Meredith Monk is primarily known for her vocal innovations, including a wid… Read Full Bio ↴Meredith Monk is primarily known for her vocal innovations, including a wide range of extended techniques, which she first developed in her solo performances before forming her own ensemble. In 1964, she graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and in 1968 she founded The House, a company dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to performance. Her performances influenced many artists, including Bruce Nauman, whomst she met in San Francisco in 1968. In 1978 Monk formed the ensemble called Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble (modelled after similar ensembles of musical colleagues such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass) to explore new and wider vocal textures and forms which often were contrasted with minimal instrumental textures. Powerful and influential pieces from this time include Dolmen Music (1979), which also was recorded for her first album released at Manfred Eicher's record label ECM in 1981. In the 1980s she wrote and directed two films, Ellis Island (1981), and Book of Days (1988), which developed from a single idea; "One day during summer of 1984, as I was sweeping the floor of my house in the country, the image of a young girl (in black and white) and a medieval street in the Jewish community (also in black and white) came to me", as Monk recounts in the liner notes of the ECM-recording. Apart from the film, different versions exist of this piece: two for the concert hall, and an album, explained by Meredith Monk and Manfred Eicher as "a film for the ears." In the early 1990s Monk composed an opera - Atlas which premiered in Houston in 1991. More recently, while continuing her work for her ensemble, she began writing for instrumental ensembles and symphony orchestra - her first symphonic work, Possible Sky (2003), and Stringsongs (2004), commissioned by the Kronos Quartet. In 2005, events were held all over the world celebrating the 40th anniversary of her career. These included a concert in Carnegie Hall, featuring Björk, whose singing is fundamentally indebted to Monk's, and others, including the composers Terry Riley, DJ Spooky (who has sampled her on his album "Drums of Death"), and John Zorn and the new music ensembles Alarm Will Sound and Bang on a Can All-Stars, along with the Pacific Mozart Ensemble.
She has won many awards including a MacArthur Fellowship, and she holds honorary Doctor of Arts degrees from Bard College, the University of the Arts (Philadelphia), The Julliard School, the San Francisco Art Institute and the Boston Conservatory.
Her music was used in films by Joel and Ethan Coen (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004).
In a recent interview she said that her favourite music includes Brazilian music, especially Caetano Veloso's recordings, the music by Mildred Bailey ("the great jazz singer from the ‘30s and ‘40s"), and Bartok's cycle for piano Mikrokosmos.
She has won many awards including a MacArthur Fellowship, and she holds honorary Doctor of Arts degrees from Bard College, the University of the Arts (Philadelphia), The Julliard School, the San Francisco Art Institute and the Boston Conservatory.
Her music was used in films by Joel and Ethan Coen (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004).
In a recent interview she said that her favourite music includes Brazilian music, especially Caetano Veloso's recordings, the music by Mildred Bailey ("the great jazz singer from the ‘30s and ‘40s"), and Bartok's cycle for piano Mikrokosmos.
Evening
Meredith Monk Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Evening' by these artists:
Aaron "T-Bone" Walker Evening, every night you come and you find me And you…
Al Hostile Let's worry bout the evening I'll take you round my way Lost…
Anna-maria Жіноче Чуєш? Окей, давай почнем Я не слабка, я просто вірю …
B.Blaster EVENING SUN Every time I drive along the busy road Thinking…
Blue Plate Special Evening, every night you come and you find me And you…
Calabrese Ten twenty eight two thousand and one The moon rose…
Clifford T. Ward Those few times good fortune came to call And all those…
Corn Wave Сегодня, не вчера Всё не напрасно. Так было ведь всегда Не т…
Cosse I fell beyond boredom Secret garden Holy voices Are coming t…
Daniel J. Davis (Volare) Volare, oh oh oh oh E cantare, oh oh oh oh No…
David Keith Sue wants a barbecue, Sam wants to boil a ham, Grace votes…
David Steinberger/J. David Williams Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
Detroit Chamber Winds And Friends & H. Robert Reynolds I took a walk, yes I was kickin' around Actually I…
dyno f. & ezio s. Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
Echo-ES feat. SandSpace Oh, Columbia Oh, Columbia She traced her finger Along the l…
F.F.B. I don't know where I've gone, cnd I've no need It…
Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra Blue evening comes at the close of day Blue evening, spent…
H. Robert Reynolds I have an animal inside meHe sleeps during the dayBut he…
Heroines of the U.S.S.R Listen Look Girl I want you for a lifetime Never for a seaso…
Human Ground Slowly I open my eyes Nothing around me has changed The da…
i-dep Evening in Tears [Ifan W.019] Verse 1: In June’s fall, …
Israel Nash Gripka Running my mouth like a cold milk spilling, your feet stood…
J. bit Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek शुभं करोति कल्याणम् शुभं करोति कल्याणम् आरोग्यं धनसंपदा आर…
Jim Ed Brown Lying here beside you in the shadows with your body…
Joe Stanley Evening, every night you come and you find me And you…
K-Jano The paper's number one Headlines aflame: "Who's to blame" Th…
kaczmarek jan a.p शुभं करोति कल्याणम् शुभं करोति कल्याणम् आरोग्यं धनसंपदा आर…
Kalaparush And The Light Hello and welcome to this little light guided, evening medit…
Lindisfarne Hull In the evening, that's when I miss her When the moo…
Lori Johnson Evening, every night you come and you find me And you…
M. Jones Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
Marc S. The evenings of Damask are falling The youth of truth…
Mellotron Evening (Letra por: Haymone) I don`t need the sun The stars…
Moor Mother Wolf Weston Meditatin′ with the pad and the pen Caesar with the durag,…
Mr. Beatz (Murda on the beat so it's not nice) 3PM She always keep…
Mr.Dj W.White A person known to all nearby Is gone with the wind A…
Nature Sounds for Sleep and Relaxation Sue wants a barbecue, Sam wants to boil a ham, Grace votes…
Nick Garrie Evening Darkness come to me Tower of the cathedral Cast…
Oceanator listen to the voices listen to the wind the moon…
OG Stevo JTK... I know I be trippin But this shit ain’t for no…
Pat Benatar Evening, every night you come and you find me And you…
Peter Knight/The Moody Blues When the sun goes down And the clouds all frown Night has…
Sara Niemietz In the corner of the evening When there’s not a soul…
Sister Sandy So here we are But we'll be gone soon You know you…
Smoke Joe & The Kid There's so little left from the family home Deck chairs, Sum…
Steve Arvey Evening, every night you come and you find me And you…
The Buddhas I'm just here to help you keep your mood right We…
The City Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger, You may see…
The Field How many times must I fall without you? How many times…
The Moody Blues When the sun goes down, and the clouds all frown, Night…
The Moody Blues & London Festival Orchestra When the sun goes down And the clouds all frown Night has…
The Wilderness of Manitoba Well it's evening come again To lead night by the hand Now…
Tim O'Brien Evening, every night you come and you find me And you…
Tin Pan Evening, every night you come and you find me Why must…
TOPS Today's no friend of mine I won t hold my breath…
T‐Bone Walker Evening, every night you come and you find me And you…
T‐Bone Walker with Marl Young & His Orchestra Blue evening comes at the close of day Blue evening, spent…
Unfinished Thought I've got a crystal clear conscience and an alibi An accident…
Vanessa Daou Evening slips into my room Echoes in the corridor Street lam…
Water Echoes When the sun is disappearing down below Leaving space to a…
X-Tralounge Yes I'm getting up What hol up, hol up, hol up, hol up,…
YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO Pull the evening in And let me down To look is to…
YUJU BIG Naughty 기나긴 햇살에 저 노을이 드리워질 때면 뜨거웠던 오늘 하루도 잔잔해지곤 해 해질녘 흩날린…
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Turtle Dreams I went I went to the store I went to the STORE,…
Turtle Dreams (waltz) I went I went to the store I went to the STORE,…
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