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Meredith Monk
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Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.[1] In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal o…
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Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.[1] In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama.
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Meredith Monk's Filmography
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Monk in Pieces
as Self
Songs of Ascension
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
as Self
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
as Herself
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Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
as Self
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
as Self
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Meredith
as Self
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Meredith Monk
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
as Herself
Book of Days
as Madwoman
Uncle Meat
as Red Face Girl
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
as Herself
Turtle Dreams
Paris
as Paris Couple
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
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Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
16 Millimeter Earrings
as Herself
Quarry
as Child
A portrait of Meredith Monk
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