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In 1953, pianist Lennie Tristano recorded "Descent into the Maelstrom", inspired by the short story. It was an improvised solo piano piece that used multitracking and had no preconceived harmonic structure, being based instead on the development of motifs. [11]
Into the Maelstrom or Descent Into the Maelstrom may refer to: "A Descent into the Maelström", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe Into the Maelstrom (Dungeons & Dragons) Into the Maelstrom, a 2005 sci-fi film directed by Peter Sullivan, part of the 48 Hour Film Project with Eric Etebari
A Descent into the Maelström, an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe; Maelstrom (Timms novel), a novel by E.V. Timms; Maelstrom, a 2001 novel by Peter Watts; Maelstrom, a 2006 novel in the Petaybee universe by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough; Maelstrom, a 2017 novel by Yael Inokai
A Descent into the Maelstrom (1986) music by Philip Glass, set design by Eamon D"Arcy, direction by Matthew McGuire, commissioned by the Adelaide Festival and performed by the Australian Dance Theatre; Geologic Moments (1986), with composers Philip Glass and Julius Eastman. Commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Next Wave Festival
It is also popularly known as maelstrom – a Nordic word (malstrøm/malström) for a strong whirlpool which originates from the Dutch combination of malen (to grind) and stroom (stream). This term was introduced into the English language by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841, through his short story "A Descent into the Maelström". Poe provides an ...
Poe described this phenomenon in his short story "A Descent into the Maelström", which in 1841 was the first to use the word maelstrom in the English language; [8] in this story related to the Lofoten Maelstrom, two fishermen are swallowed by the maelstrom while one survives. [10]
Another album, Descent into the Maelstrom, was released in the 1970s; it consisted of recordings made between 1951 and 1966. [81] Tristano had a series of illnesses in the 1970s, including eye pain and emphysema (he smoked for most of his life). [82] On November 18, 1978, he died of a heart attack at home [83] in Jamaica, New York. [17]
Descent into the Maelstrom takes its name from the story by Edgar Allan Poe of the same name. Garden of Forking Ways takes its name from the Sandman comic by Neil Gaiman . [ 1 ] [ 3 ]