The horror poet Edward Gorey is well worth visiting. He wrote a whole bunch of books, where both children and grown ups got what they deserved (?), and illustrated the books in a powerfull way.
E. Gorey in music:
Michael Mantler: The Hapless Child (1976) (w.Robert Wyatt)
The Tiger Lillies & Kronos Quartet: The Gorey End (2003)
Max Nagl: The Evil Garden (year?) (w. Lol Coxhill).
The last one is probably not in stock anywhere. Has anybody heard that one, or do you know more traces of Gorey in music? Please feel free to comment.
In "The Insect God" little Millicent Frastley gets the treatment. In the YouTube video it is sung by The Blindfaith Theatre (?), and it is also on "The Hapless Child".
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