Key

by Meredith Monk

Overview

A 1973 classic, Monk's modern folk music from her beautiful and noble performance -- ceremonies that recall former times and a lineage of human understanding beyond the present state of things. Songs include "Porch," "Under Street," "What Does it Mean?," "Vision," "Fat Stream," "Do you be?" "Vision" (reprise), "Change," and "Dungeon" with Meredith Monk, voice, organ, jew's harp; Daniel Ira Sverdlik, Dick Higgins, Colin Walcott, Lanny Harrison, and Mark Monstermaker, voices. See also her beautiful "Phantom Waltz" in the collection U.S. Choices by the piano duet Double Edge. ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny

Product Details

Release Date:	12/12/1995
Label:	Lovely / Lovely Music / Lovely Music, Inc.
UPC:	0745295105121
Rank:	92986

Tracks

1. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~Porch
2. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~Understreet
3. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~What does it mean?
4. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~Vision
5. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~Fat Stream
6. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~Vision
7. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~Do You Be?
8. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~Vision
9. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~Change
10. Key, an album of invisible theatre for solo voice, electronic organ, vocal quartet, percussion & Jew's harp~Dungeon

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Meredith Monk   Primary Artist,Harp,Organ,Vocals,Voices,Jew's-Harp
Collin Walcott   Vocals,Voices,Mridangam
Dick Higgins   Vocals,Voices
Daniel Ira Sverdlik   Vocals,Voices

Technical Credits

Daniel Nagrin   Engineer
Peter Moore   Cover Photo,Photography
Allan Tucker   Remastering,Digital Editing
Collin Walcott   Producer
Meredith Monk   Composer,Liner Notes
Gary Harris   Technical Consultant
Mark Berger   Monologue
John Horton   Mixing,Engineer
Lanny Harrison   Monologue
Tom Clark   Engineer
Tom Clack   Engineer
Peter Pilafian   Engineer
Garry Harris   Technical Consultant