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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

The Musical ‘Coraline’ and Stephin Merritt Make the Most of Their Pianos

NYTimes.com: "THE score of the Off Broadway musical “Coraline” is full of unusual sounds. Musical notes are joined by scrapes and scratches and thuds, and on first listen it sounds as if the composer and lyricist, Stephin Merritt, leader of the indie band the Magnetic Fields, has written his music for an array of unusual instruments. In reality, though, his score is bare bones. Not only is it performed by a single musician (with assistance from the cast), but it’s also composed almost entirely for pianos."

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