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. Born to eternal life july 12, 2008, at the age of 92 years. Find bob ostertag in tara, on and get their phone number, relatives, public records, and past addresses. Rilke s book of hours shares with the reader a new kind of. A book of hours is bob s first ensemble project in nearly twenty years, and his current main priority for live performances. Stevie krayer s translation of the book of hours is the best that is possible to do in english.
Bob ostertag, john zorn listen on deezer music streaming. Jan 05, 2016 bob ostertag about his piece book of hours. God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. 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. Bob ostertag professor of cinema and digital media. 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. Ostertag composed the piece as a response to california governor pete wilson veto of progay legislation in 1991. Albums include motormouth variations, sooner or later, and hallelujah, anyway. 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. The ostertags greg ostertag, his wife shannon, and their blended family tackle living a big life in the small town of mount vernon, texas. Band recordings with others include fear no love, 1995. Composer, performer, historian, instrument builder, journalist, bob ostertags work cannot easily be summarized or pigeonholed. 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.
An activist in human rights, antinuclear, antiwar, and gay causes, he infuses his. He has also published two movies and over twenty cds of music, and covered the central american civil wars as a. Shes found a template within his poetry for ecological and social activism, an activism that relies on our capacity for. 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. 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. Music profile for bob ostertag, born 19 april 1957. He has published 21 cds of music, two movies, two dvds, and two books. 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. 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. Rainer maria rilkes the book of hours by rainer maria rilke. His writings on contemporary politics have been published on every continent and in.
German poet whose verse, often marked by a mystic lyricism and precise imagery, profoundly influenced 20thcentury german. Rilkes book of hours as portent and guide tricycle. Recorded solo improvisations include a melody, no bitterness. Babette deutsch 18591982 was a poet, critic, and novelist, as well as a translator. View bob ostertags profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
It is also one of the oddest, funniest, saddest hours of comedy i ve seen. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. A book of hours by bob ostertag, released 01 january 20 1. Rainer maria rilke is currently considered a single author. So i can wake up the dawn the best of what experimental music always offers but rarely delivers. I can open to another life thats wide and timeless.
Inspired, rilke returned to germany and put down on paper what he felt were spontaneously received prayers. Two years ago, ostertag made his entire discography available for free download under creative commons two years ago at bobostertag. Ingrid vranken produktionsassistenz jana durnez, anneliese ostertag, mara. Rilkes book of hours quotes showing of 47 i live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.
There also, i began with solo improvisations recorded separately, which i then fashioned into compositions via thousands of splices. Just thought id comment on your post as i thought you might be interested that ive released an album called widening circles. Find robert ostertags phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. The book of hours contains three parts written at different periods in the poet s life. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Book of hours, ii, 16 rainer maria rilke nurturing the. 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. He returned to synthesizer music in a series of releases, including motormouth. American sampler artist bob ostertag embodies the sociopolitical conscience of late 20th century avantgarde music. 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. 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 project gutenberg ebook of poems, by rainer maria rilke.
So i am sometimes like a tree rustling over a gravesite and making real the dream. 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. 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. Ostertag explains that my principal interest is not in. Bob ostertag phone, address, background info whitepages. 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.
The book of pilgrimage 1901, and the book of poverty and death 1903, although the entire volume was not published until several years later. In this interview he describes his creative process and what inspires him to. Rilkes book of hours shares with the reader a new kind of. Aug 12, 2011 classifications dewey decimal class 831. 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. A book of hours by bob ostertag album, free improvisation. Electronic instruments of his own design are at the cutting edge of both music and video performance technology. Rilkes book of hours by anita barrows overdrive rakuten. Bob ostertag solo volume 1, 1997, and dj of the month. Rainer maria rilke 18751926 is one of the greatest poets who ever wrote in the german language. Poems from the book of hours by rilke, rainer maria. There i can find, as in old letters, the days of my life, already lived, and held like a legend, and understood. It is a composition by bob ostertag with libretto by sara miles, whose loops and samples are alternated with music by the quartet.
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. Pioneering avantgarde sampling artist who came up in the same downtown nyc improv community as john zorn and fred frith. The book of hours, written in three bursts between 1899 and 1903, is rilke s most. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The poems, sacred and intimate and not intended for the public, came to him in a. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The collection was written between 1899 and 1903 in three parts, and first published in leipzig by insel verlag in april 1905. Together with juarez, mexico, it is one large, poor, dusty city of two and a. Ostertag was a faculty member at marquette high school from 1951 to 1992. Bob ostertag vice chairman, cobiz bank dba colorado and. 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.
Rainer maria rilke is arguably the most important modern germanlanguage poet. Join facebook to connect with bob ostertag and others you may know. Composer, performer, instrument builder, journalist, activist, historian, kayak instructorbob ostertags work cannot easily be summarized or pigeonholed. Bob ostertag listen and stream free music, albums, new. List of books and articles about rainer maria rilke online. Rilke synonyms, rilke pronunciation, rilke translation, english dictionary definition of rilke. He was born on november 8, 1937, the son of the late. His new poems, duino elegies, and sonnets to orpheus are pillars of 20thcentury poetry. Bob ostertag, john zorn listen to bob ostertag, john zorn on deezer.
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. 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. Carson cant keep up with rodney dangerfields nonstop oneliners 1974 duration. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover bobs connections. 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. Domaine ostertag our wines kermit lynch wine merchant. The journalism of social justice movements and creative life. Rilke s book of hours by anita barrows, 9781573220330, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. She inevitably loses rhythm and rhyme in staying close to rilke s words and heart for his subjectmatter. 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. 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.
Robert ostertags phone number, email, address spokeo. At the beginning of the 20th century, a young german poet re. In all of this i am further developing the compositional techniques i. Rilke does not write of god or christianity as we see them around us today, but rather about a more primitive. Love poems to god rainer maria rilke, anita barrows, joanna macy on. May 12, 2004 rainer maria rilke was born in prague in 1875 and died in valmont, montreux, in 1926. Desert boy on a stick the story annabels work jims art.
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. I first read rilkes book of hours a number of years ago, and just recently picked it up again. Composer, historian, builder, journalist, activist, kayak instructor bob ostertags work cannot easily be summarized or pigeonholed. Robert bob ostertag is an experimental sound artist and writer based in san francisco. He has published 21 cds of music, 2 films, and 3 books, and appeared at music, film, and multimedia festivals.
Im not a deeply spiritual person, and im far from religious, but the imagery and emotion in these poems resonated with me immediately. 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. He has published more than twenty cds of music, two dvds, and five books. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your. 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. Ostertag, 77, of oshkosh, died september 8, 2015, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer over the last year.
Bob ostertag to give concert in austria uc davis arts. This bilingual edition provides englishspeaking readers with access to a critical work in the development of the most significant figure in twentiethcentury german poetry. The surgeon general, bob ostertag all the rage, top tracks. 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. Johanna heusser, antonia meier, benjamin sunarjo, robert torche. Poems from the book of hours by rainer maria rilke, paperback. The world premiere radio broadcast was presented on westdeutscher rundfunk wdr radio koln, february 17, 2012. Bob ostertag is the coauthor of raising expectations and raising hell and author of peoples movements, peoples press. Rainer maria rilke was born in prague in 1875 and died in valmont, montreux, in 1926. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from bob ostertag at the discogs marketplace. Fear no love, bob ostertag plays the aalto, a book of hours feat. Rrose x bob ostertag motormouth variations e bob ostertag arms and legs original sandwell district sd 2 x 1202 jul 2011. Love poems to god and she read the lines from the short poem.
James ostertag obituary oshkosh, wi oshkosh northwestern. 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. Theo bleckmann, shelley hirsch, phil minton, roscoe mitchell, motormouth variations, motormouth. The poet was rainer maria rilke, and these love poems to god make up his book of hours pdf. The book of hours 2012 is an ambitious experiment on the human voice featuring vocalists. 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. All the rage is an experimental album by the kronos quartet and eric gupton reading. Self release theo bleckmann, shelley hirsch, phil minton.
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. Bob ostertag improvisation, community and social practice. Each thing each stone, blossom, child is held in place. He talks about how improvising on a machine, particularly a synthesizer in the 1970s, is a very. But the thread of the poems follows right through the three volumes within the book of hours. 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.