The Foxtrot
The whole idea of “gothic foxtrot” got me thinking and i started exploring the Foxtrot to see if i could incorporate it into the track i discussed needing to make for Act 3. The problem, aside from the fact that […]
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Aestheticism
Aestheticism, late 19th-century European arts movement which centred on the doctrine that art exists for the sake of its beauty alone, and that it need serve no political, didactic, or other purpose. In doing a blog that explores the cultures of […]
Bauhaus
Sooner or later in discussion of the Weimar era one cannot avoid the Bauhaus school and movement. The Bauhaus school went in parallel with the era itself. It opened in 1919 and closed its doors in 1933 under extreme pressure […]
Pacing Act 3 (and new preview track)
So it’s been about a month since i’ve finished the entire piece and it’s become clear that there is a pacing issue in Act 3. The entire show falls in at almost exactly 90 minutes, which means it will be […]
Der Golem
In 1920, at the very beginning of the Weimar era in Germany, director Paul Wegener released the 3rd movie in his Golem trilogy and effectively fired one of the first shots in the expressionist film movement. After 2 movies using […]
The Fairylogue and Radio Plays
In 1908, 31 years before the movie The Wizard Of Oz, when the Oz books were fresh and the Harry Potter of their day, an astonishing multimedia show involving live actors, film and hand tilted magic lantern slides toured the […]
Retrovertigo. (Mr. Bungle)
What does this video have to do with anything? Nothing really. However, since this blog is about anything that, in my head at least, tangentially relates to The Steampunk Opera, including music, theater, artsy stuff, victorian and weimar era stuff, steampunky […]
Edith Piaf
Returning to one of our favorite subjects, the Weimer Era in Europe, we’re going to feature a famous and iconic-y stellar singer who got her start in Paris during the mid 1930s: Edith Piaf [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gTGmbA40ZQ] Ms. Piaf got her start […]
Steampunk Guitars
Yeah, you got it. Good ol home made steampunk gee-tars. This one by Mark Dalzell: Thunder Eagle: This is by Molly Friedrich: By Dennis Jones: Technically a mandolin: By Kwerk: By James Hutchinson: By Buddy Blaze: By Jugtones: Thunder […]
Opera Update (and Another Preview Track!)
So, you know, i figure every now and then i should actually get around to discussing the actual SHOW, heaven forbid. During the composition process there just isn’t much to discuss. However, i did complete the entire piece. The show […]