4 American composers : Robert Ashley / Trans Atlantic Films for Channel Four Television ; producer, Revel Guest ; director, Peter Greenaway.

Format:

• Video

Author/Creator:

• Ashley, Robert, Perfect Lives (Privacy rules), author.

Contributor:

• Greenaway, Peter, director.
• Guest, Revel, producer.
• Tyranny, Blue Gene, 1945-2020, performer.
• Kroesen, Jill, performer.
• Van Tieghem, David, performer.
• Gordon, Peter, 1951- associated name.
• Channel Four (Great Britain), producer.
• Transatlantic Films, producer.
• Mystic Fire Video, Inc., distributor.
• PolyGram Video (Firm), distributor.
• Van Wert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cage, John.
• Glass, Philip.
• Monk, Meredith.
• Ashley, Robert, 1930-2014--Film adaptations.
• Ashley, Robert, 1930-2014.
• Composers.
• Music.
• United States.
• Composers--United States--Biography.
• Music--United States--20th century.
• Composers--United States--20th century.
• Composers--United States--Interviews.

Genre:

• Film adaptations.
• Biographies.
• Interviews.
• Operas.
• Television programs.
• Television adaptations.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• 1/2 in.
• polychrome

Other Title:

• Robert Ashley
• Four American composers
• Title on container: 4merican composers

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Mystic Fire Video : distributed by PolyGram Video, [1991]

System Details:

• VHS - NTSC.
• analog
• magnetic
• VHS
• NTSC

Summary:

Performances of works by four modern American composers at a London festival in 1983. Interviews with the composers and performers.

Contents:

• 1. John Cage
• 2. Philip Glass
• 3. Meredith Monk
• 4. Robert Ashley. Episode 1. The park
• Episode 2. The supermarket
• Episode 3. The bank
• Episode 4. The bar
• Episode 5. The living room
• Episode 6. The church
• Episode 7. The backyard.

Participant:

Robert Ashley ("R", the storyteller) ; "Blue" Gene Tyranny (Buddy, "The world's greatest piano player") ; Jill Kroesen (Isolde (Marie Isolde)) ; David van Tieghem ("D", the captain of the football team).

Credits:

Cameraman, John Sandborn ; editor, John Wilson ; music producer and live electronics, Peter Gordon.

Notes:

Originally produced for television in 1983.

Related Work:

Ashley, Robert, Perfect Lives (Privacy rules), author.

ISBN:

1561762350

OCLC:

40181805

Publisher Number:

• 715098762357
• 76235 Mystic Fire Video