Learning on ScreenRobert Ashley
- Synopsis
- Uses material from various performances of the stage version of Ashley’s ‘made for television’ opera ‘Perfect Lives (Private Parts)'. The stage version was a collaboration between Ashley, the boogie-woogie piano player Blue Gene Tyranny and video artist John Sanborn. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.
- Series
- Four American Composers, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 52 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1984
- Availability
- out of distribution
- Notes
- Available only on a 2-volume DVD - FOUR AMERICAN COMPOSERS: John Cage, Robert Ashley, Meredith Monk, PHILIP GLASS from Amazon as an import from Absolut Medien (Germany)
- Uses
- Students of contemporary music.*
- Subjects
- Music
- Keywords
- Ashley, Robert (1930-); music - American; opera
Credits
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Producer
- Revel Guest
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
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