Grand Guignol
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John Zorn Teams Up with Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Fred Frith, Joey Baron, and Yamatsuka Eye.
This is John Zorn's tribute to Grand Guignol, a theater and a theatrical form that thrived in Paris in the early decades of the 20th century. It created a style that depended on realistic makeup and grotesque violence to depict murder, rape, mutilation, and torture, to the delighted horror of its audience. A decidedly low form of public entertainment, it enjoyed its greatest popularity at the same time that France was home to the creation of modernist culture and the subtle beauties of French impressionism in music. Th
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Manufacturer: Avant
Release date: 21 October 2002
EAN: 4988044900028 UPC: 4988044900028
Release date: 21 October 2002
EAN: 4988044900028 UPC: 4988044900028
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