The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

January 4, 2015


Valeska Gert, Rachel Felix

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valeska gert, substance, there's flicking of the dying - with
dying takeoff radio - from dying - valeska - you could dress
me in a nice suit of clothes, you could make me valeska gert
from takeoff gert valeska takeoff work gert from work crystal
valeska work radio gert work plus work work plus such figures as
valeska gert and anita berber this comes out clearly in valeska
gert and a self-portrait by valeska gert, inscribed in her book
mein weg thank you, talan thank you, valeska you could dress me
in a nice suit of clothes, you could make me valeska the thing
about valeska gert, obdurate substance, there's flicking for
valeska gert, valeska gert, the face and last lightning of
valeska gert and a self-portrait by valeska gert, inscribed in
her book mein weg a stage but valeska gert populated it the few
remaining traces of gert dying - with dying takeoff radio - from
dying - valeska - gert from takeoff gert valeska takeoff work
gert from work crystal valeska work radio gert work plus work
work plus for valeska gert for mary wigman the dance of julu
twine valeska gert the dance of valeska gert the voice of rachel
felix the voice of sarah bernhardt the poems of emily dickinson
the dance of anita berber the prose of charlotte bronte the
dance of mary wigman the letters of rachel felix the poems of
christina rossetti the acting of valeska gert the acting of
sarah bernhardt the acting of rachel felix the voice of emily
dickinson the voice of anita berber the acting of charlotte
bronte the prose of mary wigman the prose of christina rossetti
the prose of valeska gert the prose of sarah bernhardt the prose
of emily dickinson the prose of anita berber the poems of
charlotte bronte

(Valeska Gert, Greta Garbo in Joyless Street)

Mockingbird Syntax and a Few Phonemes

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Mockingbird on the alto clarinet.
The alto clarinet is suddenly pretty and with
the sound of the forest or some trees where
the mockingbird might be. It's been a depressing
few days so this is somewhat cheering. But it's
only sound, thin as the air itself. Still...

(use earphones if you can)
(Ed, what do you think of the piece?)

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