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[[Image:Zappa yshark.jpg|250px|frame|right|Frank Zappa rehearsing with Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, September 1992]]
  
The Ensemble Modern worked with Zappa to create [[The Yellow Shark]], [[Civilization Phaze III]], & [[Everything Is Healing Nicely]]. The colaboration is also documented on the "Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa - Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions." Members of the Ensemble are:
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The '''Ensemble Modern'''  is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members. They worked with Zappa on:
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* [[The Yellow Shark]]
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* [[Civilization Phaze III]]
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* [[EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely)]]
  
Peter Rundel - Conductor, Violin
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In 2002 they recorded:
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*[[Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions]].
  
Dietmar Wiesner - Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute
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==Members of the Ensemble during the The Yellow Shark/EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely) 1992 recordings==
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*[[Peter Rundel]] - Conductor, Violin
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*[[Dietmar Wiesner]] - Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute
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*[[Catherine Milliken]] - Oboe, Baritone Oboe, English Horn, Didgeridoo
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*[[Roland Diry]] - Clarinet
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*[[Wolfgang Stryi]] - Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
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*[[Veit Scholz]] - Bassoon, Contrabassoon
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*[[Franck Ollu]] - French Horn
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*[[Stefan Dohr]] - French Horn
  
Catherine Milliken - Oboe, Baritone Oboe, English Horn, Didgeridoo
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*[[William Formann]] - Trumpet, Flügelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet
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*[[Michael Gross]] - Trumpet, Flügelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet
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*[[Uwe Dierksen]] - Trombone, Soprano Trombone
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*[[Michael Svoboda]] - Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Didgeridoo, Alphorn, Conch
  
Roland Diry - Clarinet
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*[[Daryl Smith]] - Tuba
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*[[Hermann Kretzschmar]] - Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Dramatic Reading
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*[[Ueli Wiget]] - Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Harp
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*[[Rainer Römer]] - Percussion
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*[[Rumi Ogawa-Helferich]] - Percussion, Cymbalom
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*[[Andreas Böttger]] - Percussion
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*[[Detlef Tewes]] - Mandolin
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*[[Jürgen Ruck]] - Guitar, Banjo
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*[[Ellen Wegner]] - Harp
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*[[Mathias Tacke]] - Violin
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*[[Claudia Sack]] - Violin
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*[[Hilary Sturt]] - Viola, Dramatic Reading
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*[[Friedemann Dähn]] - Cello
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*[[Thomas Fichter]] - Contrabass, Electrocontrabass, Electric Bass
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*Special Guest: [[L. Shankar]] - violin
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|}
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==Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions==
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/355328-Jonathan-Stockhammer Jonathan Stockhammer] (conductor)
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*[[Dietmar Wiesner]] (flute, piccolo)
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*[[Catherine Milliken]] (oboe, [[wikipedia:Cor anglais|English horn]], [[wikipedia:Oboe d'amore|oboe d'amore]])
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*[[Roland Diry]] (clarinets)
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*[[Wolfgang Stryi]] (bass clarinet, saxophone)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/436322-Johannes-Rupe Johannes Rupe] (bassoon, [[wikipedia:Contrabassoon|contrabassoon]])
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/878831-Simon-Breyer Simon Breyer] (horn)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/870673-Valentin-Garvie Valentin Garvie] (trumpet)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/870683-Sava-Stoianov Sava Stoianov] (trumpet)
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*[[Uwe Dierksen]] (trombone)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/727243-Jozsef-Hars Jozsef Juhasz] (tuba)
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*[[Rumi Ogawa-Helferich|Rumi Ogawa]] (percussion)
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*[[Rainer Römer]] (percussion)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/441469-Pascal-Pons Pascal Pons] (percussion)
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*[[Hermann Kretzschmar]] (piano, [[wikipedia:Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], synthesizer)
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*[[Ueli Wiget]] (piano, sampler, synthesizer)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1012165-Manon-Morris Manon Morris] (harp)
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*[[Detlef Tewes]] (mandolin, [[wikipedia:Mandola|mandola]])
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*[[Jürgen Ruck]] (guitar, electric guitar, banjo)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/460108-Mats-Bergstr%C3%B6m Mats Bergström] (guitar, electric guitar)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/870686-Jagdish-Mistry Jagdish Mistry] (violin)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1012163-Freya-Ritts-Kirby Freya Ritts-Kirby] (violin)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/416804-Susan-Knight Susan Knight] ([[wikipedia:Viola|viola]])
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1012162-Tom-Dunn Tom Dunn] (viola)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/532002-Eva-B%C3%B6cker Eva Böcker] (cello)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/416816-Michael-Kasper Michael M. Kasper] (cello)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1012167-Christopher-Brandt Christopher Brandt] (electric bass)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/481796-Corin-Long Corin Long] (double bass)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/988824-Norbert-Ommer Norbert Ommer] (sound director)
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*[[Ali N. Askin]] (arrangements, transcriptions, sampling, sample arrangement and on track #10: Steno Pool choir)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/403636-Omar-Ebrahim Omar Ebrahim] (voice on track #10: Greggery Peccary)
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/198935-David-Moss David Moss] (voices on track #10: narrator, Billy the Mountain, [[Quentin Robert DeNameland]])
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*[[Todd Yvega]] ([[wikipedia:Synclavier|synclavier]] transcriptions, sampling, sample arrangement)
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Wolfgang Stryi - Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
 
  
Veit Scholz - Bassoon, Contrabassoon
 
  
Franck Ollu - French Horn
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[[Category:Bandmembers]]
 
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[[Category:Orchestras]]
Stefan Dohr - French Horn
 
 
 
William Formann - Trumpet, Flügelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet
 
 
 
Michael Gross = Trumpet, Flügelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet
 
 
 
Uwe Dierksen - Trombone, Soprano Trombone
 
 
 
Michael Svoboda - Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Didgeridoo, Alphorn, Conch
 
 
 
Daryl Smith - Tuba
 
 
 
Hermann Kretzschmar - Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Dramatic Reading
 
 
 
Ueli Wiget - Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Harp
 
 
 
Rainer Römer - Percussion
 
 
 
Rumi Ogawa-Helferich - Percussion, Cymbalom
 
 
 
Andreas Böttger - Percussion
 
 
 
Detlef Tewes - Mandolin
 
 
 
Jürgen Ruck - Guitar, Banjo
 
 
 
Ellen Wegner - Harp
 
 
 
Mathias Tacke - Violin
 
 
 
Claudia Sack - Violin
 
 
 
Hilary Sturt - Viola, Dramatic Reading
 
 
 
Friedemann Dähn - Cello
 
 
 
Thomas Fichter - Contrabass, Electrocontrabass, Electric Bass
 
 
 
Special Guest: L. Shankar - violin
 

Latest revision as of 20:50, 21 September 2021

Frank Zappa rehearsing with Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, September 1992

The Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members. They worked with Zappa on:

In 2002 they recorded:

Members of the Ensemble during the The Yellow Shark/EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely) 1992 recordings

Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions