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Out cold/Zippo songs

Title
Out cold/Zippo songs / [presented by] Brooklyn Academy of Music ; Phil Kline, composer/lyricist.
Publication
October 26, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Kline, Phil, 1953-
  • Bleckmann, Theo
  • Bleckmann, Theo
  • Griffin, Emma
  • Lauer, Andrea
  • Inwood, Mike
  • Eskridge, Todd
  • Reed, Glenn
  • Jones, W. Wilson
  • Burhans, Caleb
  • Russell, Ben
  • Dieffenbach, Keats
  • Sirota, Nadia
  • Jensen, Clarice
  • Coale, Logan
  • Sopp, Alexandra
  • Farah, Michelle
  • Andres, Timothy
  • Thompson, Chris
  • Kernaghan, Chloe
  • American Contemporary Music Ensemble, performer
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival, producer
  • American Opera Projects, Inc., producer
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music, donor
Description
1 videodisc (91 min.) : DVD video, sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
During the Vietnam War, American G.I.s inscribed their military issued lighters with poems. Zippo songs is a song cycle by Phil Kline based upon these poems.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Filmed performances.
Note
  • BAM episode no. 2012n_15.
  • Program notes with biogrphical information about the performers available in *LDV 2029.
  • Co-commisioned and co-produced by American Opera Projects.
  • Text of the 1st work from Pentagon briefings given by Donald Rumsfeld; of the 2nd, from verses inscribed on government-issued lighters by American GIs in Viet Nam; of the 3rd, by David Shapiro.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted. Written permission from the Brooklyn Academy of Music required for viewing.
Credits (note)
  • Emma Griffin, stage director ; Andrea Lauer, production and costume designer ; Mike Inwood, lighting designer ; Todd Eskridge, sound engineer ; Glenn Reed, set builder coordinator ; W. Wilson Jones, production stage manager.
Event (note)
  • Recorded for the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Hamm Archives, October 26, 2012, 7:30 pm., at BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of the 30th Next Wave Festival.
Source (note)
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music
Contents
Three Rumsfeld songs (premiere version for chamber ensemble). 1. As we know ; 2. That many vases ; 3. Near-perfect clarity -- Zippo songs. 1. Ours is not ; 2. Been to hell ; 3. Away from you ; 4. If I had a farm ; 5. We came because ; 6. My dead ass ; 7. You've never lived ; 8. The funeral of Jan Palach -- Intermission -- Out cold (world premiere). 1. On the bowery ; 2. Fall down dreaming ; 3. Million dollar bill ; 4. You again ; 5. A final toast ; 6. Where the rest of me ; 7. The season is over ; 8. Leap of faith ; 9. To the night ; 10. How long must I dream.
Call Number
*LDV 2029
OCLC
866818086
Title
Out cold/Zippo songs / [presented by] Brooklyn Academy of Music ; Phil Kline, composer/lyricist.
Production
October 26, 2012.
Type of Content
performed music
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Credits
Emma Griffin, stage director ; Andrea Lauer, production and costume designer ; Mike Inwood, lighting designer ; Todd Eskridge, sound engineer ; Glenn Reed, set builder coordinator ; W. Wilson Jones, production stage manager.
Performer
Theo Bleckmann, vocalist/performer ; American Contemporary Music Ensemble ; Caleb Burhans, Ben Russell, Keats Dieffenbach, violins ; Nadia Sirota, viola ; Clarice Jensen, cello ; Logan Coale, bass ; Alex Sopp, flute ; Michelle Farah, oboe ; Timothy Andres, piano ; Chris Thompson, percussion ; Chloe Kernaghan, woman.
Event
Recorded for the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Hamm Archives, October 26, 2012, 7:30 pm., at BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of the 30th Next Wave Festival.
Restricted Access
Access restricted. Written permission from the Brooklyn Academy of Music required for viewing.
Local Note
Service copy: 1 DVD, copied from AO 10/2013; on shelf.
Source
Gift ; Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2013.
Added Author
Kline, Phil, 1953- lyricist.
Container of (work): Kline, Phil, 1953- Briefing.
Container of (work): Kline, Phil, 1953- Rumsfeld songs.
Container of (work): Kline, Phil, 1953- Incoming.
Container of (work): Kline, Phil, 1953- Zippo songs.
Container of (work): Bleckmann, Theo. Fever dream.
Container of (work): Kline, Phil, 1953- Funeral of Jan Palach.
Bleckmann, Theo, performer.
Griffin, Emma, director.
Lauer, Andrea, costume designer.
Inwood, Mike, lighting designer.
Eskridge, Todd, designer.
Reed, Glenn, designer.
Jones, W. Wilson, designer.
Burhans, Caleb, performer.
Russell, Ben, performer.
Dieffenbach, Keats, performer.
Sirota, Nadia, performer.
Jensen, Clarice, performer.
Coale, Logan, performer.
Sopp, Alexandra, performer.
Farah, Michelle, performer.
Andres, Timothy, performer.
Thompson, Chris, performer.
Kernaghan, Chloe, performer.
American Contemporary Music Ensemble, performer.
Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival, producer.
American Opera Projects, Inc., producer.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, donor.
Research Call Number
*LDV 2029
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