From the opera, The Fall Of The House Of Usher. This is from the 1999 re-release, “The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Deconstructed & Rebuilt)“. The original 1991 release, under Some Bizzare Records, contained drum parts. When Hammill regained rights to the opera, he removed the drum parts and added string parts, played by Stuart Gordon on violin.
Music by Peter Hammill
Libretto by Chris Judge Smith
The House - Peter Hammill
Roderick Usher - Peter Hammill
Madeline Usher - Lene Lovich
Montresor - Andy Bell
The Herbalist - Herbert Grönemeyer
Chorus - Sarah Jane Morris
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THE HOUSE: House. Wet Vaults. Caissons. We breathe...
Undercroft. Abutments. Stones. Wood. Breathe... Buttresses. Bressumers. Spandrels. We Breathe...
Columns and Pillars. Shafts. Arches. Capitals. Breathe....
We breathe. We are waiting.
We rise. We are waiting.
We are Usher. House of Usher.
Pilasters. Quoins. Piers.
Spandrels and columns that shaft through the years.
House of Usher.
Wainscots. Stairs. Balusters. Cusps and Cornices.
Spandrels and Columns the capital years.
House of Usher.
We breathe. We are waiting
We rise. We are waiting.
We are Usher. House of Usher.
Beams. Corbels. Joists. Kingposts.
Copings and Chimney-shafts.
Ridge-ribs. Struts. Stanchions. Parapets.
Pediments. Mansards and Gargoyles.
The eaves. The dripping eaves...
Cupola. Finials. Gables. Tiles. Lead...
We breathe. We are waiting.
We rise. We are waiting.
We are Usher. House of Usher.
We are Keystone. We are Usher.
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