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1000 airplanes on the roof / music composed by Philip Glass.
Composer
Glass, Philip
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Format
Audio
Language
English
Published/Created
Beverly Hills, CA : Virgin Records, [1989]
℗ 1989 © 1989
Description
1 audio disc (54:11) ; 4 3/4 in.
Availability
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Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
Mendel Music Library - Stacks
CD- 19049
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Subject(s)
Monodramas (Music)
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Librettist
Hwang, David Henry, 1957-
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Production designer
Sirlin, Jerome, 1942-
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Instrumentalist
Goldray, Martin
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Kripl, Jack
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Gibson, Jon
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Peck, Richard
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Conductor
Riesman, Michael
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Singer
Ronstadt, Linda
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Melodramas (Music)
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Art music
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Medium/Support
4 3/4 in.
Summary note
The main character named "M" recalls encounters with extra-terrestrial life forms, including their message, "It is better to forget, it is pointless to remember. No one will believe you. You will have spoken a heresy. You will be outcast."
Notes
Virgin: 2-91065 (on container: 7 91065-2).
"A science fiction music drama"--container; libretto by David Henry Hwang & Jerome Sirlin.
Compact disc.
Creation/Production credits
Winds, brass and vocals conducted by Michael Riesman.
Time and place of event
Recorded and mixed at the Living Room, New York City.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
Martin Goldray, keyboards ; Jack Kripl, Jon Gibson, saxophones, flutes, wind synthesizers ; Richard Peck, saxophones ; Linda Rondstadt, vocals (wordless) ; Martin Goldray, Michael Riesman, conductors.
Contents
1000 airplanes on the roof
City walk
Girlfriend
My building disappeared
Screens of memory
What time is grey
Labyrinth --Return to the hive
Three truths
The encounter
Grey cloud over New York
Where have you been asked the doctor
A normal man running.
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Other title(s)
One thousand airplanes on the roof
Thousand airplanes on the roof
Publisher no.
2-91065
7 91065-2
OCLC
19617344
Universal Product Code
075679106520
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