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01. ADOLF WÖLFLI - La couronne du Roi
02. ADOLF WÖLFLI - L'oiseau en cage (Bird 1)/Riisen=Kannaari: 10 Meter Spann=Flügel=Weitte, 1913
03. ADOLF WÖLFLI - The High and Lower Nobility of the English-British Union of Canada on Their Ride to Saltlake-Seawest, 1911
04. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Riisen=Kannaari: 10 Meter Spann=Flügel=Weitte, 1913
05. ADOLF WÖLFLI - The Swan/Pandulen=Wasser=Fall, 1911
06. ADOLF WÖLFLI - A l'ombre des arbres/Rhodonus Spain, 1910
07. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Les notes en bleu/Die Himmelsleiter, 1915
08. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Island Neveranger - March
09. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Assiisen=des=Mittel=Landes, 1904
10. ADOLF WÖLFLI - La Baleine/Feeding of the Fishes, 1911
11. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Joyeux et carré *
12. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Island Neveranger, 1911
13. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Pandulen=Wasser=Fall - March
14. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Riisen=Kannaari - March
15. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Zweitter Foliantten=Marsch, 1913 (Geographische und allgebräische Hefte, Heft 12, S. 27) - March
16. ADOLF WÖLFLI - March (Geographische und allgebräische Hefte, Heft 11, S. 837) - March
17. ADOLF WÖLFLI - The St Adolf Ring of Oberburg - March
18. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Prélude aux notes en bleu/Die Himmelsleiter, 1915
19. ADOLF WÖLFLI - La petite île/Island Neveranger, 1911
20. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Bird 2
21. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Le cours d'eau *
22. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Zweitter Foliantten=Marsch - version orchestrale suivie de la version pour violon seul - March
23. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Le sacre de St. Adolf/The Divine Almighty and Wisdom at the Zenith, 1904
24. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Bird 3
25. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Lea Tanttaaria, 1911
26. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Die Oberste Regenttschaft von Sant Maria St. Hall - March
27. ADOLF WÖLFLI - St Eugène Ysaïe/Die Oberste Regenttschaft von Sant Maria St Hall, 1914
28. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Dans le fond de la crypte *
29. ADOLF WÖLFLI - March, 1913 (Geographische und allgebräische Hefte, Heft 11, S. 837)
30. ADOLF WÖLFLI - La tour de St Adolf Tower
31. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Dans les rues de Berne
32. ADOLF WÖLFLI - Juno, die Göttin der Neger, 1904
ARTIST
TITLE
The Heavenly Ladder
FORMAT
CD/BOOK

LABEL
CATALOG #
SR 312CD SR 312CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/5/2011

Subtitled: Analysis Of The Musical Cryptograms. Belgian composer Baudouin de Jaer was completely moved by the artistic and human dimensions of the mystery surrounding the gigantic and universal body of work created by Adolf Wölfli within the Waldau hospital in the early 20th century. He managed what none other had accomplished before: to decode Wölfli's hermetic and emblematic scores. Adolf Wölfli (Bern, February 29, 1864 - Waldau, November 6, 1930) was a Swiss artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label. Wölfli was abused both physically and sexually as a child, and was orphaned at the age of 10. Institutionalized in 1895 at Waldau psychiatric asylum near Bern (Switzerland) where he spent the rest of his adult life, he suffered from psychosis, which led to intense hallucinations. Wölfli started drawing in 1899, but no work prior to 1904 has been preserved. In 1908, Wölfli started developing what would become a potentially endless narrative stretched across 25,000 pages interrupted only by Wölfli's death in 1930. His images also incorporated an idiosyncratic musical notation. This notation seemed to start as a purely decorative affair but later developed into real composition which Wölfli would play on a paper trumpet. After his death, the Adolf Wölfli Foundation was formed to preserve his art for future generations. Today its collection is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern and can be seen in many museums in the world. Baudouin de Jaer's approach gives a new dimension to this unique artist. Interpretation/composition from Wölfli's works and violin: Baudouin de Jaer. Contains only previously-unreleased material. All tracks exclusively recorded for this project. Includes a full-color 52-page book in French and English. Book size: 136 x 187 x 10 mm (5.35 x 7.36 x 0.40 inches).