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Leonard Cohen was right in the middle of a career peak when he
released 1973's LIVE SONGS, which came in between two titanic
studio albums, SONGS OF LOVE & HATE and NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD
CEREMONY. But since much of the album was recorded during a 1970
tour, it consists mostly of songs from his second album, SONGS FROM
A ROOM. An ensemble including Charlie Daniels on fiddle and
Jennifer Warnes on backing vocals lends a good amount of oomph to
these tunes, but previously unreleased songs like "Queen Victoria"
and "Please Don't Pass Me By" (which never made it onto a studio
album) are among the most visceral and striking. Cohen would go on
to release three more live albums over the years, but this is
probably the best.
Essays on festive drama - plays, pageantry and traditional
ceremonies - of the European middle ages, with comparative
material. Festive drama, in these studies, includes processions and
folk-customs as well as full-blown plays, from Spain, the
Netherlands, France, Germany, Britain, Denmark, and Bohemia (now
the Czech Republic). The main focus is the middleages, but style
and approach are as relevant as time-scale, reflecting a culture in
which there are no firm divisions between drama and pageantry and
traditional ceremonies. Common themes emerge: the world turned
upside-down of Shrovetide; the emotive power of religious
celebration; and the links between commerce and the demonstration
of civic pride. Festive customs are viewed as hidden agendas of
popular culture, and performances are reconstructed. Thisis the
obverse of art and power: the means by which the people, not the
princes, rule the world. Professor MEG TWYCROSS teaches at the
Department of English at Lancaster University. Contributors: PETER
H. GREENFIELD, OLGA HORNER, SHEILA LINDENBAUM, CLAIRE SPONSLER,
RONALD E. SURTZ, RAFAEL PORTILLO, MANUEL J. GOMEZ LARA, PAMELA M.
KING, ROBERT POTTER, JOHN CARTWRIGHT, DAVID MILLS, JAMES STOKES,
ALAN E. KNIGHT, MARJOKE DE ROOS, FEMKE KRAMER, TOM PETTITT, LEIF
SNDERGAARD, WIM HUESKEN, JEAN-MARC PASTREE, SALLY-BETH MACLEAN,
MALCOLM JONES, CHRISTINE RICHARDSON, JARMILA F. VELTRUSKY, JOHN
COLDEWEY.
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