(Uncredited cover for the 1976 edition)
4.5/5 (Very Good)
The Lure. A nuclear powered hospital ship with a giant morgue. “THEY ARE CRUCIFYING US.” Love therapy. Will you move from your fetal position?
“1. Are you in love? [with Bax’s The Hospital Ship] (a) Yes (b) No.” (170)
Joachim Boaz scrawls…
First, musical equivalencies. Francis Dhomont, a French composer of electroacoustic / acousmatic music, stitched together the compositions of his students and friends to form the Frankenstein Symphony (1997). This act of creative compilation, compiling previously gathered and arranged found sounds, brought forth, in his words, “[a] little acousmatic monster which I hold particularly close to my heart.”
For the composer, each musical fragment indicates a personal connection, the weaving together creates a tapestry of his intellectual Continue reading