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Some settings of material by Edward Gorey to music. Michael Mantler: The Object Lesson. Even though this is one of the best Gorey stories ever*, the song isn't so hot. The Tiger Lillies: The Weeping Chandelier. Max Nagl: The Lavender Leotard. I think this is the best setting of which I am aware.
And a Gorey-like song from Bob Drake: The Horrible Garden. (This one is an ogg file).
*The best Gorey stories are probably The Object-Lesson, The Remembered Visit, and The Inanimate Tragedy. At the very least, those three must not be absent from a list of the best; there might be others of equal quality.
Update! Someone has done the conceptually confusing and animated The Inanimate Tragedy! Unfortunately he was unwilling actually to ruin his penpoint, and the knotted string ought to be a little more active, but still.
Comments
on 2007-02-05 10:07:22.0, dave zacuto commented:
Which of his stories ends with the scream-inducing mechanized couch? I am fond of that one.
and, further, on 2007-02-05 10:08:28.0, ben wolfson commented:
That is The Curious Sofa, by Ogdred Weary.
and, further, on 2007-02-05 11:30:28.0, Dave M commented:
The Inanimate Tragedy is perfect as is and so I will not be viewing any animation of same. Thanks for the link though.
Although "The Object Lesson" is not my favorite track, that Mantler disc has some good stuff on it, e.g. "The Insect God." I do believe it's the only record in existence with both Robert Wyatt and Terje Rypdal on it, which has got to count for something.
and, further, on 2007-02-05 0:34:10.0, dave zacuto commented:
Oh...substitute "his" for "his", in that case.