Shes found a template within his poetry for ecological and social activism, an activism that relies on our capacity for. Just thought id comment on your post as i thought you might be interested that ive released an album called widening circles. His most famous works are sonnets to orpheus, the duino elegies, letters to a young poet, the notebooks of malte laurids brigge, and the book of hours. Ostertag, 77, of oshkosh, died september 8, 2015, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer over the last year. Robert ostertags phone number, email, address spokeo. Bob ostertag all the rage by bob ostertag on spotify. Bob ostertag is the coauthor of raising expectations and raising hell and author of peoples movements, peoples press. A book of hours by bob ostertag, released 01 january 20 1. That this book was destined for england is attested to by inclusion of english saints, including among others wulfstan of worcester and augustine of england, and prayers to the venerable bede and thomas becket, as well as the phrase secundum consuetudinem anglie following the usage of the english at the top of the page for the hours of. Domaine ostertag our wines kermit lynch wine merchant.
Electronic instruments of his own design are at the cutting edge of both music and video performance technology. Sep 25, 2014 book of hours, ii, 16 rainer maria rilke ii, 16 how surely gravitys law, strong as an ocean current, takes hold of even the strongest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. In this interview with mauricio martinez phd candidate and icasp researcher, bob ostertag scholar, journalist, and improviser talks about the possibilities and the limits of machines and electronic based music. Composer, performer, historian, instrument builder, journalist, bob ostertags work cannot easily be summarized or pigeonholed. Find bob ostertag in tara, on and get their phone number, relatives, public records, and past addresses. By turns entrancing, ritual, industrial like, aggressive or simply scary, sooner or later is a jewel of my record collection already boasting a bunch of ostertags releases, available. Jan 05, 2016 bob ostertag about his piece book of hours. He was born on november 8, 1937, the son of the late. Rainer maria rilke is arguably the most important modern germanlanguage poet. Rainer maria rilke, author of letters to a young poet, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. The book of hours contains three parts written at different periods in the poet s life. The poems, sacred and intimate and not intended for the public, came to him in a. Carson cant keep up with rodney dangerfields nonstop oneliners 1974 duration. The speaker in the three cycles of the the book of hours is a russian monastic icon painter, a figure who combines the ideas of creative development, religious meditation and romantic inwardness.
God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. The world premiere radio broadcast was presented on westdeutscher rundfunk wdr radio koln, february 17, 2012. He took a break from his involvement in the late 1970s new york city improv scene to become active with ongoing political crises in central america during the. There i can find, as in old letters, the days of my life, already lived, and held like a legend, and understood. While visiting russia during his twenties, rainer maria rilke, one of the twentieth century s greatest poets, was moved by a simple spirituality he encountered there. In all of this i am further developing the compositional techniques i created in the 1990s with my say no more quartet and its four recordings. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Stevie krayer s translation of the book of hours is the best that is possible to do in english.
Together with juarez, mexico, it is one large, poor, dusty city of two and a. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover bobs connections. Music profile for bob ostertag, born 19 april 1957. The project gutenberg ebook of poems, by rainer maria rilke. It is a composition by bob ostertag with libretto by sara miles, whose loops and samples are alternated with music by the quartet. Bob ostertag improvisation, community and social practice. There also, i began with solo improvisations recorded separately, which i then fashioned into compositions via thousands of splices. Band recordings with others include fear no love, 1995. In this interview he describes his creative process and what inspires him to. Recorded solo improvisations include a melody, no bitterness. Bob ostertag, john zorn listen on deezer music streaming.
Rilkes book of hours by anita barrows overdrive rakuten. Two years ago, ostertag made his entire discography available for free download under creative commons two years ago at bobostertag. So i can wake up the dawn the best of what experimental music always offers but rarely delivers. Rrose x bob ostertag motormouth variations e bob ostertag arms and legs original sandwell district sd 2 x 1202 jul 2011. Rainer maria rilkes the book of hours by rainer maria rilke.
Ostertag was a faculty member at marquette high school from 1951 to 1992. Composer, historian, builder, journalist, activist, kayak instructor bob ostertags work cannot easily be summarized or pigeonholed. At the beginning of this century, a young german poet returned from a journey to russia, where he had immersed himself in the spirituality he discovered there. Each thing each stone, blossom, child is held in place.
Ingrid vranken produktionsassistenz jana durnez, anneliese ostertag, mara. Bob ostertag new mexico, 1957 was raised in colorado, studied at the conservatory, and in 1976 picked up the synthesizer and formed the improvisor ensemble fall mountain with ned rothenberg reeds and jim katzin violin, later documented on early fall may 1978 parachute, 1979 and extended pieces such as ultima thule and small life, thus becoming one of the first improvisors at the. American sampler artist bob ostertag embodies the sociopolitical conscience of late 20th century avantgarde music. But the thread of the poems follows right through the three volumes within the book of hours. Reviews of the rilke s book of hours to date about the ebook weve got rilke s book of hours responses end users never have still left his or her report on the game, or otherwise read it still. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from bob ostertag at the discogs marketplace. He has also published two movies and over twenty cds of music, and covered the central american civil wars as a. Rilkes book of hours quotes showing of 47 i live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. Pioneering avantgarde sampling artist who came up in the same downtown nyc improv community as john zorn and fred frith. Rilkes book of hours shares with the reader a new kind of intimacy with god, or the divinea reciprocal relationship between the divine and the ordinary in. Ostertag explains that my principal interest is not in. Bob ostertag all the rage, an album by bob ostertag, kronos quartet on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
Find robert ostertags phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. Rilke does not write of god or christianity as we see them around us today, but rather about a more primitive. Albums include motormouth variations, sooner or later, and hallelujah, anyway. Johanna heusser, antonia meier, benjamin sunarjo, robert torche. Kidder northwestern university press, 2001 ps primary source a primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic. Nov 01, 2005 rilkes book of hours is the invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world, and a work that seems remarkably prescient today, one hundred years after it was written. So i am sometimes like a tree rustling over a gravesite and making real the dream. The book of hours, written in three bursts between 1899 and 1903, is rilke s most.
I can open to another life thats wide and timeless. He has published more than twenty cds of music, two dvds, and five books. A book of hours is bob s first ensemble project in nearly twenty years, and his current main priority for live performances. Dec 27, 2016 the poems in the book of hours, written in the persona of a cloistered russian monk, were part of rilkes search for a way to express what he felt god was, but in macys workshop she read rilke even more broadly. At the beginning of the 20th century, a young german poet re. Love poems to god and she read the lines from the short poem.
His new poems, duino elegies, and sonnets to orpheus are pillars of 20thcentury poetry. In all of this i am further developing the compositional techniques i. A book of hours by bob ostertag album, free improvisation. He has published 21 cds of music, 2 films, and 3 books, and appeared at music, film, and multimedia festivals. Rilke described how the poems of the book of hours came to him as inspiration and inner dictation after visiting a monastery in russia where the monks. He talks about how improvising on a machine, particularly a synthesizer in the 1970s, is a very. Poems from the book of hours by rilke, rainer maria. Rilke s book of hours by anita barrows, 9781573220330, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
The collection was written between 1899 and 1903 in three parts, and first published in leipzig by insel verlag in april 1905. The surgeon general, bob ostertag all the rage, top tracks. Book of hours, ii, 16 rainer maria rilke nurturing the. The performance involves an amplified boxing ring, live animation, gamepads, toy animals, toy weapons of war, fire, video footage shot in the town of each performance, and the newspaper from that town on that day. Im not a deeply spiritual person, and im far from religious, but the imagery and emotion in these poems resonated with me immediately. In this clip of unused production material from steve elkins feature documentary the reach of resonance, bob ostertag shares some illuminating thoughts on intellectual property laws. Inspired, rilke returned to germany and put down on paper what he felt were spontaneously received prayers.
I have become totally smitten by rilke and so the album features the english translation of a handful of the poems from the book of hours set to my compositions. With a soil of pink sandstone of the vosges and gneiss, this southfacing slope is planted exclusively to riesling and gives fleshy, mineral wines with generous, exotic aromas. Rilke s book of hours is the invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world, and a work that seems remarkably prescient today, one hundred years after it was written. Bob ostertag phone, address, background info whitepages. Rilkes book of hours is the invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world, and a work that seems remarkably prescient today, one hundred years after it was written. Self release theo bleckmann, shelley hirsch, phil minton. The journalism of social justice movements and creative life. An activist in human rights, antinuclear, antiwar, and gay causes, he infuses his. Join facebook to connect with bob ostertag and others you may know. An activist in human rights, antinuclear, antiwar, and gay causes, he infuses his compositions with an emotion, depth, and subtlety found nowhere else in either political works or electronicsampler music. Poems from the book of hours by rainer maria rilke, paperback.
He has published 21 cds of music, two movies, two dvds, and two books. Our deep experience and breadth of knowledge allows us to bring a holistic approach to the practice of law successfully representing clients at every level of the new york state court system. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Rainer maria rilke is currently considered a single author. Theo bleckmann, shelley hirsch, phil minton, roscoe mitchell, motormouth variations, motormouth. James ostertag obituary oshkosh, wi oshkosh northwestern. Bob ostertag listen and stream free music, albums, new. His writings on contemporary politics have been published on every continent and in. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your. Bob ostertag, john zorn listen to bob ostertag, john zorn on deezer.
Rilke s book of hours shares with the reader a new kind of. Robert bob ostertag is an experimental sound artist and writer based in san francisco. Rilke synonyms, rilke pronunciation, rilke translation, english dictionary definition of rilke. View bob ostertags profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Bob ostertag to give concert in austria uc davis arts. Born april 19, 1957 in albuquerque, ostertag has been prominent in experimental music circles for his use of sampling and tape manipulation and his building of custom electronic instruments.
Bob ostertag is a music school dropout who has since performed all over the world and has collaborated with the likes of john zorn, fred frith, drag diva justin bond, and the kronos quartet. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. May 12, 2004 rainer maria rilke was born in prague in 1875 and died in valmont, montreux, in 1926. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. I first read rilkes book of hours a number of years ago, and just recently picked it up again. All the rage is an experimental album by the kronos quartet and eric gupton reading. Composer, performer, instrument builder, journalist, activist, historian, kayak instructorbob ostertags work cannot easily be summarized or pigeonholed. Born to eternal life july 12, 2008, at the age of 92 years. Rainer maria rilke was born in prague in 1875 and died in valmont, montreux, in 1926. Rilkes book of hours shares with the reader a new kind of. Aug 12, 2011 classifications dewey decimal class 831. Love poems to god rainer maria rilke, anita barrows, joanna macy on. The book of pilgrimage 1901, and the book of poverty and death 1903, although the entire volume was not published until several years later.
Bob ostertag solo volume 1, 1997, and dj of the month. The ostertags greg ostertag, his wife shannon, and their blended family tackle living a big life in the small town of mount vernon, texas. He returned to synthesizer music in a series of releases, including motormouth. Oct 28, 20 she spoke how in those dark days after her mothers death, she found comfort in a poem by rainer maria rilke, from rilkes book of hours. The poet was rainer maria rilke, and these love poems to god make up his book of hours pdf. This bilingual edition provides englishspeaking readers with access to a critical work in the development of the most significant figure in twentiethcentury german poetry. It is also one of the oddest, funniest, saddest hours of comedy i ve seen. Babette deutsch 18591982 was a poet, critic, and novelist, as well as a translator. Bob ostertag plays the buchla 200e 2011, bob ostertag plays the aalto 20, and bob ostertag plays the serge. Bob ostertags profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Ostertag succeeds in turning unimportant details of a recording into building blocks of one of the most intensive musical experiences you are likely to have. The book of hours 2012 is an ambitious experiment on the human voice featuring vocalists. Desert boy on a stick the story annabels work jims art. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box.
Ostertag composed the piece as a response to california governor pete wilson veto of progay legislation in 1991. Rainer maria rilke 18751926 is one of the greatest poets who ever wrote in the german language. Bob ostertag professor of cinema and digital media. List of books and articles about rainer maria rilke online. Bob ostertag vice chairman, cobiz bank dba colorado and. Fear no love, bob ostertag plays the aalto, a book of hours feat.
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