Title: Sideshow : music theater for amplified octet and electronic playback in five movements /
Authors: Takasugi, Steven Kazuo,; Takasugi, Steven Kazuo.; Talea Ensemble,; Four/Ten Media,; Kairos Music Production,
Year: 2018
Subjects: Kraus, Karl, Musical settings.; Kraus, Karl,; Music theater.; Sideshows Songs and music.; Freak shows Songs and music.; Nonets (Piano, clarinet, flute, saxophone, electronics, percussion, violin, viola, cello); Musicians Interviews; Freak shows; Music theater; Musicians; Sideshows; Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) Songs and music.; New York (State) New York Coney Island.
Abstract: "Based on the dark sideshows of Coney Island's amusement parks in the early part of the 20th century, Sideshow is a meditation on virtuosity, freak shows, entertainment, spectacle, business, and the sacrifices one makes to survive in the world. A cycle of six aphorisms by the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus (1874-1936) is embedded as a subtext running through the work"--Program notes.
Contents: Movements I-V (58:06) -- Sideshow: the interviews (46:14).