JosephZitt_KatherineSetar_EightFracturedFolkSongs Joseph Zitt audio metatron-press <i>Eight Fractured Folk Songs for Voice and Piano (2004-2005)</i> blends the talents of composer/singer/poet Joseph Zitt with those of composer/pianist/music theorist Katherine Setar. The songs are, in effect, acoustic remixes of existing folk or public domain songs which were inspired by such diverse influences as contemporary mash-up recordings, John Cale's reworking of "Heartbreak Hotel," Karlheinz Stockhausen's electronic and acoustic "moment form" works, and the “Deep Listening” work of Pauline Oliveros. Setar and Zitt have created a different method of improvising for each song, starting with its text and musical elements and creating new musical languages that bring out its most emotionally involving and musically intriguing elements. <i>Eight Fractured Folk Songs for Voice and Piano</i> explores a wide range of both musical methodologies and emotional ranges. Among the many settings of songs, Zitt and Setar have also included “Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair,” a folk song also set by composer Luciano Berio for his wife, Cathy Berberian. 2005-07-16 2005 folk composition improvisation classical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ 1 2009-04-05 23:43:08 2009-04-05 23:42:18 joseph.zitt@gmail.com Joseph Zitt 2009-04-05 23:52:24 Michael Zelner/ZOKA * mic@zoka.com DAT 58:45 7th Annual Midsummer Music Festival Meridian Gallery, San Francisco CA July 16, 2005 Eight Fractured Folk Songs (58:45) 1. Intro: Tom Bickley (1:30) 2. All The Pretty Little Horses (5:33) 3. intro (4:00) 4. Black Is The Color (5:09) 5. intro (0:48) 6. All My Trials (4:15) 7. intro (1:23) 8. John Reilly (7:05) 9. intro (1:25) 10. Plaisir D'Amour (6:38) 11. intro (1:44) 12. Olvad A H´o (5:39) 13. intro (1:21) 14. House Of The Rising Sun (4:09) 15. intro (2:05) 16. Salangadou (5:50) Joseph Zitt - voice Katherine Setar - electric piano DAT recording and CD-R mastering by Michael Zelner/ZOKA * mic@zoka.com 2009-04-05 23:53:40 Joseph Zitt