The cat poet

Posted on October 25, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

The cat poet
Eliot, a fan of the nonsense verse of Edward Lear, had been writing these thumpa-dump rhythm poems to amuse the children of his associates at the London publishing house, Faber and Faber, where Eliot worked. The book is dedicated to several children and to “the Man in White Spats,” presumably a cat.
The Spokesman-Review.com

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Karneval der Tiere

Posted on October 19, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Karneval – Ensemble – Karneval der Tiere: Musiktheater mit Puppen fur Menschen ab 6 Jahren
Pages on a musical play with music by Camille Saint-Sa�ns and a text which uses Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s translation of The Duck and the Kangaroo.
In German.

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Edward Lear, Choropiskeros

Posted on October 19, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Choropiskeros, Corfu, a watercolour with pen, ink and coloured chalks
Here the precision and colouring of the distant landscape show the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites, whose style he attempted to emulate after meeting William Holman Hunt in 1852. The foreground, however, shows a free, bold handling in the manner of Turner, whose taste for the sublime in landscape he shared.
Compass � thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

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Several Large Flies

Posted on October 19, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, L is much disturbed by several large flies, a drawing in pen and ink
This jolly sketch, in the manner of his comic illustrations, records an incident on a journey through Italy with his servant Giorgio Kokoli (‘K’). This is one of twenty-one from the series in the British Museum’s collections; they picture the mundane frustrations of the traveller with whimsical humour.
[I’m not so sure the journey was with Giorgio – Marco]
Compass – thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

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Calico Pie

Posted on October 19, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Calico Pie – SBMP 241
Timothy STRANG’s music for Lear’s poem.

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Lost in Goreyland, Pursued by a Hippo

Posted on October 19, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Lost in Goreyland, Pursued by a Hippo
The somehow cheerful drawing on the curtain � a headless man reclining comfortably on a pedestal � that greets theatergoers at “The Gorey Details” sends just the right message about the performance that is about to begin.
Date: October 17, 2000
Source: The New York Times | Section: Arts

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Edward Gorey: Master of the Macabre

Posted on October 19, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Gorey: Master of the Macabre, Prolific and Dead
After Edward Gorey died in April, Andreas Brown, one of the executors of his estate, visited Gorey�s 200-year-old, 15-room house in Yarmouth Port, Mass. He discovered hundreds of stories and sketches, some finished , some unfinished.
Date: October 16, 2000
Source: The New York Times | Section: Arts

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Gorey Details

Posted on October 19, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Off-Broadway ‘Musicale’ Unveils Gorey Details, Oct. 16

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