She herself alone : the art of the toy piano 2 /

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Imprint:New York, NY : Mode, c2010.
Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:English
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Format: DVD Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8919406
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Varying Form of Title:Art of the toy piano 2
Other uniform titles:Cabaleiro, Anton.
Brandt, Brian.
Hynes, Michael, 1960-
Tan, Margaret Leng.
Cage, John. Suite, piano.
Griswold, Erik, 1969- Old MacDonald's yellow submarine.
Twining, Toby. American in Buenos Aires.
Crumb, George. Voices from the morning of the earth. Put my little shoes away; arr.
Kitzke, Jerome, 1955- Animist child.
Cage, John. Dream; arr.
Bolleter, Ross. Hymn to ruin.
Liben, Laura, 1943- She herself alone.
Other authors / contributors:Mode (Sound recording label)
Notes:Title from container.
Originally the 4th work for voice, amplified piano, and percussion quartet, the 6th for piano.
Program notes by Margaret Leng Tan and discography ([12] pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Special feature: high-resolution 96 khz/24-bit stereo audio tracks.
Cinematography and editing, Anton Cabaleiro.
Margaret Leng Tan, toy pianos, toy instruments, piano, voice; "all instruments played ... without overdubs, with the exception of Crumb's Put my little shoes away."
Recorded Jan. 7-9, 2010 at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY; the 7th work recorded, in part, Feb. 9, 2010, at WARPS Studios, Perth, Western Australia.
DVD; NTSC, region 0; aspect ratio, 16:9; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Summary:In addition to being a renowned new music pianist, Margaret Leng Tan is a specialist at the toy piano. Her performances are dramatically captured here by Spanish director Anton Cabaleiro. Ms. Tan performs Cage's classic 'Suite for Toy Piano, ' her arrangement of Cage's seminal 'Dream' for toy and grand piano; plus new works, many written for her; and her arrangement for voice and toy instruments of a recent song by George Crumb.
Standard no.:764593022190
Publisher's no.:mode 221 Mode
221 Mode
Table of Contents:
  • Suite for toy piano (1948) / John Cage (7:07)
  • Old MacDonald's yellow submarine : 2004. On that farm : toy piano, prepared piano ; e-i-e-i-o : toy piano, prepared piano ; Pink memories : music box ; Chooks! : toy piano, woodblocks ; Bicycle Lee Hooker : toy piano, bicycle bell, bicycle horn, train whistle ; Old MacDonald's yellow submarine : toy piano, prepared piano, music box / Eric Griswold (15:57)
  • An American in Buenos Aires : a blues tango (2001) : toy piano, piano / Toby Twining (5:03)
  • Put my little shoes away : 2008 : from American songbook VI / George Crumb ; arranged for voice, toy piano, and toy percussion quartet by Margaret Leng Tan (3:22)
  • The animist child : 1994 : toy piano and voice / Jerome Kitzke (7:04)
  • Dream : 1948 / John Cage ; arranged for toy piano and piano by Margaret Leng Tan (7:59)
  • Hymn to ruin : 2010 : ruined toy piano and ruined piano / Ross Bolleter (Bolleter, ruined piano) (7:06)
  • She herself alone : 1996/2002 : toy piano and toy psaltery / Laura Liben (6:06).