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

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