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Music for "The Knee Plays" (1985) is an album by David Byrne composed for Robert Wilson's opera the CIVIL warS. The album was released on vinyl; a remastered and expanded CD version was released in November 2007 under the title The Knee Plays and it includes eight previously unreleased bonus tracks and a DVD of the music set to a slideshow of 400 black and white photographs.
Music for The Knee Plays, by Robert Wilson and David Byrne from Robert Wilson's The Civil Wars. First produced and performed at the Walker Art Center, Minne...
Full title = Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)With Les Miserables brass band. The performance of the Knee Plays (Music from the Civil Wars) was part of ...
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I performed this material not so long ago at a Katrina benefit, and at Zankel Hall with Frank London and his current crew—and I don’t know about me, but they’re better than ever. DB. NYC 2007. An album by David Byrne composed for Robert Wilson's opera "the CIVIL warS" in 1985 and reissued in 2007 by Nonesuch records.
Dec 6, 2007 · "The Knee Plays", the American contribution scored by David Byrne, premiered in Minneapolis in April 1984, and had its vinyl release on avant-jazz label ECM the next year.
The Knee Plays David Byrne. Released 1985. The Knee Plays Tracklist. 1. Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion) Lyrics. 2. In the Upper Room Lyrics. 3. The Sound of ...
CD Insert: All drawings by David Byrne and All photographs by JoAnn Verburg except the following:Storyboards by Robert Wilson Lion collage in Knee Play 1 by Adelle Lutz Scene drawings in Knee Plays 1, 8, 13, and inlay tray Bird drawings in Knee Play 4 by Jun Matsuno Photographs of Knee Plays 5, 10 and the Tokyo workshop by Glenn Halverson for ...
