Articles
by or Interviews with MM
"Ages of the Avant-Garde"
by Meredith Monk; Performing Arts Journal46; January 1994, Vol. XVI,
No. 1, pp. 12-15.
Houston Grand Opera 40th
Anniversary Season Stagebill; pp. 12-13, 1994-95 Season; "Atlas".
"Meredith Monk", interview
with Rodrigo Garcia Lopez; Nicolau [Brazil]; August, 1993; pp. 4-7;
in Portuguese.
"Meredith Monk Fala de Auz
Busca Espiritual" by Jean-Yves de Neufville; O Estado de S. Paulo;
March 19, 1994; Interview, "Book of Days", "Atlas", "Songs from the
Hill", & "Quarry".
"Meredith Monk Faz Experiencias
Vocais Na Serra" by Luis Andre Alzer; O Globo; July 14, 1994. Festival
de Inverno, Brazil.
"Meredith Monk: Starting
Over"; Walker Art Center Members' Publication; Winter-Spring 1994,
Vol. 2, #2; "Volcano Songs".
"Meredith Quer Integracao
Entre Artes" by Jean-Yves de Neufville; O Estado de S. Paulo; July
13, 1994; Interview, "Atlas".
"Persistir Criando e Ato
Politico, diz Monk"; Folha de S. Paulo; July 13, 1994; "Songs from
the Hill", "Atlas", & Dolmen Music".
Articles
about MM in Magazines/Newspapers
"168 Hours" by Schimke; City
Pages; April 20-26, 1994; "Volcano Songs".
"And Who are Her Successors?"
by Jessica Duchen; BBC Music Magazine; May 1994; Monk and other female
composers profiles.
"As Atracoes Internacilais
do Festival"; Jornal da Tarde; July 7, 1994; "Songs from the Hill".
"As Vozes do 'Maximalismo'"
by Helio Hara; O Globo; June 27, 1994.
"Danse: Deux Premieres a
Marseille" by Patrick Merle; Le GUIDE; November 9-15, 1994; "Volcano
Songs".
"Dancing in Streets Features
Landmarks" by The Main Street Wire; September 9, 1994; "American Archeology
#1: Roosevelt Island ".
"Defying description" by
Richard Allen Greene; The Prague Post; September 28- October 4, 1994;
"Estrutura de Corpo e Voz"
by Carlo Heli de Almeida; Jornal do Brasil; May 3, 1994; Preview to
Festival de Inverno.
"Facing the Music or Backing
Away From It" by Jack Anderson; The New York Times; June 5, 1994;
"Volcano Songs".
"How a Body Sings and a Voice
Dances" by Niki Hayden; Daily Camera; July 1, 1994; Monk and Robert
Een perform at Naropa.
"I.S.A.M. Matters";
I.S.A.M Newsletter; Vol. XXIV, No. 1; Fall 1994; "Remaking American
Opera" - discussion with Composers John Adams, Anthony Davis,
Tania Leon and Meredith Monk.
"Les Moindres Gestes de Meredith
Monk" by Jeanne Baumberger; Le Provencal; November 16, 1994; "Volcano
Songs"; Translation : "The Smallest Gestures of Meredith Monk" by
Ruth Fuglistaller.
"Meredith Monk"; Posthof
Magazin; October, 1994; general music/all cd's.
"Meredith Monk Corps, Voix
et Volcan"; SPECTACLES; November 9-15, 1994; "Volcano Songs".
"Meredith Monk : Dancing
in Tongues" by Iris Brooks; Jazziz; September 1994; General, history.
"Meredith Monk, de New-York
a Marseille" by Jeanne Baumberger; Le Provencal; November 15, 1994;
"Volcano Songs".
"Meredith Monk, Le Volcan";
Le Provencal; November 14, 1994; "Volcano Songs".
"Meredith Monk Looks Into
Roosevelt Island's Past" by Jennifer Dunning; The New York Times;
September 22, 1994; "American Archeology".
"Meredith Monk, Minimaliste
Tellurique" by Marie-Christine Vernay; Liberation; November 19 &
20, 1994; "Volcano Songs".
* Translation: "Meredith
Monk, The Earthly Minimalist" by Ruth Fuglistaller.
"Meredith Monk Montre La
Voix" by Murielle Fourlon; [Publication Unknown]; November 23, 1994;
"Volcano Songs".
"Meredith Monk No Brasil";
Jornal de Tarde; July, 14, 1994; Festival de Inverno preview, "Atlas",
"Songs From The Hill", "Dolmen Music".
"Meredith Monk Ou Le Voyage
Interieur" by Patrick Merle; Le Meridional; November 15, 1994; "Volcano
Songs".
"Meredith Monk’s
American Archeology #1: Roosevelt Island"; Dancing in the Streets
Festival NYC Brochure; August 19-September 25, 1994; pp. 12-13.
"Meredith Monk: Un Art Qui
Affirme Le Monde du Sentiment"; La Marseillaise; November 10, 1994;
"Volcano Songs".
"Meredith Monk: Une Tendresse
Lucide" by Gabriel Vialle; La Marseillaise; November 17, 1994; "Volcano
Songs".
"Meredith Monk: Volcano Songs"
by Guy Scarpetta & "Merce Cunningham et Meredith Monk- Cinema
Merce Cunningham et Meredith Monk"; Marseille Objectif Danse; Journal
No. 22, Fall 1994; "16mm Earrings" & "Ellis Island".
"'Meredith Monk': Volcano
Songs (Solo)"; COTE; November, 1994.
"Modern Minimalist Composers
Find an Audience Beyond Academia"; by Tim Page; Details; January,
1994; general music.
"Plateia Ouve Gorecki Neste
Inverno"; Folha de S. Paulo; May 26, 1994; Preview to Festival de
Inverno, Brazil.
"Roll Over, Beethoven! This
is Not Your Father's Classical Music" by Marion S. Jacobson; Stereo
Review; December 1994; Musica Sacra.
"Salvagem, Doce, Natural"
by Janete El Haouli; Nicolau [Brazil]; August, 1993; p. 7; in Portuguese.
"Sao Joao Atendeu a Todos
os Pedidos de Quem Queria Falar do Ceu"; Qualis; 1994; pp. 18 &
22; Preview, Festival de Inverno, Brazil.
"Sensing the Sacred in Life/Meredith
Monk Returns to P.S. 122" by Robert Hicks; The Villager Arts &
Entertainment; December 14-18, 1994; "Volcano Songs".
"SPOTlight: Theater, Meredith
Monk's Loud Sounds" by Zsofia Horvath; The Budapest Sun; September
29-October 5, 1994; "Book of Days", "Ellis Island", & Monk and
Ensemble Music Concert.
"This Island Earth"; The
New Yorker; September 26, 1994; Preview of "American Archeology #1:
Roosevelt Island".
"Viagem Pela Musica do Seculo
XX"; Diario do Comercio; May 27, 1994; Festival de Inverno, Brazil.
"Vocal Music Concert Marks
Naropa Institute Anniversary" by Glenn Giffin; The Denver Post; June
30, 1994; Monk with Bob Een Musical Concert.
"A Voice of Distinction"
by K. Robert Schwarz; Out; No. 15, September 1994; History, "Atlas".
"Volcano Songs" by Feingold;
The Village Voice Choices Listings; May 17, 1994;
Mentions,
Photographs, etc... in Books
Outside the Frame: Performance
and the Object, A Survey History of Performance Art in the USA Since
1980; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art; Cleveland, OH; 1994;
pp. 47, 77, 168; Photograph of "Silver Lake with Dolmen Music, 1980"
and mentions.
"You Turned the Tables on
Me: Il Tavolino: Un Breve Storia" di Roberto Masotti; Auditorium;
Auditorium Edizioni; Milano; 1994; p. 90; Photograph by Roberto Masotti
of Meredith from Milano, 1978.
Chapters
in Books about MM
"Meredith Monk and the Making
of 'Chacon': Notes from a Journal" by Sally Banes; Writing Dancing
in the Age of Postmodernism; Wesleyan University Press; Hanover, NH;
1994; pp. 240-252, 208, 221, 225, 255-256, 261, 269, 282, 294, 303,
318, 324, 336, 345, 348.
Books and
Essays about MM
"A View of Postmoderism in
Music and Society" by Randall Allsup; Student essay at Teachers College,
Columbia University; Monk as postmodernist composer and "Atlas".
"Bridge of Babel" by Amy
Jambois; December 1, 1994; student essay, "Ellis Island".
"Claes Oldenburg and Meredith
Monk: The Marriage of Art and Reality" by Patricia Johnson; Fall 1994;
student essay, "Ellis Island".
"Ellis Island" by Douglas
Langley; December 1994; student essay.
"In the Minds of Visionaries"
by Yuval Miller; December 4, 1994; student essay, "Ellis Island".
"Monk and Rivera: A Comparison"
by Jackie Kersh; December 1,1994; student essay, "Ellis Island".
"The Performance Artist As
Storyteller Vs. The Artist As The Story" by Diana Caplan; December
6, 1994; student essay, "Turtle Dreams".
"The works of Meredith Monk
and John Cage" by Elika Ehsani; December 3, 1994; student essay, "Ellis
Island".
Reviews
"All the Good Spirits and
the Artist, Meredith Monk"/ "Vsichni Dobri Duchove a Umelkyne Meredith
Monkova" by Pavel Klusak; MF Dnes; October 7, 1994; in Czech with
some English translation; Solo Concert & Ensenble Concert.
"L'Amour Bleu" by Bruce-Michael
Gelbert; Native Night Out; February 1994; review of "Memory Song".
"L'Amour Bleu" by Randy Gener;
The Village Voice; March 22, 1994.
"Atlas" by Kevin Michael
Williams; Chicago Sun-Times; March 13, 1994.
"Bold Solos Mark New Yorker's
Showcase" by Anne Marie Welsh; The San Diego Union-Tribune; February
23, 1994; review of"Plateau No. 2" & "Song's from the Hill".
"Bop a Dop Bop" by Kyle Gann;
The Village Voice; January 4, 1994; Ensemble Concert at Merkin Hall.
"Brief and Festive: Four
Days of Meredith Monk"/ "Strucne a Slavnostne: Ctyri Dny s Meredith
Monkovou" by Vladimir Kouril; UNI: Kulturni Magazin; October 1994;
in Czech(?) with brief translation in English.
"Classical Recordings" by
Fredric Koeppel; Fanfare; April 3, 1994; review of "Atlas".
"Classical Reviews featuring
Meredith Monk/L.A. Guitar Quartet/Arvo Part" by Tom Vernier; CD Review;
February 1994; review of "Return to Earth".
"Dance Piece a Moving Epic
of Roosevelt Island" by Valerie Sudol; The Star-Ledger; September
27, 1994; review of "American Archeology #1".
"An Experience of Singing
Without Words and Music Without Limits"/ Zazitky ze Zpevu Beze Slov
a z Hudby Bez Omezeni" by Mis; Prace (Praha); October 6, 1994; in
Czech with a quote translated in English.
"Facing the Music or Backing
Away From It" by Jack Anderson; New York Times; June 5, 1994; review
of "Volcano Songs".
"Fantasmas Na Garganta" by
Luiz Andre Alzer; O Globo; July 16, 1994; Festival de Inverno.
"From Rejzek's Diary"/ "Z
Rejzkova Denicku" by Jan Rejzek; Cesky Denik; October 4, 1994; Czech
Review with brief English translation.
"Gedanken ohne Worter" by
[Author unknown]; [Publication unknown]; November 1996
"Impressions Fugitives" by
Murielle Fourlon; [Publication unknown]; November 23-30, 1994; review
of "Volcano Songs".
"Interior Itch" by Deborah
Jowitt; The Village Voice; May 13, 1994; review of "Volcano Songs"
at P.S. 122, May 11-15, 1994.
"Is it Open Season on
John Cage?..." by [Author unknown]; Rolling Stone; February 24,
1994; "The John Cage Tribute."
"Islands of Lights,
of Ghosts and of the Mind/The Isle of Monk" by Jack Anderson;
The New York Times; December 25, 1994; review of "American Archeology
#1: Roosevelt Island."
"The Magic of Meredith Monk"/
"Pamet Hlasu/ Meredith Monkova v Praze" by Kuca; Denni Telegraf (Prague);
October 6, 1994; in Czech with brief English translation.
"The Memory of Voice/ Meredith
Monk in Prague"/ "Kouzelnice Meredith Monkova" by Jiri Cieslar; Literarni
Noviny; November 10, 1994; Brief English translation of Czech Review.
"Meredith Monk, At P.S. 122
May 11 through 15" by Deborah Jowitt; The Village Voice; May 31, 1994;
review of "Volcano Songs".
"Meredith Monk: American
Archeology #1" by Deborah Jowitt; The Village Voice; October 18, 1994;
review of "American Archeology #1: Roosevelt Island".
"Meredith Monk: Atlas " by
Bill Tilland; Option; May/June 1994.
"Meredith Monk: Atlas" by
Jeff Simon; Buffalo News; January 28, 1994.
"Meredith Monk: Atlas"
by Kyle Gann; The Village Voice Consumer Guide; March 22, 1994.
"Meredith Monk Faz Workshop
No Palco Do Auditorio Claudio Santoro" by Luis Antonio Giron; Folha
di Sao Paulo; July 18, 1994; review of "Atlas", "Dolmen Music", Book
of Days", Festival de Inverno.
"Meredith Monk Quer O Pop
Bem Longe Dela" by Luis Antonio Giron; Folha de S. Paulo; July 13,
1994; Festival de Inverno workshops.
"Meredith Monk Reflects on
the Ages of Mankind" by Jack Anderson; The New York Times; May 17,
1994; review of "Volcano Songs".
"Monk: Atlas" by K. Robert
Schwarz; Classical Pulse; June/July 1994.
"Monk's Atlas" by Ernie Torres;
Athens Daily News/Banner Herald; February 27, 1994.
"Monk's Opera 'Atlas' is
a Head-Turner" by Joshua Kosman; San Francisco Chronicle Datebook;
January 23, 1994.
"Of Eternal Light" by K.
Robert Schwarz; Classical Pulse!; April/May 1994; CD review.
"Of Eternal Light"; Qualis;
[Date unknown].
"Offbeat Sounds a Tribute
to John Cage" by Wilma Salisbury; Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH);
February 6, 1994; "Aria" from "The John Cage Tribute."
"Out of Cage" by
Denby Richards; Musical Opinion; Volume No. 117; February 1994; "The
John Cage Tribute."
"Performance: Scrumptious/
Recording: Excellent" by D.P.S.; Stereo Review; January 1994; "Musica
Sacra: Return to Earth".
"La Qer que Christiane Blasie
Voit Danser" by Jeanne Baumberger; Le Provencal; November 18, 1994;
review of "Volcano Songs".
"Le Rituel Magique de Meredith
Monk" by Patrick Merle; Le Meridional; November 18, 1994; "Volcano
Songs"; *Translation: "The Magic Ritual of Meredith Monk" by Ruth
Fuglistaller.
"Roosevelt Island As A Stage"
by Jack Anderson; The New York Times; September 26, 1994; review of
"American Archeology No. 1: Roosevelt Island".
"There’s No Escaping
John Cage and His Postmodern Influence" by Joseph McLeflan; Washington
Post; January 9, 1994; "The John Cage Tribute."
"Todas As Vozes Na Contramao"
by Luiz Andre Alzer; O Globo; July 15, 1994; Festival de inverno,
Brazil: workshops.
"Turn Up That Noise!: an
Eclectic Survey of Recent Recordings" by David Smyth; Memphis Flyer;
September 8-14, 1994; review of "Atlas".
"United They Stand"; LA Village
View; March 1994; review of "Plateau #2".
"Wild About Guitars" by
Joey Rand; [Publication unknown] (Los Angeles); review of "Atlas".
Articles
by or Interviews with MM
"Bessie's Way" by Anne Tobial;
[Publication Unknown]; 1993; pp. 38-42; quotes by Meredith about Bessie
Shonberg.
"The Instrumental Voice";
An Interview with Meredith Monk by John Corbett; New Art Examiner;
Summer 1993; pp. 26-29.
"Meredith Monk/Music
That Dances Dances That Sing"; An Interview by Nicholas Zurbrugg;
Dance Theater Journal; Vol. 10, No.2; Winter 1992/1993; pp. 4-5, 36-37.
Transcription of Question
& Answer session, post-performance at the Joyce Theater [answers
only]; May, 1993; "Education of the Girlchild".
Articles
about MM in Magazines/Newspapers
"The 1993 Collin Walcott
Memorial Benefit Concert" Flyer; The West Kortright Centre; August
21, 1993.
"Acclaimed Artist Meredith
Monk to be Regents Lecturer in School of the Arts"; ArtsWork- UCLA
School of the Arts; Winter/Spring, 1993.
"Arctic Adventures Offers
Life Lesson" by Dan Furst; Asahi Evening News; March 17, 1993;
"Facing North."
"Art with Dignity" by Gail
Rich; Spotlight-Santa Cruz Sentinel; April 16, 1993; p. 21; Residency
at UCSC.
"Composers Enjoy the
Calm Before the Festival" by Paul Hertelendy; San Jose Mercury
News; November 5, 1993; "Other Minds."
"Dance"; Tokyo
Journal; April 1993; "Facing North."
Danspace Project at St. Mark’s
Church, Fall 1993 Calendar (20th Anniversary Season); Janis Brenner/"Plateau
#2."
"East’s Meredith
Monk Goes to West to Stage ‘Facing North’" by Anne
Marie Welsh; San Diego Union-Tribune (ECM INFO); March 2, 1993.
"Meredith Monk & Vocal
Ensemble"; "Merkin Concert Hall 1993-94 Season/Music in Perspective";
December 4-5, 1993; "Three Heavens and Hells" "Vessel Suite" and "New
Work (World Premiere)."
"Meredith Monk/Atlas";
ECM New Series; 1993; Description of Recording.
"Meredith Monk/Atlas/An
Opera in Three Parts"; ECM New Series; 1993; Quotes and Description.
"Meredith Monk/Composer-Choreographer-Singer-Dancer-Film-maker";
Global Vision/World Arts & Cultures Newsletter; Winter 1993; pp.
1, 10. Flyers for Residency at UC Santa Cruz included.
"Meredith Monk: Faith
in the Mixed Message" by Jan Breslauer; Los Angeles Times; March
12, 1993; Page F1, F24.
"Meredith Monk: Invitation
to Vertigo"; Art Press Brochure; 1993.
"Meredith Monk's..."; The
Macdowell Colony News; Vol. 22, No.2; Fall/Winter 1993.
"Meredith Monk's Facing North";
Austin Arts Center/Trinity College Brochure; October 1993.
"Meredith Monk: Silver
Lake with Dolmen Music" Leaflet; Sound Installation; Krannert
Art Museum and Kinkead Pavillion, University of Illinois; August 27-October
10, 1993.
"Merely Music"
by Terry Teachout; Daily News; November 29, 1993; "Three Heavens
and Hells.
"Modern"; Dance
Cafe (Japanese); April 1993.
"Monk of All Trades"
by Vivian Huang; Daily Bruin; March 8, 1993; pp. 14, 18; Master Classes
and Performances at UCLA.
"Monk Performs Atlas"
by Nicloe Cobban; The Bucknellian; Vol. III, No. 3; February 19, 1993;
pp. 1, 13; Week-long Residency and Concert Version of "Atlas."
"Monk Residency Explores
Voice" by Nicole Cobban; The Bucknellian; February 12, 1993;
p. 11; Week-long Residency and Concert Version of "Atlas."
"Music/Here and Now";
New York; September 13, 1993; Merkin Concert Hall.
"Music-Theater in a
Cultural Context"; The New Music-Theater Ensemble 1992-1993 Manifesto;
pp. 6-7; "Book of Days" and quote by Meredith Monk.
"Multitalented Meredith
Monk to be in Residence at UI for Week"; Inside Illinois; September
18, 1993; p. 12.
"Music: ‘Other
Minds’ Looks Adventurous" by Joshua Kosmanl; San Francisco
Chronicle; Octlber 11, 1993.
"New Label for New Music"
by Roxanne Orgill; The Wall Street Journal; December 8, 1993; "Of
Eternal Light."
"Out of the Parlor, Into
the Mainstream" by John Rockwell; the New York TImes; June (?), 1993;
article about Women Composers, photo of Meredith.
"Performances";
Mainichi Daily News; March 15, 1993; "Facing North."
"Performing Arts/Ceremony";
JIJ; March 1993; "Facing North."
"Radio Stations Planning
Feature Broadcasts of Atlas/An Opera in Three Parts/by Meredith Monk";
ECM INFO; February 4-March 13, 1993.
"The Right Note";
The West Kortright Centre Season 93 Brochure; Mentions Meredith Monk
with Photo.
"Serious Music’s
Sexy New Look" by Allan Ulrich; San Francisco Examiner; September
26, 1993; pp. D1, D4; "Other Minds."
"Spendors of Spring/A Supplement
to Vanity Fair"; Vanity Fair; April, 1993; "Education of the Girlchild."
"Talking Book/Meredith Monk's
New Musical Language" by Dudley Saunders; Option; No. 50; May/June
1993; pp. 83-86.
"Theater: Slim Program
But a Promise of More" by Steven Winn; San Francisco Chronicle;
October 11, 1993.
"This Past Year"
by Lanny Harrison; Sense and Nonsense & Other Ventures; Vol. 2,
Issue 1; Winter 1993-4; "Education of the Girlchild."
"Thomas Bogdan"; Danspance
Projects Winter 1994 Calendar; "Memory Song" from "The Games" and
"New York Requiem."
"Tough Love, A Performer's
Journey" by Nicky Paraiso; Movement Research # 6; [Date unknown];
p. 7.
"Whose Silence is it
Anyway?" by Tim Page; Fanfare; November 28, 1993; "A Chance
Operation: The John Cage Tribute."
"World Renowned Performance
Artist to Appear at Austin Arts" by Joanna Marsden; The Trinity
Tripod; September 28, 1993; "Facing North."
Chapters
in Books about MM
"Meredith Monk" by Myrna
Frances Schloss; Out of the Twentieth Century: Three Composers, Three
Musics, One Femininity; Wesleyan University; Middletown, CT; May 1993;
pp. 1-97; Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Wesleyan University
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor
of Philosophy.
Books/Essays
about MM
Student essays on Meredith
Monk's Workshops:
"Meredith Impressions" by
Katrina Herb, April 23, 1993.
"Meredith Monk and Me" by
Tim Steimle.
"Meredith Monk Workshop Critique"
by James Amlicke, April 28, 1993.
"Ode to Meredith" by Mary
Jordan.
"Time with Meredith" by Valerie
K. Marsden, April 26, 1993.
"Thoughts about Meredith
Monk" by Paul Heimer.
"A Week with Meredith" by
Nina Knoche.
[No Title] by Jennifer Berkenstock,
April 7, 1993.
[No Title] by Marc Haimes,
February 14, 1993.
[No Title] by George Hannah;
1993.
Reviews
"Arrivals and Departures"
by Tobi Tobias; New York; May 31, 1993; review of "Education
of the Girlchild."
"Atlas is the Longest,
Most Ambitious..."; London Financial Times (ECM INFO); July 17,
1993.
"Audio Reviews: Simon
Trezise/Atlas Meredith Monk" by Simon Trezise; Opera Now (ECM
INFO); September 1993.
"Catalyst Media Alert/'Of
Eternal Light': Choral Works by Monok, Messaien, Gordon, Ligeti, Sherman,
Moran" by K. Robert Schwarz; As seen in The New York Times; December
19, 1993.
"CD5: Meredith Monk/Return
to Earth" by Sarah Walker; Record Review No. 1514 (Week 39)/
New Releases: Contemporary Music; BBC National Radio.
"Composers Share Their
Notes in a Meeting of the Minds" by Jeff Kaliss; The Oakland
Tribune; November 4, 1993; pp. D1, D4.
"Double Edge" by
Carle VP Groome; The New York Review of Records; April/May 1993; review
of "Phantom Waltz.
"Double Edge: U.S. Choice";
by Kyle Gann; The Village Voice; Vol. XXXCIII, No. 9; March 2, 1993.
"Facing North"
by Thom Jurek; Detroit Metro Times (ECM INFO); January 27, 1993.
"‘Girlchild’
is Young as Ever" by Susan Elliot; New York Post (ECM INFO);
May 13, 1993.
"Master of a Universal
Language" by Amy Gherna; Daily Illini; September 28, 1993.
"Meredith Monk/Atlas"
by Nick Kimberely; The Wire (ECM INFO); August 1993.
"Meredith Monk: Facing
North"; by Mark Sullivan; Option (ECM INFO); March/April 1993.
"Minding Other Things"
by Allan Ulrich; San Francisco Examiner; November 6, 1993; pp. C1,
C11; review of "Other Minds."
"M. Monk Atlas"
by Keith Shadwick; Gramophone (ECM INFO); October 1993; review of
"Atlas."
"Monk: Facing North"
by Carl Baugher; Stereophile (ECM INFO); August 1993.
"Monk: Facing North. Vessel"
An Opera Epic. Recent Ruins: Boat Song.."; by Scott Wheeler; Fanfare;
March/April 1993.
"Monk of All Trades/UCLA
Welcomes Composer/Choreographer" by Vivian Huang; Daily Bruin;
March 8, 1993; p. 15, 18.
"New-Music Festival
Concert Has Its Ups and Downs" by Joshua Kosman; San Francisco
Chronicle; November 8, 1993; review of "Light Songs."
"New Music Requires
Open Mind" by Joshua Kosman; San Francisco Chronicle; November
6, 1993; review of "Other Minds."
"One Imprint, Many Styles"
by Allan Kozinn; New York Times; December 8, 1993; review of "Vessel",
"Three Heavens and Hells" and "Custom Made."
"One Woman's Time Travel"
by Joseph H. Mazo; New York Newsday; May 10, 1993.
"Particular People"
Delights Enthusiastic Audience at Centre" by Ernest M. Fishman;
Freeman’s Journal; August 25, 1993; West Kortwright Centre.
"The Reeducation of
the Girlchild" by Joseph H. Mazo; Daily News; May 15, 1993; review
of "Education of the Girlchild."
"Review of CRI CD 637 Double
Edge"; Jazziz; June/July 1993.
"Shock of the New"
by Steve Dollar; The Atlanta Journal(ECM INFO); January 30, 1993;
review of "Facing North" recording.
----CHECK DATE----"Some
Mythical Women at Their Own Round Table" by Jennifer Dunning;
The New York Times; Spring, 1993; review of "Education of the
Girlchild."
"Time Travel by One
Woman" by Joseph H. Mazo; Long Island Newsday (ECM INFO); May
11, 1993.
"Travel Dreaming...";
and "The Thing that is Most Fantastic..." Neue Musikzeitung;
June/July 1993; two translations of Atlas reviews by Wayne Evan Hankin:
"U.S. Choice" by Raymond;
American Record Guide; July/August 1993; review of "Double Edge."
"Visionary Artists Can’t
Be Penned In" by Louise Steinman; LA Times; March 29, 1993; review
of "Facing North."
"Voice Choices/Education
of the Girlchild" by Zimmer; Voice; May 11, 1993. p. 75.
"When a Piece of Music
Theatre..." by Geoffrey Norris; Daily Telegram (London); July
24, 1993; review of "Atlas."
"Women’s Lives"
by T.J. Medrek, Jr.; Bay Windows; May 27, 1993; p. 33; review of "Atlas."
Articles
by or Interviews with MM
Dance Magazine Award acceptance
speech by Meredith Monk.
Essay on John Cage by Meredith
Monk (to be "John Cage: Heir to the Air"); 2 pages, 1992.
"John Cage: Heir to
the Air" by Meredith Monk; Proof of article for Stagebill; accompanied
by letter from Bob Sandla; September 9, 1992.
"Meredith Monk - Interviewed
by Nicholas Zurbrugg"; New York; February 5, 1992.
"Meredith Monk: Referencias
Verbais" by Miguel Santos; [Publication Unknown]; 1992; Interview
& Review of Music Concert with Robert Een, in Portugeuse.
"Meredith Monk w/Robert
Een/Facing North" by Meredith Monk; ECM New Series Brochure;
Autumn 1992.
Notes about "Atlas,"
"Facing North," "Vessel," and "Recent Ruins"
by Meredith Monk; 1992 (includes other drafts of the essays).
"Strange, Disziplin und Hingabe
(fur John Cage)" by Meredith Monk; MusikTexte: Zeitschrift fur Neue
Musik, Heft 46/47; Koln; December, 1992.
"A Voz e Livre";
Interview with Fernando Magalhaes; Publico; September 18, 1992; pp.
8-10.
Articles
about MM in Magazines/Newspapers
"Ashe Society";
New York Shambala Center Newsletter; Vol. 2, No. 4, Summer 1992.
"Atlas" Advertisement;
The Calendar for New Music; May 1992.
"Atlas Concert/Meredith
Monk" Poster; For Performances at the Weis Center for the Performing
Arts on February 20, 1993.
"Atlas Shrugged/Meredith
Monk’s Got the World on Her Shoulders" by Caroline Palmer;
Paper; May 1992; "Atlas."
"Dance"; The New
Yorker; August 13 ,1992; "Break."
Dance Magazine Awards Invitation;
Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium, The Asia Society; April 13, 1992;
Meredith Monk: Recipient.
"Dance/Full Circle Benefit
for Women in Need" Invitation; May 19-20, 1992; Featuring Work
by Meredith Monk.
"Dance Magazine Presents
Its 1992 Awards for Distinguished Careers in Dance/Meredith Monk"
by Joseph H. Mazo; Dance Magazine; April 1992; p. 16.
"Ellis Island: One Artist
Views Conference Center Plan" by Diane Webber; Downtown Express;
March 16, 1992; p. 9.
"Face the Music/A Music
Video Project" Brochure; Presented by the Children’s Group;
Contains an Artist Profile of Meredith Monk, and the Poem "Three
Heavens and Hells" by Tennesee Reed.
"The Fordham Conference:
an Overview/A Morning on Theatre and Dance" by Michael Gallagher;
Atheism and Faith; XXVII-2; 1992; p. 110-111.
"Getting Back to the
Basics" by Jennifer Dunning; The New York Times; July 26, 1992;
"Break."
"Immediate Release/Edward
Villella to be Master of Ceremonies at the Thirty-Fifth International
Dance Magazine Awards 1992"; Dance Magazine Press Release; 1992.
"Keeping Up with Meredith
Monk" by Allan Kozinn; The New York Times; May 14, 1992.
"Kickoff" ed. Richard
Phillip; Dance Magazine; March 1992; p. 7; Meredith Monk: Recipient
of Dance Magazine Award.
"Kommunidationskraft der
Gufuhle: Zu Meredith Monk und Laurie Anderson" by Gisela Gronemeyer;
MusikTexte: Zeitschrift Fur Neue Musik; 44, April 1992; pp. 5-16.
"Les Jeux de Voix de
Meredith Monk"; Vogue (French); No. 731; November, 1992; p. 22;
"Facing North."
"Mascaras e Rumores/Meredith
Monk Encerra os Encontros Acarte" by Joao Lisboa; Expresso Cartaz;
No. 1038; September 19, 1992; p. 4; "Facing North" &
"Songs from the Hill."
"Meredith Monk";
Dasandere Theater Brochure; Show on June 27, 1992; "Facing North."
"Meredith Monk";
Encontros Acarte 92 Brochure; Show on August 19-20, 1992; "Facing
North."
"Meredith Monk and Robert
Een/"Facing North""; Arts Quarterly Brochure; December
1992; Advertising Productions on March 12-13, 1992.
"Meredith Monk &
Robert Een"; Fabrik Programm; Nr. 152; June 1992; p. 2.
"Meredith Monk: Atlas";
America, New York/The New World of the Arts; New York Celebrates the
Arts; March 1, 1992-February 28, 1993.
"Meredith Monk, Des
Images et des Jours" Flyer; To be Presented at Le Festival d’Automne
a Paris; November 16-17, 1992; "Facing North"
"Meredith Monk: Portret"
by Janneque Draisma; [Unpublished]; November, 1992; in Dutch.
-----MAJOR ARTICLE-----
"Meredith Monk’s
Atlas of Sound/New Opera and the American Performance Tradtion"
by Bonnie Marranca; Performing Arts Journal • 40: Multiculturalism
Identity Politics and the Artists; Number 40, Vol. XIV, No. 1; January
1992; pp. 16-29; Includes storyboards and photos of "Atlas".
"Meredith Monk’s
Opera Atlas..."; MacDowell Colony News; , Vol. 21, No. 2; Fall/Winter
1992.
"Meredith Monk/The House
Foundation for the Arts" Brochure; Spring 1992.
"Meredith Monk/The Innovative
Composer Talks about her Philosphy, and Atlas, her New Opera"
by Simi Horwitz; Opera Monthly; July 1992; pp. 17-20.
"Meredith Monk/The Performance
Artist Explores Atlas" by David Hirsh; New York Native; May 4,
1992.
"Meredith Monk: The
World on her Shoulders" by Deborah Jowitt; 22 pages.
"Meredith Monk Vocal
Ensemble" by Allen Robertson; Time Out (London); October 28-November
4, 1992; p. 91; Concert at Queen Elisabeth Hall.
"Meredith Monk/Vocal
Ensemble from the USA"; Rainbow Over Bath Brochure; October 1992-May
1993.
"Monk’s Quest"
by Amei Wallach; New York Newsday; May 13, 1992; pp. 56-57; "Atlas."
"Multi-Artist Monk In
a Northern Light" by Joe Brown; The Washington Post; February
21, 1992; p. 13; "Facing North
"Opera Watch";
Opera News; Vol. 56, No. 16; May 1992; p. 7; "Atlas."
"A Passion for Dance"
by Tim Boxer; The Jewish Week, Inc.; March 20-26, 1992; p. 40; Mentions
Meredith Monk.
"Premiered/Meredith
Monk’s Atlas..."; Playback/ASCAP in Action; Spring, 1992,
p. 11.
"Radio Stations Celebrating
Meredith’s Birthday with Special Broadcasting"; ECM Records;
1992.
"Salad Days" by
Deborah Jowitt; Voice; August 18, 1992; p. 87; "Break."
"Taking Chances on New
Music/Pioneer Performance Space, Roulette, Keeps Avant-Garde Edge"
by Deborah Kelt; Downtown Express; March 10, 1992; Mentions Meredith
Monk as Audience Member.
"A Theatrical Innovator
Redesigns Opera" by Joseph H. Mazo; The Sunday Record; Section
E; May 10, 1992; p. 1; "Atlas."
"Vision in a Can"
by Kyle Gann; Voice; June 2, 1992; p. 87; Mentions "Atlas" in Article
about Bang on a Can.
"Voice Choices/Atlas"
by Feingold; Voice; May 19, 1992; p. 75.
"Voice Choices/Music/Margaret
Leng Tan" by Kyle Gann; The Village Voice; November 10, 1992;
Vol. XXXVII; No. 45; "Paris."
"Voice Over" Press
Release re: "Musical Selections from Atlas and Facing North";
For Productions held October 29-November 8, 1992.
Mentions,
Photographs, etc... in Books
The Kitchen Turns Twenty:
A Retrospective Anthology; ed. Lee Morrissey; The Kitchen; New York;
1992; p. 38.
"Meredith Monk Book of Days",
"Meredith Monk Do You Be", Meredith Monk Turtle Dreams", Meredith
Monk Dolmen Music" ; ECM New Series; ECM Records; Germany; 1992; composite
of CD reviews in German & English.
Chapters
in Books about MM
*"Le Festival D'Automne de
Michel Guy" by Guy Scarpetta; ??; Editions du Regard; Paris; 1992;
pp. 146-149; Essay in French.
Reviews
"Ah, the Good Old Days:
Were They?" by Jennifer Dunning; The New York Times; August 1,
1992; "Break".
"Alexandra the Great"
by Leighton Turner; Voice; June 2, 1992; p. 90; review of "Atlas."
"Atlas" by Diane
Webber; Downtown Express; May 11, 1992; review of "Atlas."
"‘Atlas’ Shows
Monk’s Way to Mainstream Opera Success" by David Patrick
Stearns; USA Today; May 15, 1992.
"A Clean, Well-Lighted
Place" by Tobi Tobias; New York; February 24, 1992; p. 128; review
of "Facing North."
"An Evening of Megadance
at Tully Hall" by Lillie F. Rosen; Jewish Journal; August 21,
1992; p. 7; review of "Break."
"Beyond the Climax"
by Kyle Gann; The Voice; November 24, 1992; p. 94; Margaret Leng Tan
performs "Paris."
"‘Facing North’:
Poetry in Motion" by Alan M. Kriegsman; The Washington Post;
February 24, 1992; p. B7; review of "Facing North."
"For Goodies in the
Contemporary Field..." by Wes Blomster; The Daily Camera (ECM
INFO); November 26, 1992; review of "Facing North" "Vessel:
An Opera Epic" and "Recent Ruins"
"Getting Down to New-Music
Basics/’Atlas’ Opera, Bang on a Can Festival Epitomize the
Genre in New York" by Joshua Kosman; San Francisco Chronicle;
June 14, 1992; pp. 27-28.
"Guaranteeing 'New Directions'
in the Arts"; Kentucky Center Presents; January/February 1992;
p. 9.
"A Megadose of Seminal
Postmodernism" by Janice Berman; New York Newsday; July 31, 1992.
*???... Education of the
Girlchild." by Kristin Faurest; The Courier-Journal; January
16, 1992.
"Meredith Monk" by Andrew
Clements; [Publication Unknown]; November 4, 1992; Music Concert with
Robert Een.
"Meredith Monk: Brooklyn
Academy of Music, BAM" by RoseLee Goldberg; [Date Unknown], 1992;
review of "Atlas".
"Meredith Monk/Facing
North" by James Wierzbicki; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; November
22, 1992.
"Meredith Monk: Referencias
Verbais" by Miguel Santos; [Publication Unknown]; September, 1992;
Interview & Review of Music Concert with Robert Een, in Portugeuse.
"Meredith Monk Remains..."
by Susan Elliot; American Record Guide; Sept./Oct. 1992; review of
"Atlas."
"Meredith Monk’s
'Atlas': The World on her Shoulders" by Deborah Jowitt; The Village
Voice; [Date Unknown], 1992.
"Meredith Monk Vocal
Ensemble" by John Robert-Blunn; [Publication unknown]; [Date
Unknown], 1992; review of "Facing North."
"Meredith Monk with
Robert Een/'Facing North'"; The Harbinger (Mobile, Alabama);
December 8, 1992.
"Minimal to the Max";
Time;. Vol. 139, No. 21; May 25, 1992; review of "Atlas."
"Monk’s ‘Atlas’
is a World of Fun" by Joan Acocella; Daily News; May 15, 1992.
"Monk’s Dramatic
Voyage" by Jan Stuart; New York Newsday; May 15, 1992; review
of "Atlas."
"Monk’s Theater
of Ancestral Imagery" by Linda Winer; New York Newsday; February
14, 1992; review of "Facing North."
"Mythic Truths in a
Cold, Clear World" by Joseph H. Mazo; The Record; (Hackensack,
N.J.) February 11, 1992; review of "Facing North."
"O Canto da Respiracao"
by Fernando Magalhaes; Publico; September 21, 1992; p. 26.
"Reactions of the Body"
by Robert Maycock; Independent; Feburary 11, 1992; review of "Atlas."
"The Road to Artistic
Freedom" by Joseph H. Mazo; The Record; May 15, 1992; review
of "Atlas."
"Shouldering Several
Worlds" by Michael Carter; Cover Magazine; [Date unknown], 1992;
review of "Atlas."
"Snowy Monk & Hunk"
by Susan Elliot; New York Post; February 8, 1992.
"A Theatrical Innovator
Redesigns Opera" by Joseph H. Mazo; The Record; June 10, 1992;
pp. E1, E13; review of "Atlas."
--CHECK DATE & PUBLICATION---"Vocal
Lady’s in a Class of Her Own" by Christopher Morely; England;
October or November, 1992.
"Wild About Guitars" by Joey
Rand; [Publication Unknown] (Los Angeles); February, 1992; "Atlas"
CD Review.
"Woman Finds Worth on
Map" by Susan Elliot; New York Post; May 15, 1992; review of
"Atlas."
"A Woman’s Quest"
by Bruce-Michael Gelbert; New York Native; June 8, 1992; review of
"Atlas."
"Wordless Beauty"
by Bodil Persson; Dagens Nyheter; March 1992; review of "Facing
North."
"Wordless Wilderness"
by Rodney Milnes; Times; February 10, 1992; review of "Facing
North" and "Atlas."
Articles
by or Interviews with MM
"Exploratory Music Theater"
by Meredith Monk; The Radiant Performer: The Spiral Path to Performing
Power; by H. Wesley Balk; University of Minnesota Press; Minneapolis;
1991; pp. x-xii, part of foreword.
Interview with Meredith Monk
by John Killacky; The Artist Series II; pp. 93-98.
Interview with Meredith Monk
by Edward Strickland; 1992; later published in American Composers:
Dialogues on Contemporary Music; see Chapter in Books on Meredith
Monk.
"La Liberte Guide Ses
Pas" an Interview by Sylvie de Nussac; Le Monde; July 11, 1991;
p. 24; "Atlas."
The Listening Book: Discovering
Your Own Music; by W.A. Mathieu; Shambala; Boston; 1991; p. i; Book
review by Meredith Monk.
"Meredith Monk" by Edward
Strickland; American Composers: Dialogues on Contemporary Music; Indiana
University Press; Bloomington; 1991; pp. 87-104, x, xi, 2, 4, 5, 9,
157, 158, 160, 173; Interview and mentions.
----CHECK THIS TITLE-----"Meredith
Monk" - an Inte Winter 1991-1992; Talking Music/Conversations
with 5 Generations of American Experimental Composers; 1989.
"Meredith Monk/La Voyage
Metaphysique" - an Interview by Phillipe de Vignal; Art Press
160; July-August 1991; pp. 10-17.
"Some Thoughts about
Art" by Meredith Monk; American Music Theater Festival Magazine;
Number 1; pp. 8-9; 1991.
Articles
about MM in Magazines/Newspapers
"AMTF Presents Major
Opera by Meredith Monk"; AMTF Press Release; May 1991.
"Armchair Explorer:
Patrolling the Universe with Meredith Monk" by Marcia B. Siegel;
Dance Ink; Vol. 2, No. 3; Winter 1991-1992; pp. 24-27; "Atlas."
"Art Beat/Connecting
the Unconnectable at the CAM, a Quest for Wholeness at HGO" by
Dean Dalton; Houston Metropolitan; February 1991; pp. 58-60.
"Atlas"; Walker
Art Center Brochure; March 1991; advertising a production of "Atlas"
on March 5, 1991.
"Atlas: eine Oper in
Drei Teilen"; Hebbel Theatre Brochure; July-September, 1991;
Includes an excerpt by E.E. Fischer from the publication: Suddeutsche
Zeitung.
"'Atlas'" Explores
World of New Opera" by Charles Ward; Houston Chronicle; February
17, 1991; pp. 21, 34.
"Atlas: le Sens du Mystere"
by Arlette Frazier; Pariscope/Une Semane de Paris; No. 1208; July
17-23, 1991; p. 4.
"Atlas/Meredith Monk’s
Operatic Odyssey Set for Premiere" by Carl Cunningham; The Houston
Post; February 17, 1991; p. G-18.
"Atys & Atlas"
by Mark Swed; The Complete BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music Newsletter/Brochure);
1991.
"Big Planet -- Little
Drum" Press Release; The Cooper Union News; March 20, 1991; A
Celebration of Music, Dance, Poetry and Art with Meredith Monk, David
Murray, David Amram, Raphael Mostel and Friends.
"Book of Days";
Megamix, Magazin Rock de Martin Meissonnier; June 21, 1991.
"Book of Days/An Anthology
of Monkwork" by Joan Driscoll Lynch; Millenium Film Journal;
[Date unknown]; pp. 39-47
"Composer Renames her
Opera as HGO Rehearsals Continue" by Carl Cunningham; The Houston
Post; December 17, 1991; "Atlas."
"Contaminazioni del Novecento"
by Elena Franceschini; L'Adige; September 1, 1991; preview to Oriente-Occidente
Festival.
"Dispatches from Opera’s
Front Lines" by David Stevens; International Herald Tribune;
July 27-28, 1991; Houston Grand Opera/"Atlas."
"Dream Weaver"
by Robert Sandla; Opera News; Vol. 55, No. 11; February 16, 1991;
pp. 8-11; "Atlas."
"Film and Video Artists
Represented in 1991 Biennial Exhibition at Whitney Museaum of American
Art"; Whitney Museum of American Art Press Release; March 1991;
"Book of Days."
"Fine Arts Stars to
Vie for Attention" by Charles Ward; Houston Chronicle; February
22, 1991; Section D; "Atlas."
"The Heart of Darkness/Film
and Video at the Whitney Biennial" by Ann-Sargent Wooster; Arts
Magazine; Vol. 66, No. 2; October 1991; pp. 66-71; "Book of Days."
"HGO to Perform "Atlas"
in Europe"; Houston Chronicle; February 21, 1991; Section E.
"HGO to Serve Free Lunch-Hour
Preview of 'Atlas'"; The Houston Post; February 20, 1991.
"Hits of the Week/Meredith
Monk’s ‘Atlas’"; Houston Chronicle; February 23,
1991; Section D.
"Houston" by William
Albright; Opera News; June 1991.
"Houston......"
by Max Loppert; Opera; May 1991; pp. 529, 530.
"Houston Grand Opera’s
'Atlas' to Tour in Europe"; The Houston Post; February 1991.
-----MAJOR ARTICLE----
"Ice Demons, Clicks
and Whispers" by Deborah Jowitt; The New York Times Magazine;
June 30, 1991; pp. 18-19, 32-33.
"In Dialogue - Performing
Artists of Our Time"; Brochure for the Walker Art Center; 1991.
"The Innocence of the
60’s, but Not Much ‘Oomph’" by Jenni Rodd; I to
I; June-August 1991; pp. 19-21.
"Invitation au Vertige"
by Guy Scarpetta; Art Press 160; July-August 1991; pp. 11-12.
"Invitation au Voyage"
by Raphael de Gubernatis; L’Obs de Paris; No. 312; July 11-17,
1991; "Atlas."
Letter of Appreciation to
Meredith Monk from Marjorie Samoff at the American Music Theater Festival
in Philadelphia, PA; July 26, 1991.
Letter to Meredith Monk Proposing
a Project from Kate Johnson at the White Oak Plantation Dance Project;
July 10, 1991.
"Long Road to 'Atlas'/Composer
Meredith Monk’s Major Opera Coming to Annenberg Center This Week"
by Robert Baxter; Courier-Post; June 2, 1991; pp. 1-2.
"A Map to Monk"
by Michael Feingold; Houston Grand Opera Playbill; February 22-24,
26-28, 1991.
"Material Worlds"
by Rob Baker; Parabola; Vol. XVI, No. 3; August 1991; pp. 88-92; "Atlas."
"Meredith Inedite"
by Emmanuel Dayde; 7AParis; July 17, 1991; "Atlas."
"Meredith Monk ist Erstmals
als Opernkonponistin zu Bestaunen: In Houston Wurde <<Atlas>>
Uraufgefuhrt" by Rainer Wagner; Basler Zeitung; No. 60; March
12, 1991; "Atlas."
"Meredith Monk: L'artista
Newyorkese Stasera a Oriente-Occidente" by Elena Franceschini; [Publication
Unknown], (Italy); 1991; "Facing North" at Teatro Zandonai preview.
"Meredith Monk/The House
Foundation for the Arts" Brochure; Spring 1991.
"Meredith Monk/The House
Foundation for the Arts" Brochure; Fall 1991.
"Meredith Monk/Three
Pivotal Works: 1966-1971-1991"; The World Financial Center Arts
and Events (Brochure); Fall 1991.
"Meredith Monk Offers
her "Opera" about a Woman’s Daring Journey" by
Lesley Valdesl; The Philadelphia Inquirer; June 2, 1991; "Atlas."
"Meredith Monk’s
Atlas"; Walker Art Center Presents New Vistas in Contemporary
Music; 1991; Show: March 5, 1991.
"Meredith Monk’s
Works, From Tiny to Grand" by Jack Anderson; The New York Times;
October 30, 1991; p. C14; World Financial Center.
"Monk" by Carol
Burbank; Philadelphia City Paper; May 31-June 7, 1991; "Atlas."
"Monk Business"
by Haim Nagid; At the Festival (Israel); [Date unknown], 1991.
"Monk’s "Atlas"
Explores Real Opera" by Michael Fleming; St. Paul Pioneer Press;
March 3, 1991; pp. 1D, 3D.
"New Careers: Up the
Down Staircase" by John Rockwell; The New York Times; June 30,
1991; p. 21.
"New Opera"; Houston
Chronicle; February 20, 1991; "Atlas."
"On the 'Lookout' at
the Shore" by Anne Levin; The Times; August 23, 1991; Mentions
Meredith in regards to Wendy Shankin-Cohen.
"The Opera" by
Ann Thompson; Houston Tribune; February 1991; "Atlas."
"Opera at the Annenberg";
Photo by Jim Caldwell; The Review; May 31, 1991; "Atlas."
"A Pair of Post-Modernists
Look to Their Roots" by Jack Anderson; The New York Times; June
2, 1991; "Facing North."
"Paris: Oh! Les Beaux
Jours!"; Le Quotidien; May 31, 1991; "Atlas."
"Paris, Quartier d'Ete: Rien
A Moitie" by Ch. A.; [Publication Unknown]; July, 1991; "Atlas".
"That Which is Fundamental/Julius
Eastman, 1940-90" by Kyle Gann; Voice; [Date unknown]; pp. 49,
73.
"Tibetan Monk"
by William Albright; American Theatre; May 1991; pp. 34-36; "Atlas."
"Travels with her Art"
by Joh Milward; Applause; June 1991; pp. 20, 22; "Atlas."
Mentions,
Photographs, etc... in Books
1991 Biennial Exhibition;
Whitney Museum of American Art; New York; 1991; pp. 315, 356-357;
Includes photograph of "Book of Days" and reference.
Photo of Meredith Monk by
Moni Kellermann; 25 Photographien.
Chapters
in Books about MM
"Meredith Monk" by Edward
Strickland; American Composers: Dialogues on Contemporary Music; Indiana
University Press; Bloomington; 1991; pp. 87-104, x, xi, 2, 4, 5, 9,
157, 158, 160, 173; Interview and mentions.
"Meredith Monk"; Women and
Music: A History; ed. Karin Pendle; Indiana University Press; Bloomington;
1991; pp. 233-236, 227, 228, 230, 254.
Books about
MM
Il 'Teatreo Totale' di Meredith
Monk: Percezione e Memoria/ Meredith Monk's 'Total Theatre': Perception
and Memory; Tesi di Laurea by Maria Caglianone; Universite deglie
Studi di Torino; Anno Academico 1991/92; Extensive Thesis/Dissertation
in Italian.
Swallowing Technology: An
Ethnomusicological Analysis of Meredith Monk's 'Quarry'; by David
Gere; August 1991; pp. 1-255; (A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate
Division of the University in Partial Fulfillment ot the Requirement
for the Degree of Master of Arts in Music).
Reviews
"Alexandra David-Neel:
The Opera" by Ellen Pearlman; Vajradhatu Sun; August-September
1991.
"Alone in the Wilderness"
by Jack Anderson; The New York Times; April 27, 1991; p. 15; review
of "Facing North."
"Atlas" by Max
Loppert; Financial Times; February 26, 1991.
"‘Atlas,’
an Opera with Few Words......has its Philadelphia Debut at the Zellerbach
Theater" by Daniel Webster; The Philadelphia Inquirer; June 7,
1991; pp. 10-11.
"Atlas/Houston Grand
Opera" by Max Loppert; Financial Times; February 26, 1991; p.
13; review of "Atlas."
"‘Atlas’:
Opera, No Language" by Nels Nelson; Philadelphia Daily News;
June 7, 1991.
"Atlas" Reveals
Interesting World of Whimsy" by Carl Cunningham; The Houston
Post; February 25, 1991; p. D-4.
"Baryshnikov Dazzles
Crowd in Modern Choreography" by David Gere; The Oakland Tribune;
November 7, 1991; p. B3; review of "Break."
"Baryshnikov’s
Genius Soars Beyond Stardom" by Anne Marie Welsh; San Diego Union;
November 2, 1991; pp. C-1, C-8; review of "Break"
"Baryshnikov’s
Modern Turn" by Marilyn Tucker; San Francisco Chronicle; pp.
E1-E3; review of "Break."
"Buoyant Baryshnikov
Delights Capacity Crowd" by Ron George; Corpus Christi Callet-Times;
October 24, 1991; p. B9; review of "Break."
"Dance" by Deborah
Jowitt; The Village Voice; May 21, 1991; review of "Facing North."
"Don’t Leave Early/Challenging
'Atlas' is Worth the Wait when Meredith Monk Enters Stage" by
Charles Ward; Houston Chronicle; pp. 1D, 3D.
"Eine Reise, ein Traum/Meredith
Monks Oper "Atlas" in Houston Urauffgefuhrt" by Eva-Elizabeth
Fischer; Suddeutsche Zeitung; March 4, 1991.
"Endangered Ballet"
by Deborah Jowitt; Voice; May 21, 1991; pp. 91-92; review of "Facing
North."
"Et Vous, Cheval?"
by Robert Bensimon; July 1991; review of "Atlas."
"Film as a Shaper of
American Culture" by Caryn James; The New York Times; April 19,
1991; p. C 24; review of "Book of Days."
"A Journey, A Dream/Meredith
Monk’s Opera "Atlas" Premiered in Houston by Eva-Elisabeth
Fischer; Suddeutsche Zeitung; Nr. 53; March 4, 1991; review of "Atlas."
"A Journey of Discovery
From Meredith Monk" by Peter Goodman; New York Newsday; June
10, 1991; p. 59; review of "Atlas."
"Lyden Av Menneske" by Torstein
Knudsen; BA (Norway); September 16, 1991; "Music Concert" with Robert
Een at Bryggen Museum in Norwegian.
"Meredith Monk"
by Deborah Jowitt; Voice; November 26, 1991; p. 103; excerpts from
"Vessel" and "Atlas" and "16 Millimeter Earrings"
at the World Financial Center.
"Meredith Monk/Atlas:
an Opera in Three Parts" by Robert Dante; High Performance; Summer,
1991.
"Meredith Monk: "El
Futuro Artistico de Occidente Pasa Por La Globalizacion" by Miquel
Jurado; El Pais; May 12, 1991.
"Meredith Monk/"Facing
North" by Stanley Siegel; Show Business; [Date unknown], 1991;
p. 13.
"Meredith Monk: Hauntingly
Original" by Tim Page; Newsday; October 28, 1991; pp. 51, 61.
"Meredith Monk, La Voix,
Son Charme" by Chantal Aubry; La Croix L’Evenement; July
20, 1991; p. 14; review of "Atlas."
"Meredith Monk Performs
at the Drake Theater" by Daniel Webster; The Philadelphia Inquirer;
October 12, 1991.
"Meredith Monk’s
Works, From Tiny to Grand" by Jack Anderson; The New York Times;
October 30, 1991.
"Minimalist Opera, ‘Atlas,’
Sometimes Strenuous Listening" by Clark Groome; Chestnut Hill
Local; June 13, 1991; p. 42.
"Monk Creates a Majestic
‘Atlas’" by David Patrick Stearns; USA Today; February
28, 1991.
"Monk’s ‘Atlas’
Carries Debut Opera with Style" by Michael Fleming; Saint Paul
Pioneer Press; March 7, 1991; p. 3B.
"Monk’s "Atlas"
Mostly Delightful" by Rosemary Curtin Hite; The Commons Dispatch;
March 11, 1991.
"Monk’s New Opera,
‘Atlas’ Gives Resonance to Ancient Images" by Mike
Steele; Star Tribune; March 7, 1991.
"Monk Souleve Le Monde"
by Herve Gauville; Liberation; July 20-21, 1991; pp. 29-30.
"Monk’s Progress"
by Leighton Kerner; Voice; April 9, 1991; p. 91; review of "Atlas"
"Monkumental/Meredith
Monk calls Atlas an Opera, but it’s like Nothing HGO Has Ever
Done" by Alan M. Field; Houston Press; February 21, 1991.
"Singing Souls"
by Deborah Jowitt; The Village Voice; June 25, 1991; review of "Atlas."
"Souls Searching"
by Michael Feingold; The Village Voice; June 18, 1991; pp. 90, 94;
review of "Atlas."
"The Sound of Man"
by Thorstein Knudsen; Bergensavisen (Norwegian); [Date unknown]; Music
concert with Meredith Monk and Robert Een at the Bryggen Museum.
"Spirit and Spirits
of a Life Journey" by Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich; Frankfurter Rundschau;
March 2, 1991; "Atlas."
"Taking Center Stage
in the Land of Dreams" by Yujian Liu; New York Asian News; October
1991; p. 17; review of "Atlas."
"Terrain" by Deborah
Jowitt; The Village Voice; November 26, 1991; p. 103; World Financial
Center.
"Three Appreciations"
by Bernard Holland; The New York Times; November 2, 1991; Celebration
of 20 Years at The Kitchen.
"Three Women Perform
Vanguard Voice Works" by John Rockwell; The New York Times; April
8, 1991; Composer’s Forum Program at Merkin Concert Hall.
"Unsecret Pleasures"
by Michael Feingold; Voice; May 7, 1991; p. 89; review of "Facing
North."
"Who Needs Words"
by Carol Burbank; Philadelphia City Paper; June14-21, 1991; p. 8;
review of "Atlas."
"A Woman’s Spiritual
Journey in ‘Atlas’" by John Rockwell; The New York
Times; June 10, 1991; pp. C11, C16.
"The Wordless Libretto"
by William Albright; Los Angeles Times; March 3, 1991; review of "Atlas."
Articles
by or Interviews with MM
"9/12/90 Interview with Meredith
Monk" by [Author Unknown]; pp.1-4.
"Book of Days" Rough Draft
for Book Proposal by Meredith Monk and Joan [??]; 1990; pp.1-26; question
and answer format.
"Book of Days: a Film by
Meredith Monk" treatment by Meredith Monk; 1990; pp.1-8.
"Book of Days" liner notes
by Meredith Monk; 1990.
"Classicismo e Contemporaneita:
Conversazione di Meredith Monk con Maria Nadotti"; Teatrodanza Rivista
Trimestrale; Numero 7, 1990; pp. 64-67.
"Making Soup: An Interview
with Meredith Monk" by Randy Turoff; The San Francisco Bay Times;
February 1990; p. 37.
"Monk: Life, the Universe
and Everything" an interview by Michael Zangari; The Colorado
Daily; February 9-11; 1990; pp. 25, 28.
"Proteus as Patron";
Interview by John F. Kelly and Eileen Pittenger;
Sarah Lawrence Magazine;
Spring 1990.
"Some Thoughts About
Art, America, and Jumping Off the Cliff" by Meredith Monk; June
11, 1990.
"Vocal Journey"
by Meredith Monk; Inside Arts; pp. 15-17.
"Vocal Journey" first draft
by Meredith Monk; October 8, 1990.
Articles
about MM in Magazines/Newspapers
"A Celebration of Women
in Film" by Randy Turoff; The San Francisco Bay Times; January
1990; "Book of Days."
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"The Anti-Narrative: Meredith
Monk's Theater" by Nancy Spector; Parkett Verlag AG; March 1990; in
English and German.
"
AT&T Awards HGO/100,000
to Underwrite "Ghost Stories"; Texas Metropolitan Marquee;
December, 1990.
"AT&T Awards Houston
Grand Opera $100,000 to Underwrite Meredith Monk’s 'Ghost Stories'";
Houston Chronicle; November 7, 1990.
"The AT&T Foundation...";
Houston Business Journal; November 5, 1990.
"Book of Days"
by Erica Marcus; A Celebration of Women in Film Brochure; January
12-15, 1990.
"Book of Days: An Anthology
of Monkwork" by Joan Driscoll Lynch; Millennium Film Journal; No.
23/24, Winter 1990-91; pp. 38-47.
"Choices - Spectre Woman"
by Stone; Voice; January 16, 1990; p. 48.
"Chronicle - Meredith
Monk, in a Quest for Lost Wonderment, Finds an Opera" by Susan
Heller Anderson; The New York Times; December 14, 1990; "Atlas."
"Composer Calls Opera
"Atlas.""; Houston Chronicle; December 18, 1990; Section
D.
"Fence Sitting - Tony
Giovannetti Stradles the Gap Between Uptown Opera and Downtown Dance"
by Jeffery Winter; Lighting Dimensions; October, 1990.
"Festival Brings Women’s
Film Into Focus" by Dorothy Allison; Bay Area Reporter; January
11, 1990.
"Festival Salutes Female
Film Makers" by Glenn Lovell; San Jose Mercury News; January
10, 1990.
"HGO Auditions for 'Ghost
Stories'"; Houston Chronicle; March 2, 1990.
"Making Their Mark";
Mirabella; September 1990; Photo & Caption.
"Materials Transformed"
by Deborah Jowitt; Voice; July 3, 1990; "Facing North."
"Meredith Monk: American
Avant-Garde" by Melody Elwell; The Taos News; p. C-7.
"Meredith Monk Ensemble";
City Limits; September 1990.
"Meredith Monk: 'Facing North'"
by Stanley Siegel; [Publication Unknown]; July, 1990.
"Meredith Monk- Minimalist
Searches for Newer Voices" by Amy Killinger; Weekend; January
18, 1990; pp. 10D-11D.
"Meredith Monk Offers
Premiere Performance" by [Author unknown]; The Daily Star(Oneonta,
NY); August 17. 1990; "Facing North."
"Meredith Monk: Taming
the Terror" by John Gwynn; Pasatiempo; April 12, 1990; p. 21;
"Video Concert."
"Meredith Monk - The
House Foundation for the Arts" - Brochure; 1990.
"Meredith Monk: Voyages Lyriques"
by Marcia B. Siegel; [Publication Unknown]; [Date Unknown], 1990;
p. 93.
"Meredith Monk Writing
an Opera"; The News and Observer; (Raleigh, NC); December 15,
1990; "Atlas".
"Mesmerizing Monk -
Campus Residency with Meredith Monk"; Previews (The University
of Colorado at Boulder); Spring 1990; p. 1.
"Monk Aims for Range
of Emotion in Her Work" by Paul Robicheau; The Boston Globe;
January 19, 1990; p. 26.
"Monk Business"
by Barbara Padgett; Westword; February 7-13, 1990; p. 64.
"Monk in Motion"
by Diane Zuckerman; Sunday Camera; February 4, 1990; pp. 1B, 2B.
"Monk’s of Manhattan";
Monk; August 1990.
"A Monk’s Tale"
by J. Gluckstein; Colorado Daily; February 7, 1990; p. 10.
"Music - Meredith Monk"
by Allen Robertson; Time Out; September 19 - 26, 1990; "Book
of Days."
"No Medium is Off Limits
for Avant-Garde Performer" by Mark Mobley; The Virginian Pilot;
February 21, 1990; p. B1, B3.
"Opera Watch" by
[Author unknown]; Opera News; [Month Unknown], 1990.
"Performance Artist
Monk Keeps Up Her Avante-Garde" by Marc Shulgold; Rocky Mountain
News; February 9, 1990; p. 13W.
"Politics and Pleasure
- Women in Film Festival Returns for Sixth Year" by Laura Miller;
S.F. Weekly; Vol. 8, No. 52; January 10, 1990.
"Sound Mind’s Embodiment"
by Allen Robertson; The Times; September 19, 1990; p. 20.
"Report from the United
States" by Steven Swartz; New Music America; 1990.
"A Staff Report"
by Mark Hanna; The Houston Post; November 4, 1990; "Atlas".
"Toby Twining - Mouth
Music" by David Raphael Israel; Ear Magazine; [Date unknown];
p. 46.
"Vocalist to Present
Concert at CU" by Glenn Giffin; The Denver Post; February 8,
1990; p. 2C.
"The Voice- The Original
Human Instrument with Meredith Monk"; 1990 Special Retreats at
Zen Mountain Monastery.
"Women’s Contributions
Celebrated ‘On Screen’"; The Tribune; Janaury 12, 1990.
[Title Unknown]; San Francisco
Bay Times; January, 1990; p. 2; "Book of Days."
Chapters
in Books about MM
"Classicismo e Contemporaneita:
Conversazione di Meredith Monk con Maria Nadotti"; Teatrodanza Rivista
Trimestrale; Numero 7, 1990; pp. 64-67.
Reviews
"Ascoltando Meredith
Stregona Multimediale che Accumula Musiche" by Gabriele Ferraris;
La Repubblica; Anno 15, Numero 91; April 19, 1990.
"Das Kleine Geheimnis/Meredith
Monk in Hannover Umjubelt" by Volker Hagedorn; Hannoversche Allgemeine
Zeitung; April 27, 1990; p. 10.
"Durch die Zeiten" by Eva-Elisabeth
Fishcer; Sud-Deutches Zeitung; [Date Unknown], 1990; CD review, review
of "Book of Days".
"Hearing Voices"
by Robert Maycock; The Independent; September 24, 1990.
"Imaginative, Compassionate
Documentaries Abound" by Calvin Ahlgren; San Francisco Chronicle;
January 7, 1990.
"Materials Transformed"
by Deborah Jowitt; Voice; July 3, 1990; review of "Facing North."
"Medieval Metaphor"
by Mary Wings; Bay Area Reporter; Vol. XX, No. 8; February 22, 1990.
"Meredith Monk"
by Franck Mallet; Le Monde de la Musique; March 1990; review of "Songs
from the Hill."
"Meredith Monk";
The Guardian/Talks at the ICA Press Release; Announcement of Talk
with Meredith monk held September 19, 1990.
"Meredith Monk al Teatro
Sociale: La 'Performer' Statunitense Questa Sera a Biella Accompagnata
Sul Palco da Nurit Tilles al Pianoforte" by Giuseppe Gariazzo; [Publication
unknown]; April, 1990; review of music concert with Nurit Tilles.
"Meredith Monk and Vocal
Ensemble/Book of Days"; ECM Press Release; 1990.
"Meredith Monk - 'Book
of Days" by [Author unknown]; Q Review; October 1990; 1st page
only.
"Meredith Monk - Book
of Days" by Franck Mallet; La Monde de la Musique Telerama; No.
36; September 1990; review of "Book of Days."
"Meredith Monk: Book
of Days" by Josef Woodard; September/October, 1990.
"Meredith Monk - Book
of Days" by Neil Strauss; New York Review of Records; Summer,
1990.
"Meredith Monk Goes
Medieval" by Robert Commanday; San Francisco Chronicle; March
1, 1990; "Book of Days."
"Meredith Monk in Dusseldorf:
Welch ein Sproder Genus" by Berthold Lkoshtermann; NRZ; April 30,
1990; "Book of Days".
"Meredith Monk - Royal
Festival Hall" by Alastair Macaulay; Financial Times; September
21, 1990.
"Meredith Monk’s
Blend of Medieval and Modern Life" by Jennifer Dunning; The New
York Times; January 22, 1990; p. C 14; "Book of Days."
"M. Monk: Our Lady of
Late" by Kyle Gann; Fanfare Magazine; July, August 1990; p. 188.
"Plague on Both Houses
- Director Links Medieval, Modern Times" by Dennis Harvey; Datebook;
February 25, 1990; p. 30; "Book of Days."
"Quella Voce Che Danza"
by Claudia Apostolo; La Repubblica; April 19, 1990; p. IX.
"Royal Festival Hall
- Meredith Monk" by Peter Hepple; The Stage; October 4, 1990.
"Still Happening - Meredith
Monk Brings the 60’s to the 90’s" by Ted Drozdowski;
Boston Phoenix; January 26, 1990.
"Understanding of Monk’s
Music Dependent on Performance" by Jeff White; The Advocate;
February 27, 1990.
[Untitled] by [Author Unknown];
review of "Book of Days".
"A Very Different Kind
of Vocal Exercise..."; Jazziz; August/September, 1990; "Book
of Days."
"Wergo (Distribue par
Harmonia Mundi)...." by Gabriel Vialle; La Marseillaise; No.
IV; 1990; "Songs from the Hill."
"Works by Women"
by Calvin Ahlgren; Datebook; January 7, 1990; pp. 33-34; "Book
of Days."
