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Zippo songs : airs of war and lunacy / Phil Kline.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Kline, Phil, 1953-
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Standardized Title:
- Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shapiro, David, 1947-2024.
- Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-2021.
- Electronic music.
- Avant-garde (Music).
- Songs with instrumental ensemble.
- Protest songs--United States.
- Protest songs.
- United States.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Songs and music.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-2021--Musical settings.
- Rumsfeld, Donald.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Songs and music.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Shapiro, David, 1947-2024--Musical settings.
- Shapiro, David.
- Genre:
- Electronic music.
- Songs and music.
- Downloadable audio file.
- Musical settings.
- Sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file)
- Other Title:
- Airs of war and lunacy
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cantaloupe, [2004]
- System Details:
- digital recording
- Summary:
- During the Vietnam War, American G.I.s inscribed their military issued lighters with poems. Zippo songs is a song cycle by Phil Kline based upon these poems.
- Contents:
- Briefing (3:55)
- Three Rumsfeld songs (6:00)
- Incoming (7:14)
- Seven Zippo songs (23:00)
- Fever dream (1:44)
- The funeral of Jan Palach (3:19)
- The end (3:19).
- Participant:
- Theo Bleckmann, vocals ; Todd Reynolds, violin ; Phil Kline, guitars ; David Cossin, percussion.
- Credits:
- Produced by Phil Kline with Bradford Reed.
- Notes:
- The 1st, 3rd, and 5th works are electronic music.
- "All music by Phil Kline ... except Briefing and Incoming by Kline/Beckmann/Cossin/Reynolds, Fever dream by Bleckman[n]/Cossin, and The end by the Doors"--Insert.
- Text of the 2nd work from Pentagon briefings given by Donald Rumsfeld; of the 4th, from verses inscribed on government-issued lighters by American GIs in Viet Nam; of the 6th, by David Shapiro.
- Recorded Aug.-Sept. 2003, at Ft/Lb Studio, Brooklyn, NY.
- Description based on hard copy version record.
- Contains:
- Kline, Phil, 1953- Briefing.
- Kline, Phil, 1953- Rumsfeld songs.
- Kline, Phil, 1953- Incoming.
- Kline, Phil, 1953- Zippo songs.
- Bleckmann, Theo. Fever dream.
- Kline, Phil, 1953- Funeral of Jan Palach.
- Doors (Musical group). End.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Kline, Phil, 1953- Selections. Zippo songs.
- OCLC:
- 840103490
- Publisher Number:
- US3Q50401901
- US3Q50401902
- US3Q50401903
- US3Q50401904
- US3Q50401905
- US3Q50401906
- US3Q50401907
- US3Q50401908
- US3Q50401909
- US3Q50401910
- US3Q50401911
- US3Q50401912
- US3Q50401913
- US3Q50401914
- US3Q50401915
- CA-21019 Cantaloupe Music
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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