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The Viking of Sixth Avenue
Author's Note
| Robert Scotto first met Moondog on the streets of New York in the mid 60s, when he was a college student. He still has couplets he bought for 10 cents and the vivid memory of a person who was able to be both eccentric and traditional at the same time, a blind street performer who was also a classically trained, eclectic composer. When he discovered, in the early 70s, that Moondog was still alive and well and living in Germany, he visited him, interviewed him at great length, and started work on the biography which will be published in October by ProcessMedia: Moondog: The Viking of Sixth Avenue, a work that is a radical departure from his earlier publications. Dr. Scotto is a professor of English who has taught internationally and is presently on the faculty of Baruch College, CUNY. He has written scholarly articles and edited scholarly books on Pater, Joyce, Heller and Pynchon, among others. |
Outline: Moondog
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Preface An account of Louis Hardin's childhood prior
to his blindness; the various places he lived, his earliest proclivities
and adventures; the family Chapter Two (1929-1943): The First Violin The accident causing his blindness; Louis's
coping with his handicap; his discovery of his life-long vocation
of music; the dissolution of his family, The
Tree of Life (1943-1974) |
Louis's first decade in New York; his association
with the New York Philharmonic; his pen-name, Moondog, in 1947; his cross-country
trip; his
earliest successes, his earliest music and records, his life-style and
growing reputation; his second marriage.
Chapter Four (1953-1960): Moondog Symphony
His first albums, some on prestigious labels; the birth of his daughter;
his court case with Alan Freed and WINS; the evolution of "the
man with the face of Christ"; his ideas and opinions; his New Jersey
and New York retreats; his separation.
Chapter Five (1960-1969): The Viking of Sixth Avenue
The emergence of Moondog as a striking New York personality of the sixties;
the evolution of his dress, image, work and reputation.
Chapter Six (1969-1970): Wunderjahr
The year of his Columbia album, with the attendant publicity and excitement.
Chapter Seven (1971-1974): Making the Rounds
The second Columbia album and its aftermath; his last cross-country tour;
his final years in America at Candor prior to his trip to Germany.
The Viking Returns (1974-1999)
Chapter Eight (1974-1987): Managarm
His first year in Germany on the streets; after 1975, with Ilona Goebel,
the foundation of Managarm (Moondog Management) Musikverlag;
his earliest German albums and publications (The Creation, Thor the Nordoom
and The Overtone Tree, among others).
Chapter Nine (1987-1999): Heimdall Fanfare
His final concerts, albums and artistic ventures; his growing reputation in Europe; his final move; his death on Sept. 8, 1999 in Munster.
Product Details
Paperback: 319 pages
Publisher: PROCESS; Pap/Com edition (November 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0976082284
ISBN-13: 978-0976082286
