith Monk | 4:19 |
| 11. | "Slow Dissolve" (for chorus, violin, bass clarinet and glockenspiel) | Meredith Monk | 2:35 |
| 12. | "Totentanz" (for 2 voices and chamber ensemble) | Meredith Monk | 3:59 |
| 13. | "Sweep 1" (for paddle drums) | Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck, Allison Sniffin | 1:28 |
| 14. | "Rocking" (for chorus, bass clarinet, marimba and vibraphone) | Meredith Monk | 5:17 |
| 15. | "Sweep 2" (for voice, ocean drum, Chinese temple bells, magnets and percussion) | Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck, Allison Sniffin | 1:26 |
| 16. | "Mieke's Melody No. 5" (for chorus, piano and vibraphone) | Mieke van Hoek | 5:15 |
Meredith Jane Monk is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer.
Tsurezuregusa is a collection of essays written by the Japanese monk Yoshida Kenkō between 1330 and 1332. The work is widely considered a gem of medieval Japanese literature and one of the three representative works of the zuihitsu genre, along with Makura no Sōshi and the Hōjōki.
Underground is the seventh studio album that Thelonious Monk recorded for Columbia Records. It features Monk on piano, Larry Gales on bass, Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, and Ben Riley on drums. This is the last Monk album featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet.
The Last Song may refer to:
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Vocalists are capable of producing a variety of extended technique sounds. These alternative singing techniques have been used extensively in the 20th century, especially in art song and opera. Particularly famous examples of extended vocal technique can be found in the music of Luciano Berio, John Cage, George Crumb, Peter Maxwell Davies, Hans Werner Henze, György Ligeti, Demetrio Stratos, Meredith Monk, Giacinto Scelsi, Arnold Schoenberg, Salvatore Sciarrino, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Tim Foust, Avi Kaplan, and Trevor Wishart.
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Songs from the Hill/Tablet is the third album by Meredith Monk, released in 1979 through WERGO.
Do You Be is the sixth album by Meredith Monk, released in January, 1987 through ECM New Series.
Book of Days is the seventh album by Meredith Monk, released in 1990 through ECM New Series.
Facing North is the eighth album by Meredith Monk, released in 1992 through ECM New Series.
Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts is a full-length recording of Meredith Monk's 1991 opera Atlas. It is the ninth album by Monk and was released in June, 1993 through ECM New Series.
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mercy is the eleventh album by Meredith Monk, released on October 29, 2002 through ECM New Series.
Beginnings is a compilation album by Meredith Monk, released on November 24, 2009 through Tzadik Records.
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