The Heavenly Ladder / Analysis of the Musical Cryptograms by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer - Uhune

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One of the most intriguing artists of the early 20th century, Adolf Wölfli was a troubled autodidact whose vast and inscrutable legacy is still being untangled by scholars and critics. Wölfli suffered from psychosis, schizophrenia, and frequent hallucinations, and he created his obsessively intricate illustrations while interned at a Swiss psychiatric hospital. Though the multi-talented Wölfli had no formal musical training, he drafted musical compositions using a notation system of his own devising, often incorporating large swathes of his notation into his art. Several efforts have been made to decipher Wölfli’s highly esoteric compositions, but few have proven as successful as French composer Baudouin de Jaer on The Heavenly Ladder. Baudouin’s painstaking efforts at musicological decryption have resulted in a suite of fascinating interpretations of Wölfli’s work that are as beautiful as they are unsettling. In Baudouin’s hands, Wölfli’s compositions sound like the damaged fragments of some lost Schoenberg concerto or like Satie’s Gymnopedies as played by a disturbed and inattentive violinist. This music is often startling and disquieting, but moments of real beauty frequently emerge from the dissonance.

1. La couronne du roi

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

2. Riisen=Kannaari: 10 Meter Spann=Flügel=Weitte

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

3. The High and Lower Nobility of the English-British Union of Canada On Their Ride to Saltlake-Seawest

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

4. Riisen=Kannaari: 10 Meter Spann=Flügel=Weitte

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

5. The Swan / Pandulen=Wasser=Fall

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

6. A l'ombre des arbres / Rhodonus Spain

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

7. Les notes en bleu / Die Himmelsleiter

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

8. Island Neveranger - March

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

9. Assiisen=des=Mittel=Landes

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

10. La Baleine / Feeding of the Fishes

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

11. Joyeux et carré

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

12. Island Neveranger

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

13. Pandulen=Wasser=Fall - March

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

14. Riisen=Kannaari - March

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

15. Zweitter Foliantten=Marsch

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

16. March

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

17. The St Adolf Ring of Oberburg - March

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

18. Prélude aux notes en bleu / Die Himmelsleiter

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

19. La petite île / Island Neveranger

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

20. Bird 2

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

21. Le cours d'eau

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

22. Zweitter Foliantten=Marsch

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

23. Le sacre de St Adolf / The Divine Almighty and Wisdom at the Zenith

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

24. Bird 3

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

25. Lea Tanttaaria

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

26. Die Oberste Regenttschaft von Sant Maria St Hall - March

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

27. St Eugène Ysaïe / Die Oberste Regenttschaft von Sant Maria St Hall

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

28. Dans le fond de la crypte

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

29. March

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

30. La tour de St Adolf Tower

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

31. Dans les rues de Berne

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

32. Juno, die Göttin der Neger

by Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer

Performer: Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Performer
Primary Artist: Adolf Wölfli
Baudouin De Jaer; Main Performer
Composer: Adolf Wölfli, Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wolfli
Baudouin De Jaer
Adolf Wölfli; Composer

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Apr 8, 2011

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