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Elephants
and Dinosaurs
from the forthcoming CD
Sketches of Catalonia, Vol.3: Suite
for Gaudí
release date: Autumn 2007
music
composed and
arranged by
Bill
Noertker
inspired by two of
Gaudí 's buildings,
Casa Milà and Casa Batlló
performed by
Noertker's
Moxie
Annelise Zamula - tenor saxophone
Jim Peterson - alto saxophone
Niels Myrner - drums
Bill Noertker - double bass
copyright
© 2001,
William Noertker
all rights
reserved
recorded
live
to 2-track DAT by Karen Stackpole
Stray Dog Recording Services
12 August 2001
The Case of the Elephant's
Foot
Casa Milà was constantly beset with legal difficulties. For
instance, the municipal council demanded that Gaudí remove a
column that stuck out into the Passeig de Gràcia.
Gaudí's response: "Fine! tell them that if they want to cut away
at my building as if it were a cheese we'll carve a little notice on
the smoothed off surface "mutilated by the order of the Barcelona City
Council on such and such a date...'"
Eventually he had his way.
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