a r t i s t : Robert Ashley
t i t l e : Now Eleanor's Idea
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Lovely Music
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Sep/2007
t r a c k s : 04
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 105,3 MB
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Robert Ashley's Now Eleanor's Idea is a quartet of short
operas based on the notion of a sequence of events seen from
four different points of view. At the same time, each opera is
an allegory, like Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, for an
individual's self-realization within the context of a major
religion found in the United States. Improvement takes its
imagery and plot from Judaism, Foreign Experiences from
Pentecostal Evangelism, eL/Aficionado from Corporate
Mysticism, and Now Eleanor's Idea from (Spanish) Catholicism.
The inspiration for these works came specifically from four
sources: the work of the historian, Frances A. Yates
(1900-1983), whose specialty of interests included the
influence of Kabbalistic mysticism on the birth of modernism
and scientific philosophy in Italy in the 16th century (as a
result of the expulsion of Jews from Spain during the
Inquisition); the writings of Carlos Castaneda (and the
arguments about him as a writer and about the intentions of
his work); Low Rider Magazine, the fan-cult magazine of the
Low Rider movement in the Southwestern United States; and
finally, corporate vocabulary, what it sounds like and how it
is used in popular publications, like The New York Times, The
Wall Street Journal or Fortune Magazine.
release in october!
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cd1
01-Change [22:04]
02-The Miracle Of Cars [22:03]
cd2
01-Questions and Answers [21:58]
02-The Song [22:26]
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88:31 min