Allerleirauh and Sempreverde
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imomus"I will marry my daughter, for she is the counterpart of my late wife, otherwise I can find no bride who resembles her."
I haven't made much music this year; half the gear in my studio seems to have broken down. But I have made a couple of collaborations here and there, one in Tokyo (demos for a project called Bambie) and one here in Berlin, back in late May and early June, with Japanese visual artist Yukiko Sawabe. Yukiko wanted some music for a piece she's making about the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Allerleirauh.
"Then she ran into her den, washed herself quickly, and took out of the nut the dress which was as silvery as the moon, and put it on. Then she went up and was like a princess, and the King stepped forward to meet her, and rejoiced to see her once more, and as the dance was just beginning they danced it together. But when it was at end, she again disappeared so quickly that the King could not observe where she went. She, however, sprang into her den, and once more made herself a hairy animal, and went into the kitchen to prepare the bread soup."
Yukiko has agreed to let me post two of the songs here today, along with the artwork she's made for the project. The mp3 file below contains "Allerleirauh" (from the Daughter side) and "King Song" (from the King side). Yukiko wrote the words and sang, I made the music.
Allerleirauh + King Song (Yukiko Sawabe and Nick Currie) 2.1 MB, 128 kbps stereo mp3 file, 2.19mins.
"Then he grasped her by the hand, and held her fast, and when she wanted to release herself and run away, her fur-mantle opened a little, and the star-dress shone forth. The King clutched the mantle and tore it off. Then her golden hair shone forth, and she stood there in full splendour, and could not longer hide herself. And when she had washed the soot and ashes from her face, she was more beautiful than any one who had ever been seen on earth. But the King said, "Thou art my dear bride, and we will never more part from each other." Thereupon the marriage was solemnized, and they lived happily until their death."
Yukiko explains: "I'm going to use small space for my exhibition. It was brothel. The exhibition schedule is undicided detail now. Please introduce songs with my art book 'temperature'. These works is based on Grimm's fairy tail, Allerleirauh and Snow White and Seven Dwarfs."
I also want to mention today that Andrew Snyder has set up a new Momus Forum called Sempreverde.
I haven't made much music this year; half the gear in my studio seems to have broken down. But I have made a couple of collaborations here and there, one in Tokyo (demos for a project called Bambie) and one here in Berlin, back in late May and early June, with Japanese visual artist Yukiko Sawabe. Yukiko wanted some music for a piece she's making about the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Allerleirauh.
"Then she ran into her den, washed herself quickly, and took out of the nut the dress which was as silvery as the moon, and put it on. Then she went up and was like a princess, and the King stepped forward to meet her, and rejoiced to see her once more, and as the dance was just beginning they danced it together. But when it was at end, she again disappeared so quickly that the King could not observe where she went. She, however, sprang into her den, and once more made herself a hairy animal, and went into the kitchen to prepare the bread soup."
Yukiko has agreed to let me post two of the songs here today, along with the artwork she's made for the project. The mp3 file below contains "Allerleirauh" (from the Daughter side) and "King Song" (from the King side). Yukiko wrote the words and sang, I made the music.
Allerleirauh + King Song (Yukiko Sawabe and Nick Currie) 2.1 MB, 128 kbps stereo mp3 file, 2.19mins.
"Then he grasped her by the hand, and held her fast, and when she wanted to release herself and run away, her fur-mantle opened a little, and the star-dress shone forth. The King clutched the mantle and tore it off. Then her golden hair shone forth, and she stood there in full splendour, and could not longer hide herself. And when she had washed the soot and ashes from her face, she was more beautiful than any one who had ever been seen on earth. But the King said, "Thou art my dear bride, and we will never more part from each other." Thereupon the marriage was solemnized, and they lived happily until their death."
Yukiko explains: "I'm going to use small space for my exhibition. It was brothel. The exhibition schedule is undicided detail now. Please introduce songs with my art book 'temperature'. These works is based on Grimm's fairy tail, Allerleirauh and Snow White and Seven Dwarfs."
I also want to mention today that Andrew Snyder has set up a new Momus Forum called Sempreverde.
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Re: Brothers Grimm
Date: 2005-09-13 02:45 pm (UTC)hunting in it." On me, that registers as a new king, not that it wouldn't be a more interesting story if the whole thing were an elaborate tease on the daughter's part.
I'm curious why you used your own name to release this music. Have you done this before? Is it for legal reasons?
Also, I just saw the Brothers Grimm movie, and except for a few good visuals, it wasn't worthwhile. It relied too much on cheap humor and obvious plot formulae, and was generally way too upbeat for a move about the Grimm fairy tales. It also had nothing to do with the actual Brothers Grimm, although it did allude to Jakob's linguistic accomplishments by mentioning that he was "a scholar".
Re: Brothers Grimm
Date: 2005-09-13 03:07 pm (UTC)Key passages from the first version:
"She walked the entire night until she came to a great forest. She would be safe there. Because she was tired, she sat down in a hollow tree and fell asleep. She was still asleep the next day when the king, her fiancé, came to this forest to hunt. His dogs ran up to the tree and sniffed at it. The king sent his huntsmen to see what kind of animal was in the tree..."
The king is her fiancee, ie her father, not some new king. Later, in the palace, he recognises her:
"The king immediately invited her to dance, and as he danced with her, he thought how closely this unknown princess resembled his own fiancée. The longer he looked at her, the stronger the resemblance. He was almost certain that this was his fiancée, and at the end of the dance, he was going to ask her. However, when they finished dancing, she bowed, and before the king knew what was happening, she disappeared."
Father and daughter then marry and live happily until they die.