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  1000 - definition of 1000 by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Acting, as was their wont, in strict accordance with precedent, the highest Circles of the realm were meeting in solemn conclave, as they had met on the first hour of the first day of the year 1000, and also on the first hour of the first day of the year 0.
The West Indian Islands stand on a deeply submerged bank, nearly 1000 fathoms in depth, and here we find American forms, but the species and even the genera are distinct.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Review of 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
But there are several reasons why the production of 1000 Airplanes on the Roof might have been at least mildly interesting.
What's more, a live production of 1000 Airplanes on the Roof would be accompanied by gorgeous visuals designed by Philip Sirlin.
And so 1000 Airplanes on the Roof is quite possibly a story of alien abduction, but is also rather vividly the story of one man's loss of potential.
www.challengingdestiny.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reviews/1000airplanes.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Philip Glass (b. 1937) : Library of Congress Citations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Libretto Title: 1000 airplanes on the roof : a science fiction music-drama / realized by Philip Glass, David Henry Hwang, Jerome Sirlin ;introduction by John Howell.
1000 airplanes on the roof References: Glass, Philip.
One thousand airplanes on the roof Notes: His 1000 airplanes on the roof, 1989.
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 Glass' 1000 Airplanes Takes Off - Lawrence O''Toole
A new ninety-minute collaborative musical theater piece called 1000 Airplanes on the Roof is touring the country, having had its American premiere at Philadelphia's American Music Theater Festival on September 21.
At the Philadelphia premiere I saw and heard a woman, Jodi Long, take on the brutal role, which requires her to hold the stage alone for an hour and a half.
1000 Airplanes on the Roof begins with M relating her meeting a young man in a copy shop in Manhattan--although, M informs us, she once lived in a converted farmhouse where the air was clear and the human traffic less congested (is Hwang hinting she was once a flower child?).
www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1989/january/Sa15747.htm   (278 words)

  
 PhilipGlass.com: Compositions: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
No one will believe you." Are the surrealistic details an accurate recollection of a voyage through space, part of a drug-induced nightmare, or the beginning of a mental breakdown?
1000 Airplanes on the Roof is a so called "science fiction music drama" with music by Philip Glass, story by David Henry Hwang and holographic set projections by Jerome Sirlin's.
1000 Airplanes on the Roof by Philip Glass, David Henry Hwang and Jerome Sirlin
www.philipglass.com /html/compositions/1000-airplanes-on-the-roof.html   (135 words)

  
 PhilipGlass.com: Books: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Throughout its subsequent North American tour, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof has astonished audiences and sent critics scrambling for new descriptive vocabulary.
Michael Walsh (Time) called it "part Freud, part Kafka, and part Steven Spielberg" and declared that "operatic design may never again be the same." Peter Goodman (New York Newsday) said, "the powerfully hallucinogenic musical monodrama...
1000 Airplanes recreates the original production with color photographs of Jerome Sirlin's holographic set projections accompanied by David Henry Hwang's compelling script.
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 Philip Glass, David Henry Hwang, Jerome Sirlin - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
Philip Glass, David Henry Hwang, Jerome Sirlin - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
Title: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof: A Science-Fiction Music-drama.
1000 Airplanes on the Roof music by Philip Glass released on Virgin Records in 1989, CDVE 39.
www.glasspages.org /1000bk.html   (403 words)

  
 Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir : Freedom Chants from the Roof of the World - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Recorded at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, this is the second album produced by Mickey Hart of multi-phonic chanting by the celebrated Gyuto Monks.
The pieces resonate with spiritual power and, as a bonus, the album ends with a nine-minute live performance by Hart, Philip Glass, and Kitaro recorded at the invitation of the Abbot.
Philip Glass - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof; Philip Glass - The Thin Blue Line (Elektra/Nonesuch); Philip Glass - Solo Piano; Philip Glass - Songs from the Trilogy;
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 Philip Glass
But by the time he was 15, he had become frustrated with the limited flute repertory as well as with musical life in post-war Baltimore.
During his second year in high school, he applied for admission to the University of Chicago, passed, and with his parents' encouragement, moved to Chicago where he supported himself with part-time jobs waiting tables and loading airplanes at airports.
This period culminated in Music in 12 Parts, a three-hour summation of Glass' new music, and reached its apogee in 1976 with the Philip Glass/Robert Wilson opera Einstein on the Beach, the four and one-half hour epic now seen as a landmark in 20th century music-theater.
www.otherminds.org /shtml/Glass.shtml   (547 words)

  
 Find in a Library: 1000 airplanes on the roof : a science fiction music-drama
Find in a Library: 1000 airplanes on the roof : a science fiction music-drama
1000 airplanes on the roof : a science fiction music-drama
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 pomegranate arts - PHILIP GLASS
But by the time he was 15, he became frustrated with the flute's limited repertoire as well as with musical life in post-war Baltimore.
and 1000 Airplanes on the Roof with a libretto by David Henry Hwang and designs by Jerome Sirlin.
Peck has performed in the premieres of Einstein on the Beach, Dance, The Photographer, Descent Into the Maelstrom, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, Hydrogen Jukebox, Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, Beauty and the Beast and Monsters of Grace.
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 James Wierzbicki / Philip Glass
But whether ''1000 Airplanes on the Roof'' really tells a science-fiction tale is arguable.
If you read these bits of wisdom as the maxims of a person who has truly been enlightened as the result of something implanted in her brain by extra-terrestrial beings, you can only conclude that her mentors are as inept at poetry as they are at philosophy.
The music and the visual effects make ''Airplanes'' all the more breathtaking, of course, but it's the words and the way they're spoken that ultimately carry the show.
pages.sbcglobal.net /jameswierzbicki/glass.htm   (5832 words)

  
 Amazon.com: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof: Music: Philip Glass,Michael Riesman,Jack Kripl,Jon Gibson,Richard Peck,Linda ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
1000 Airplanes on the Roof, science fiction opera for actor, soprano & instruments 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
1000 Airplanes on the Roof, science fiction opera for actor, soprano & instruments Screens of Memory
1000 Airplanes on the Roof, science fiction opera for actor, soprano & instruments The Encounter
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 Amazon.co.uk: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof: Books: Philip, etc. Glass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Amazon.co.uk: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof: Books: Philip, etc. Glass
1000 Airplanes on the Roof, 18 Nov 2004
This large format [25 x 35cm] paperback actually formed the programme for the 1988 world premiere of a radical new form of music theatre at the Vienna International Airport Hanger, Austria.
www.amazon.co.uk /1000-Airplanes-Roof-Philip-Glass/dp/0879053437   (248 words)

  
 1996 FNAP Grant Recipient--David Henry Hwang
He wrote the libretto for Philip Glass' opera The Voyage, which premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House (October 1992).
He previously collaborated with Glass and designer Jerome Sirlin on 1000 Airplanes on the Roof.
His new play, Trying to Find Chinatown, will be produced in March at the Actors Theatre of Louisville as part of its Humana Festival.
www.kennedy-center.org /programs/theater/fnap/hwang.html   (367 words)

  
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Glass began studying music at age six and during his second year in high school, he applied for admission to the University of Chicago.
Glass also is known for his collaborations with some of the major figures in today's dance world, including Twyla Tharp and Lucinda Childs ("A Descent into the Maelstrom," "In the Upper Room").
In 1988, Glass made his directing debut with the science fiction music drama "1000 Airplanes on the Roof," written with David Henry Hwang.
www.emory.edu /WELCOME/journcontents/archive/pe/glassPE.html   (499 words)

  
 Richard Peck Picture and Artist Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Tenor and Soprano saxophonist Richard Peck came to New York from Louisiana in 1971, when he joined the Philip Glass ensemble.
He has performed in the premieres of Glass´ landmark compositions Einstein on the Beach, Descent into the Maelstrom, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, Koyanisqatsi, and La Belle et la Bite, among others.
Peck´s activities include a score for the production of Picasso´s Desire Caught by the Tail, music for the dancer Nancy Lewis, and a score for Susan Osberg´s Slideshow.
www.robertoswoodwind.com /giants/richard_peck.htm   (122 words)

  
 David Henry Hwang
Other plays: FOB (1981 OBIE Award), The Dance and the Railroad, Family Devotions, The House of Sleeping Beauties, The Sound of a Voice (New York Shakespeare Festival), Bondage (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Face Value, Trying to Find Chinatown.
Opera libretti with Philip Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (presented at A.R.T. in 1990) and The Voyage (Metropolitan Opera).
Other opera libretti: The Silver River (with music by Bright Sheng, Lincoln Center Festival), and the upcoming Ainadamar (with music by Osvaldo Golijov, Tanglewood Music Center).
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 whump.com | More Like This WebLog : The Glass Engine - Saturday, 02 March 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Navigate all of composer Philip Glass' works by a number of axes: year, genre, mood.
The works themselves are broken down by mood, etc so if you want a highly intense piece, you'll be taken to "Where have you been asked the Doctor" from "1000 Airplanes on the Roof".
Many, many thanks to Glass and IBM for putting this together.
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 Philip Glass
Renowned for music for opera, dance, theater, chamber ensemble, symphonic works and film.
A.R.T.: commission and world premieres of The Juniper Tree (co-composed with Robert Moran), The Fall of the House of Usher, and Orphée; presentation of 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (with libretto by David Henry Hwang and designs by Jerome Sirlin).
His 1976 opera Einstein on the Beach, a five-hour epic created by Glass and Robert Wilson, is now seen as a landmark in 20th-century music-theatre.
www.amrep.org /people/glass.html   (86 words)

  
 Famous Chinese-Americans: Writers
His first play, F.O.B. was produced while still a student at Stanford University.
Although many of his plays are based on the Chinese American experience, Hwang has also written on other subjects and even wrote the libretto for a multimedia play called 1000 Airplanes on the Roof: A Science Fiction Music Drama.
His most successful play and winner of the 1988 Tony Award, M Butterfly, was based on the true story of a French diplomat and his Chinese lover who turned out to be a spy and a man. More recently, he wrote a more personal play called Golden Child.
www.yellowbridge.com /people/literature.html   (296 words)

  
 SF Sun Article April 1996
Many contemporary composers including Olivier Messian, Arnold Schoenberg, and Karlheinz Stockhausen have written music inspired by the universe and it's space-time continuum.
Modern music composer Phillip Glass wrote "1000 Airplanes On The Roof," based on the story of a UFO alien abduction scenario, consequently the title,
There is perhaps no better musical example of space music than Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra.
www.hologramophone.com /earwaves/sfsunapril96.html   (844 words)

  
 Playbill News: A.R.T. Hears Philip Glass-David Henry Hwang World Premiere Sound of a Voice, May 24-June 29
Inspired by Japanese ghost stories, The Sound of a Voice delves into the dreams and fantasies of a Japanese writer and an aging warrior and explores how one's voice can be the remedy for isolation.
The A.R.T. production reunites Hwang and Glass, who have previously collaborated on 1000 Airplanes on the Roof and The Voyage.
A.R.T. artistic director Robert Woodruff directs a cast that includes Herbert Perry, Eugene Perry, Janice Felty and Suzan Hanson.
www.playbill.com /news/article/79733.html   (442 words)

  
 The Creative Eye
In 1988, his Broadway hit, M Butterfly, won the Tony Award for Best Play.
His opera libretti include two works for composer Philip Glass, 1000 Thousand Airplanes on the Roof and The Voyage, as well as The Silver River, with music by Bright Sheng.
His most recent play, Golden Child, received 1998 Tony nomination and a 1997 Obie Award.
www.asiasociety.org /arts/creativeeye/davidhenry.html   (651 words)

  
 Philip Glass CDs, Philip Glass Records, CD Singles, Rare Records, Vinyl, Albums, Discography
1000 Airplanes On The Roof - US - VINYL LP
PHILIP GLASS 1000 Airplanes On The Roof (1989 US 13-track vinyl LP album, housed in a picture sleeve with a deletion cut.
The sleeve is still in the original stickered shrink and therefore shows only minor signs of age, the vinyl is superb) -
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 Philip Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof by Glass, Philip, Music, CD (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 Philip Glass - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof | EzRock 1049 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Philip Glass - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
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This collaboration with playwright David Henry Hwang and visual artist Jerome Sirlin premiered in a Viennese airport hangar in 1988, and it beats John Adams.
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 Long Beach Opera | 2006-2007 Season
1000 Airplanes on the Roof for voice and ensemble (text by David Henry Hwang, 1988)
1000 Airplanes On The Roof : a science fiction music-drama, realized by Philip Glass, David Henry Hwang, Jerome Sirlin; Salt Lake City : Gibbs-Smith, 1989
FOB and other plays, New York : New American Library, 1990
www.longbeachopera.org /index.php4?id=220   (2214 words)

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