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ASIN: B0002X064K
Release Date: 2004-09-01
The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld and Other Fresh American Art Songs
Track Listings
| 1. The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld: The Unknown | ||
| 2. The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld: Glass Box | ||
| 3. The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld: A Confession | ||
| 4. The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld: Happenings | ||
| 5. The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld: The Digital Revolution | ||
| 6. The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld: The Situation | ||
| 7. The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld: Clarity | ||
| 8. Selected Cabaret Songs: Amor | ||
| 9. Selected Cabaret Songs: Song of Black Max | ||
| 10. Selected Cabaret Songs: Waitin | ||
| 11. Selected Cabaret Songs: George | ||
| 12. The Early Frogs | ||
| 13. Three Nursery Rhymes: Three children sliding on the ice | ||
| 14. Three Nursery Rhymes: Baby, baby, naughty baby | ||
| 15. Three Nursery Rhymes: This is the house that Jack built | ||
| 16. Five Lewis Carroll Poems: The Lobster Quadrille | ||
| 17. Five Lewis Carroll Poems: The Little Crocodile | ||
| 18. Five Lewis Carroll Poems: Jabberwocky | ||
| 19. Five Lewis Carroll Poems: The Mock Turtle's Song | ||
| 20. Five Lewis Carroll Poems: The Duchess' Lullaby |
Editorial Reviews The humorous new songs—which are also serious classical music—have been featured on CNN and NPR’s Morning Edition; in dozens of major newspapers; and in television, radio, and print worldwide including the BBC. If you think of Rumsfeld as a character in a "Gulf Wars II" musical, these are the songs he might sing. The seven songs show the Secretary not only holding forth from his press podium, but in introspective moments as well. These opposing moods are the natural results of the situation in which Rumsfeld finds himself: he is trying to sell a story that can’t be sold. The songs are written in an accessible classical style with strong popular influences, from cabaret to pop. The words to "The Unknown" are now classic ("As we know, there are known knowns…"). "Happenings" includes words now spoken by Rumsfeld in Fahrenheit 9/11. Other songs include a waltz and even a Baroque aria. Debut artists Elender Wall and Kong are currently on their concert tour, Weapons of Mass Distraction. New label Stuffed Penguin Music seeks to bring innovative classical music to a broader audience. The album features new and rare American art songs, including many first recordings. Cabaret Songs by William Bolcom reflect both German and American cabaret styles. Expunged Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes are given jazzy settings by Jerry Mueller. Finally, the rare Five Lewis Carroll Poems are settings by John Duke of the famous Alice in Wonderland poems.
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, May 25, 2004
Lithe and witty art songs...executed with free-spirited bravura.
Tamara Turner, CD Baby, July 7, 2004
A simultaneously intelligent and hilarious album… "The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld" exposes the sheer genius of current day politics.
Album Description
Already the subject of international attention, The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld is an unusual and timely set of songs whose lyrics are direct quotes from the Secretary’s Pentagon briefings. Set to music by San Francisco composer Bryant Kong, the texts were previously arranged into poems by Hart Seely and published in a book, Pieces of Intelligence, in 2003.
The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld and Other Fresh American Art Songs
The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld and Other Fresh American Art Songs, Music, William Bolcom, Jerry Mueller, John Duke, Bryant Kong, Elender Wall, As featured on CNN and NPR: the disarmingly funny songs whose lyrics are direct quotes from Rumsfeld's Pentagon briefings. Accessible style based in classical music with strong popular influences. CD features many first recordings. Truly distinctive.
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The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld and Other Fresh American Art Songs
Manufacturer: Stuffed Penguin Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical
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ASIN: B0002X064K Release Date: 2004-09-01 |
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Album Description
Already the subject of international attention, The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld is an unusual and timely set of songs whose lyrics are direct quotes from the Secretary's Pentagon briefings. Set to music by San Francisco composer Bryant Kong, the texts were previously arranged into poems by Hart Seely and published in a book, Pieces of Intelligence, in 2003.The humorous new songs—which are also serious classical music—have been featured on CNN and NPR's Morning Edition; in dozens of major newspapers; and in television, radio, and print worldwide including the BBC.
If you think of Rumsfeld as a character in a "Gulf Wars II" musical, these are the songs he might sing. The seven songs show the Secretary not only holding forth from his press podium, but in introspective moments as well. These opposing moods are the natural results of the situation in which Rumsfeld finds himself: he is trying to sell a story that can't be sold.
The songs are written in an accessible classical style with strong popular influences, from cabaret to pop. The words to "The Unknown" are now classic ("As we know, there are known knowns…"). "Happenings" includes words now spoken by Rumsfeld in Fahrenheit 9/11. Other songs include a waltz and even a Baroque aria.
Debut artists Elender Wall and Kong are currently on their concert tour, Weapons of Mass Distraction. New label Stuffed Penguin Music seeks to bring innovative classical music to a broader audience.
The album features new and rare American art songs, including many first recordings. Cabaret Songs by William Bolcom reflect both German and American cabaret styles. Expunged Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes are given jazzy settings by Jerry Mueller. Finally, the rare Five Lewis Carroll Poems are settings by John Duke of the famous Alice in Wonderland poems.
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