Monk: Beginnings

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Album Summary

Performers

• Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Meredith Monk (Piano)
• Don Preston (Drums)
• Don Preston (Organ)
• Collin Walcott (Percussion)
• Monica Solem (Voice)
• Susan Kampe (Voice)
• Andrea Goodman (Voice)

Composers

• Don Preston (1932 - )
• Traditional
• Meredith Monk (1943 - )

Notes & Reviews:

An unprecedented collection of recordings charting the earliest years of one of the world's most personal and exciting renaissance women-composer, singer, performance artist, playwright, film director, auteur and visual artist Meredith Monk. From her very first solo vocal performance in 1965, and her remarkable duo recordings with Don Preston through to her songs and ensemble performances from the mid 1970's, this compilation brings together Meredith at her edgy, surprising and exploratory best. Meticulously chosen by Meredith from her personal archives, this is a fascinating document of music that was to open up a whole new world to several generations of forward-looking musicians.

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Works Details

Traditional : Greensleeves

• Performers: Meredith Monk (Voice); Meredith Monk (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 16th Century

Monk, Meredith : Nota

• Performers: Meredith Monk (Piano); Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : Duet for Voice and Echoplex

• Performer: Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Preston, Don : Candy Bullets and Moon

• Performers: Meredith Monk (Voice); Don Preston (Drums); Don Preston (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : Trance

• Performers: Meredith Monk (Piano); Collin Walcott (Percussion); Don Preston (Drums); Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : Epic 1

• Performers: Meredith Monk (Voice); Meredith Monk (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : Paris

• Performer: Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1972

Monk, Meredith : Biography

• Performer: Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 7 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1972

Monk, Meredith : Mill

• Performer: Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : The Tale

• Performer: Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : Quarry Weave

• Performers: Monica Solem (Voice); Meredith Monk (Voice); Susan Kampe (Voice); Andrea Goodman (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1976

Monk, Meredith : Epic 2

• Performers: Meredith Monk (Piano); Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : Tower

• Performers: Meredith Monk (Piano); Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : Mill

• Performers: Meredith Monk (Voice); Meredith Monk (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : Do You Be?

• Performers: Meredith Monk (Piano); Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1987

Monk, Meredith : Quarry Procession

• Performer: Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Monk, Meredith : Porch

• Performer: Meredith Monk (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary