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He was a major contributor to the string quartet music, performed by Kronos Quartet, in the film Requiem for a Dream (2000). In 1999 he collaborated with composers Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon, and librettist/illustrator Ben Katchor, in the the “comic strip opera” The Carbon Copy Building. The production won an Obie Award for Best New American Production. In 2008 Lang won the Pulitzer Prize for music for his Little Match Girl Passion. Based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson and taking its structure from the passions of Bach, the piece was written for Theatre of Voices and Paul Hillier.
“David Lang” is also the name of a character in a commonly cited vanishing hoax. In this story, first printed in Fate Magazine in 1953 by journalist Stuart Palmer, a man named “David Lang” was walking across a field on September 23, 1880 when he vanished mid-step and in full view of others. The article was later determined be a hoax inspired by a short story published in 1909 by Ambrose Bierce. In 1999, the composer David Lang based his opera “The Difficulty of Crossing a Field” on this Bierce story . [1]
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bklynd
I got the Amelia soundtrack by buying the DVD (which is gorgeous) and ripping the audio with some combination of DVD Ripper, BeSweet, and VirtualDub, all free programs for PC. It was a little tricky (because the audio wasn't quite "normal" and kept coming out the wrong speed, I have no idea what I finally tried to get it right) but totally worth it.
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_KevMusic_
I have no idea how I'd never heard about this, dang it.
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VenusInFuurrs
«Does anybody know where to find the Amelia score?» Ok, so I came to this page to ask the exact same question...I see I'm not the only one searching!
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nighttimebird
Does anybody know where to find the Amelia score?
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wppss
"really important"
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concretica
!!! 0||0 !!!
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EvaIsWoah
absolutely amazing.
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rm508
Congrats on the Pulitzer. Little Match Stick Passion is superb.
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JueriGagarino
David´s "Elevated", interpreted by EuropeanMusicProject, directed & produced by Juergen Groezinger and now together with the video-artswork by Matt Mullican- is .. dark and beautiful...
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haki101
beautiful song "I'm Waiting For My Man", is magic..
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nadinemedawar
David's music is challenging and captivating. Once it takes you in, it becomes very easy and natural... its beauty becomes so obvious, while continuously surprising you.
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Alvarie
Can enybody help me? I'm looking for this song : I'm Waiting For My Man (Velvet Underground Cover) or this : Amelia by Édouard Lock ( La La La Human Steps)..
