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Meredith Monk

Nov 20, 1942 (82 years old) in Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

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Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Self
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Monk in Pieces
Self
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Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
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Uncle Meat
Red Face Girl
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Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Self
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Book of Days
Madwoman
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Quarry
Child
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Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Self
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The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
Herself
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Turtle Dreams

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