The Photographer
by Philip Glass
- Type: Album
- Released: 1983
- Label: CBS
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:20
- Community rating: 3.85/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Commissioned by the Holland Festival, this theatrical suite explores the tragic life and work of 19th-century photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge. The composition bridges Glass's early, austere minimalism with a grander, more melodic harmonic structure, utilizing vocal choruses, strings, and his signature arpeggiating synthesizers. It stands as a pivotal transitional work within his extensive repertoire of operatic theater.
Genres
Descriptors: history, repetitive, progressive, twinkling, minimal, orchestral, experimental, conceptual, theatrical, ensemble
Tracklist
Credits
- Jack Kripl - contractor [contractor for musicians], flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Bob Carlisle - french horn
- Ron Sell - french horn
- Dora Ohrenstein - lead vocals, vocals [chorus]
- Paul Zukofsky - soloist [solo violin], violin [solo violin]
- Carol Pool - strings
- Jean Ingraham - strings
- Jill Jaffe - strings