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pos: The Fall of the House of Usher the Best Musical award at the New York International Fringe Festival. Dave Malloy's 2014 song cycle "Ghost Quartet" includes, amongst other interwoven narratives, a retelling of the story, with several major changes. These changes include the presence of two Usher children, and the moving of Roderick's symptoms to his wife, Lady Usher. The Fall of the House of Usher "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a narrative short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine before being included in the collection "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" in 1840. The

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 French film) famous Czech composer Varhan Orchestrovich Bauer composed new original soundtrack and performed with Basel Sinfonietta in Switzerland and Germany. In 2015 Anna Coogan wrote and performed her score for the film. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 French film) The Fall of the House of Usher () is a 1928 French horror film directed by Jean Epstein, one of multiple films based on the Gothic short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. Future director Luis Buñuel co-wrote the screenplay with Epstein, his second film credit, having previously worked as assistant director on

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 French film) The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 French film) The Fall of the House of Usher () is a 1928 French horror film directed by Jean Epstein, one of multiple films based on the Gothic short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. Future director Luis Buñuel co-wrote the screenplay with Epstein, his second film credit, having previously worked as assistant director on Epstein's film "Mauprat" from 1926. American critic Roger Ebert included the film on his list of "Great Movies." In 1995, Ivan Fedele composed an original soundtrack for the film. In 2012

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1974 and subsequently at the Hampstead Theatre Club in 1975. The 1976 debut album of the Alan Parsons Project, "Tales of Mystery and Imagination", adapted many Poe stories in musical form. The second half of the album was a five-part set dedicated to "The Fall of the House of Usher", with an introductory narration by Orson Welles as the narrator. In 2002 Lance Tait wrote a one-act play, "The Fall of the House of Usher", based on Poe's tale. Laura Grace Pattillo wrote in "The Edgar Allan Poe Review" (2006), "[Tait's] play follows

pos: La chute de la maison Usher (opera) La chute de la maison Usher (opera) La chute de la maison Usher ("The Fall of the House of Usher") is an unfinished opera in one act (divided into two scenes) by Claude Debussy to his own libretto, based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher". The composer worked on the score between 1908 and 1917 but it was never completed. Debussy had long been fascinated by the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, familiar to French readers through the translations by Charles Baudelaire. As early as 1890, André Suarès wrote in a letter to

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 American film) no dialogue, though one part features letters moving across the screen. In 2000, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant film" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 American film) The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) is a short silent horror film adaptation of the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of a brother and sister who live under a family curse. It stars Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, and

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 American film) The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 American film) The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) is a short silent horror film adaptation of the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of a brother and sister who live under a family curse. It stars Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, and Melville Webber. The movie was directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber. A music score was written in 1959 for the film by Watson and Webber's friend, composer Alec Wilder. This was his second attempt (after he

pos: Federico Favali Italy, and abroad in Germany, England, Argentina, Indonesia, Ireland, Australia, South Korea, United States and Japan. He collaborated, among others with the contrabassist Gabriele Ragghianti. In 2014 the Teatro del Giglio of Lucca commissioned him to compose an opera. It was the first commission of the Theatre after a period of 18 years. He wrote the music and the libretto of "The fall of the house of Usher", inspired by The fall of the house of Usher, by Edgar Allan Poe. The world premiere was performed at the Teatro San Girolamo of Lucca on 4 May 2014. On 31 December

pos: House of Usher (film) House of Usher (film) House of Usher (also known as The Fall of the House of Usher and The Mysterious House of Usher) is a 1960 American horror film directed by Roger Corman and written by Richard Matheson from the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. The film was the first of eight Corman/Poe feature films and stars Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey, Mark Damon and Harry Ellerbe. In 2005, the film was listed with the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Versions exist on DVD with

pos: The House of Usher (film) meantime, Jill has discovered that the Usher family has practiced twincest for the past five or six generations, right down to Maddy and Rick. All the prior generations had twins, who later became a couple and birthed twins of their own and so on down the line to Maddy and Rick, who were to continue the Usher curse. The film was shot throughout Massachusetts: Danvers, Newburyport, and Rowley in April 2005 on a $130,000 budget. The House of Usher (film) The House of Usher is a 2006 American drama thriller film based on the Edgar Allan Poe story, "The Fall

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher The Fall of the House of Usher "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a narrative short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine before being included in the collection "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" in 1840. The short story is a work of detective fiction and includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities. The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and

pos: The Fall of the Louse of Usher The Fall of the Louse of Usher The Fall of the Louse of Usher is a 2002 British horror film directed by Ken Russell. The film is loosely based on several Edgar Allan Poe stories, notably "The Fall of the House of Usher". Rock star Roddy Usher (played by James Johnston) is confined to an insane asylum after murdering his wife. During his time there he is given various shock treatments by Nurse Smith (Marie Findley) and Dr Calahari (Ken Russell), resulting in a series of bizarre and nightmarish adventures. "The Fall of the Louse of Usher" features many of

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher (1950 film) The Fall of the House of Usher (1950 film) The Fall of the House of Usher is a 1950 British horror film directed by Ivan Barnett and starring Gwendoline Watford, Kaye Tendeter and Irving Steen. It is an adaptation of the 1839 short story of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe. The film uses a framing device set in a Gentlemen's club where one of the members reads to his friends from a copy of Poe's book. A century before a young man visits a bleak-looking mansion in the English countryside where his friend Lord Roderick Usher lives with

pos: The Haunted Palace (poem) The Haunted Palace (poem) "The Haunted Palace" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The 48-line poem was first released in the April 1839 issue of Nathan Brooks' "American Museum" magazine. It was eventually incorporated into "The Fall of the House of Usher" as a song written by Roderick Usher. The poem serves as an allegory about a king "in the olden time long ago" who is afraid of evil forces that threaten him and his palace, foreshadowing impending doom. As part of "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe said, "I mean to imply a mind haunted by

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher (Hammill opera) frequently sang a suite of songs from the opera, officially released on the video/DVD "In The Passionskirche". The Fall of the House of Usher (Hammill opera) The Fall of the House of Usher is an opera by Peter Hammill (music) and Chris Judge Smith (libretto). It is based on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. Hammill and Smith, two of the co-founders of Van der Graaf Generator, worked sporadically on the opera from 1973 until its first recording was released on Some Bizzare Records (the only instance of Hammill's work appearing on the label) in

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher (Hammill opera) The Fall of the House of Usher (Hammill opera) The Fall of the House of Usher is an opera by Peter Hammill (music) and Chris Judge Smith (libretto). It is based on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. Hammill and Smith, two of the co-founders of Van der Graaf Generator, worked sporadically on the opera from 1973 until its first recording was released on Some Bizzare Records (the only instance of Hammill's work appearing on the label) in November 1991. The album was available on CD, cassette and a limited edition of 500 double vinyl

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher (1950 film) proved surprisingly successful on its release as a second feature and even topped the bill in some cinemas. It was reissued in 1955 and again in 1961. It may have been an influence on the subsequent development of Hammer Horror. The Fall of the House of Usher (1950 film) The Fall of the House of Usher is a 1950 British horror film directed by Ivan Barnett and starring Gwendoline Watford, Kaye Tendeter and Irving Steen. It is an adaptation of the 1839 short story of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe. The film uses a framing device set in

pos: The House of Usher (film) The House of Usher (film) The House of Usher is a 2006 American drama thriller film based on the Edgar Allan Poe story, "The Fall of the House of Usher". The film was directed by Hayley Cloake and written by Collin Chang. It stars Austin Nichols, Izabella Miko, and Beth Grant. Jill Masters (Izabella Miko) has not seen or heard from her ex-lover, Roderick "Rick" Usher (Austin Nichols), or her best friend (Rick's twin), Madeline "Maddy" Usher (Danielle McCarthy), for three years. One night, Rick contacts Jill and informs her of Maddy's sudden death. Her last wish was for Jill

pos: The Fall of the Louse of Usher Russell's trademarks including sexuality (often taken to extremes and showing orgy sequences), musical sequences and over-the-top acting. The film incorporates comedy and musical elements, despite primarily being a horror film. Critics generally agreed that the film was not as polished as Russell's earlier work. For example, Paul Higson of "The Zone" website called the production design "kindergarten level". The Fall of the Louse of Usher The Fall of the Louse of Usher is a 2002 British horror film directed by Ken Russell. The film is loosely based on several Edgar Allan Poe stories, notably "The Fall of the House of

pos: Usher (2004 film) Usher (2004 film) Usher is a 2004 film written and directed by Roger Leatherwood. It is loosely adapted from the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of a young hitman who falls on hard times and gets a job in a movie theatre. The theatre seems to have a personality of its own and the hitman, named Ash, finds himself losing his personality as he falls into a day-to-day work routine. The feature film premiered at the 2004 Telluride Indie Film Festival (now defunct) and won Best Feature. Additionally,

pos: The Haunted Palace (poem) Crickets", the track title was back-translated into English as "The Haunted Castle". In 2009, Lithuanian contemporary classical music composer Giedrius Alkauskas wrote an Art song for a bass singer and a piano, based on the translation of "The Haunted Palace" into Lithuanian made by Aleksys Churginas. The Haunted Palace (poem) "The Haunted Palace" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The 48-line poem was first released in the April 1839 issue of Nathan Brooks' "American Museum" magazine. It was eventually incorporated into "The Fall of the House of Usher" as a song written by Roderick Usher. The poem serves as

pos: Curtis Harrington in high school, "Fall of the House of Usher". His casting of Nikolas and Zeena Schreck in his updated version of Edgar Allan Poe’s ”The Fall of the House of Usher” is in keeping with the magical thread that runs through the filmmaker’s career. Financing of the film was partly accomplished through the Shrecks' brokering of the sale of Harrington's signed copy of Crowley's "The Book of Thoth". He died on May 6, 2007, of complications from a stroke he had suffered in 2005. He is interred in the Cathedral Mausoleum at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. "House of Harrington", a

pos: Big Two-Hearted River Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". According to Benson, despite Pound and Joyce's influence, Hemingway "carried the new form into the position of dominant influence" for much of the 20th century. Unlike other modernist writers, who wrote of man cut off from the past, Hemingway placed his narratives in the present and hence became "the true modernist". Big Two-Hearted River "Big Two-Hearted River" is a two-part short story written by American author Ernest Hemingway, published in the 1925 Boni & Liveright edition of "In Our Time", the first American volume of Hemingway's short stories. It features

pos: Paul R. Abramson wife photographer Ann Purdy, Abramson wrote and directed the short experimental film "Regret is My Demon" that premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2008. Composed almost entirely of still photographs with voice-over narration, "Regret is My Demon" tells the story of a teenage girl who blames herself for her mother's heroin addiction and untimely death. Chris Marker's "La Jetee" (1962), Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" and Cindy Sherman's "Untitled Film Stills" (1977–1982) are obvious influences. "Regret is My Demon" was produced and edited by Blisss Productions. Abramson is the lead singer and

pos: Jonathan Gems Jonathan Gems Jonathan Gems (born 1952, London) is a British playwright and screenwriter mostly known for his work on "Mars Attacks!", directed by Tim Burton. He also wrote the film's novelization. The son of the playwright Pam Gems, Gems wrote a number of plays for theatres on the London fringe before gradually turning to screenwriting. As well as "Mars Attacks!", Gems did uncredited rewrite work on "Batman". Gems has written a number of unproduced scripts for Burton, including a "Beetlejuice" sequel titled "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian", an updating of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" set in

pos: Story within a story as part of a rejected title of this book within a book, and "The Lord of the Rings" is a part of the final title. An example of an interconnected inner story is "The Mad Trist" in Edgar Allan Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher", where through somewhat mystical means the narrator's reading of the story within a story influences the reality of the story he has been telling, so that what happens in "The Mad Trist" begins happening in "The Fall of the House of Usher". Also, in "Don Quixote" by Cervantes, there are many stories within the

pos: The Fall of the House of Usher masterpiece of American Gothic literature. Indeed, as in many of his tales, Poe borrows much from the already developed Gothic tradition. Still, as G. R. Thomson writes in his Introduction to "Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe", "the tale has long been hailed as a masterpiece of Gothic horror; it is also a masterpiece of dramatic irony and structural symbolism." "The Fall of the House of Usher" has been criticized for being too formulaic. Poe was criticized for following his own patterns established in works like "Morella" and "Ligeia", using stock characters in stock scenes and stock situations. Repetitive

pos: Judge Smith at the Lyric Theatre in 1982), was his last musical, co-written with Lene Lovich and Les Chappell, and starring Lovich. Around 1973, Smith, together with Van der Graaf Generator co-founder Peter Hammill, began work on an opera based on the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, Smith writing the libretto and Hammill composing the music. The album was finally released in 1991 on Some Bizzare Records, with a cast of singers including Lene Lovich, Andy Bell, Sarah Jane Morris and Herbert Grönemeyer. A reworked version, titled "The Fall Of The House Of Usher

pos: Usher (2004 film) Thomas Alexander won the award for "Best Actor in a Feature" from Wicked Pixel's 2004 "Cinema Edge" awards and was reviewed by "Film Threat" magazine (online) and "Shock Cinema". Since November 2009 the film has been being posted in short non-sequential segments, one a week, by ArtOverLife Studios. Roger Leatherwood directed the short animated film "Lieing Man" in 2008. Usher (2004 film) Usher is a 2004 film written and directed by Roger Leatherwood. It is loosely adapted from the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of a young hitman

pos: A Pleasure to Burn in which the macabre has been banished uses the stories of Poe to plot his revenge on those who were responsible for the banishment of horror stories, films, Hallowe'en, etc. Also known as "Usher II", in tribute to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". Two people have a phone conversation while waiting for the end of the world. One of them seems more concerned with the loss of all of the great art than with their lives. When a couple discovers that the government is spying on them, it has a strange effect on their relationship.

pos: Safety coffin outside his coffin with his hands torn and bloody after attempting to escape (although it is possible that this is merely a myth). The fears of being buried alive were heightened by reports of doctors and accounts in literature and the newspapers. As well as dealing with the subject in "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of Amontillado", Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Premature Burial", which was published in 1844. It contained accounts of supposedly genuine cases of premature burial as well as detailing the narrator's own (perceived) interment while still alive. The general fear of

pos: William Beckett (singer) April 16, 2009, Beckett posted the first chapter of the book he hopes to have published, entitled "The Folding". Beckett announced via his blog on July 12, 2010 (the post has now been deleted and replaced with an update post) that he would be starring in a short film based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". Beckett wrote the theme song for John Scalzi's novel, "Lock In", released on August 28, 2014. In a November 2009 interview with "Alternative Press", Beckett confirmed that he has a child, a daughter, Genevieve Dylan Beckett. He has been

pos: Short story tales including "Rip van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). Nathaniel Hawthorne published the first part of his "Twice-Told Tales" in 1837. Edgar Allan Poe wrote his tales of mystery and imagination between 1832 and 1849. Classic stories are "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and the first detective story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". In "The Philosophy of Composition" (1846) Poe argued that a literary work should be short enough for a reader to finish in one sitting. In Germany, the first

pos: The Haunter of the Dark taken directly from Hanns Heinz Ewers' "The Spider", which Lovecraft read in Dashiell Hammett's anthology "Creeps By Night" (1931). In Blake's final notes, he refers to "Roderick Usher", an allusion to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher", which Lovecraft described in "Supernatural Horror in Literature" as featuring "an abnormally linked trinity of entities...a brother, his twin sister, and their incredibly ancient house all sharing a single soul and meeting one common dissolution at the same moment." "An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia" suggests that this interpretation is the key to understanding the ending of "The Haunter of

pos: Washington Irving 1835, Irving purchased a "neglected cottage" and its surrounding riverfront property in Tarrytown, New York. The house, which he named Sunnyside in 1841, required constant repair and renovation over the next twenty years. With costs of Sunnyside escalating, Irving reluctantly agreed in 1839 to become a regular contributor to "The Knickerbocker" magazine, writing new essays and short stories under the Knickerbocker and Crayon pseudonyms. He was regularly approached by aspiring young authors for advice or endorsement, including Edgar Allan Poe, who sought Irving's comments on "William Wilson" and "The Fall of the House of Usher". Irving also championed America's maturing

pos: Myrna Fahey Myrna Fahey Myrna Fahey (March 12, 1933 – May 6, 1973) was an American actress best known for her role as Maria Crespo in "Walt Disney's Zorro" and as Madeline Usher in the film version of Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Fall of the House of Usher". She appeared in episodes of 37 television series from the 1950s into the 1970s, including "Bonanza", "Wagon Train", "Straightaway", "The Time Tunnel", "Maverick" (in the episode entitled "Duel at Sundown" with James Garner and Clint Eastwood), "77 Sunset Strip", "Laramie", "Gunsmoke", "The Adventures of Superman", "Kraft Suspense Theatre", "Daniel Boone", "Perry Mason", and "Batman".

pos: Catalepsy the doctor attempts to treat him with amyl nitrite. In Ford Madox Ford's "The Good Soldier", the protagonist Dowell experiences catalepsy following the death of his wife. In Robert A. Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land", the main character Valentine Michael Smith is believed to have catalepsy when he is returned to Earth. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Premature Burial", the narrator develops catalepsy. He fears being mistakenly declared dead and buried alive, and goes to great lengths to prevent this. In another of Poe's short stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher", Madeline Usher has catalepsy, and is

neg: Edgar Allan Poe and music for narrator and symphony orchestra in 1971. A lesser-known American composer, Edgar Stillman Kelley (1857–1944) wrote a piece for orchestra entitled "The Pit and the Pendulum". The Russian composer Nikita Koshkin wrote the 1984 piece "Usher Valse" (Usher Waltz) for solo guitar, depicting Usher's frenzied guitar performance in the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher". The Usher Waltz has been recorded by John Williams and Elena Papandreou. The American composer Philip Glass wrote the 1978 "The Fall of the House of Usher" to a libretto by Arthur Yorinks. The American composer James Poulsen composed "Five Poems of

neg: La chute de la maison Usher (opera) based on a Poe tale, the darker "Fall of the House of Usher". On 5 July he signed a contract with the New York Metropolitan Opera guaranteeing the house the right to stage the premiere of his projected Poe double-bill as well as another unwritten opera "La légende de Tristan". That summer he wrote to his friend Jacques Durand: "These days I have been working hard on "The Fall of the House of Usher"... There are moments when I lose the feeling of things around me and if the sister of Roderick Usher were to come into my house, I

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher the story. It is the first "character" that the narrator introduces to the reader, presented with a humanized description: its windows are described as "eye-like" twice in the first paragraph. The fissure that develops in its side is symbolic of the decay of the Usher family and the house "dies" along with the two Usher siblings. This connection was emphasized in Roderick's poem "The Haunted Palace" which seems to be a direct reference to the house that foreshadows doom. L. Sprague de Camp, in his "Lovecraft: A Biography", wrote that "[a]ccording to the late [Poe expert] Thomas O. Mabbott, [H.

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher visibly flawed – by Ahab's livid scar, and by the fissure in the masonry of Usher. "La Chute de la maison Usher" is a 1928 silent French horror film directed by Jean Epstein starring Marguerite Gance, Jean Debucourt, and Charles Lamy. Actress Gwendoline Watford made her film debut playing Lady Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher", a British black and white film version made in 1947 but not released until 1950. In the low-budget Roger Corman B-film from 1960, known in the United States as "House of Usher" starring Vincent Price as Roderick Usher, the narrator is

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher open to reveal Madeline standing there. She falls on her brother, and both land on the floor as corpses. The narrator then flees the house, and, as he does so, notices a flash of moonlight behind him which causes him to turn back, in time to see the moon shining through the suddenly widened crack. As he watches, the House of Usher splits in two and the fragments sink into the tarn. In "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe's unnamed narrator is called to visit the House of Usher by Roderick Usher. As his "best and only friend",

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher the House of Usher" is considered the best example of Poe's "totality", wherein every element and detail is related and relevant. The theme of the crumbling, haunted castle is a key feature of Horace Walpole's "Castle of Otranto" (1764), which largely contributed in defining the Gothic genre. The presence of a capacious, disintegrating house symbolizing the destruction of the human body is a characteristic element in Poe's later work. "The Fall of the House of Usher" shows Poe's ability to create an emotional tone in his work, specifically feelings of fear, doom, and guilt. These emotions center on Roderick Usher,

neg: House of Usher (film) called it "a better than average horror film—if that's saying much," adding that Price "does a masterful job" in his role. "House of Usher" is now regarded as a high point in Corman's filmography, with a 90% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 29 reviews. The film differs from the short story in significant ways. In the short story: House of Usher (film) House of Usher (also known as The Fall of the House of Usher and The Mysterious House of Usher) is a 1960 American horror film directed by Roger Corman and written by Richard Matheson from the

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher Poe's original story quite closely, using a female Chorus figure to help further the tale as the 'Friend' (as Tait names the narrator) alternates between monologue and conversation with Usher." "The Fall of the House of Usher" (2015), narrated by Christopher Lee, is an animated short film which is part of "Extraordinary Tales". Between 1908–17, French composer Claude Debussy worked on an opera called "La chute de la maison Usher". The libretto was his own, based on Poe, and the work was to be a companion piece to another short opera ("Le diable dans le beffroi") based on Poe's "The

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher Roderick and Madeline Usher in both versions, Harrington shot his original 10-minute silent short on 8mm in 1942, and he shot a new 36 minute version simply titled "Usher" on 35mm in 2000 which he intended to utilize in a longer Poe anthology film that never came to fruition. Both versions were included on the 2013 DVD/Blu-ray release "Curtis Harrington: The Short Film Collection". In the early 1970s, Steven Berkoff worked on a theatrical adaptation called 'The Fall of the House of Usher' whose 35 brief scenes follow closely the course of Poe's story. Published by Amber Lane Press, it

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher themes like an unidentifiable disease, madness and resurrection are also criticized. Washington Irving explained to Poe in a letter dated November 6, 1839: "You have been too anxious to present your pictures vividly to the eye, or too distrustful of your effect, and had laid on too much colouring. It is erring on the best side – the side of luxuriance." John McAleer maintained that the idea for "objectifying Ahab's flawed character" came from the "evocative force" of Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". In both Ahab and the house of Usher, the appearance of fundamental soundness is

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher (Hammill opera) LPs. The cast of singers was: Smith's libretto takes certain liberties with Poe's source text. The House itself becomes a vocal part, to be sung by the same performer who sings the role of Roderick Usher. The narrator, unnamed in the story, is given the name Montresor (the name of the narrator of another tale by Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado"), and a romantic attachment between Montresor and Madeline Usher is hinted at. In 1999, Hammill regained the rights to the music from Some Bizzare and set about revising the piece. He re-recorded some of his own vocals, although the

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher 1830. Other sources indicate that a sailor and the young wife of the older owner were caught and entombed in their trysting spot by her husband. When the Usher House was torn down in 1830, two bodies were found embraced in a cavity in the cellar. Another source of inspiration may be from an actual couple by the name Mr. and Mrs. Luke Usher, the friends and fellow actors of his mother Eliza Poe. The couple took care of Eliza's three children (including Poe) during her time of illness and eventual death. German writer E. T. A. Hoffmann, who was

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher connect between Madeline and Roderick. Throughout the tale and her varying states of consciousness, Madeline ignores the Narrator's presence. After Roderick Usher claims that Madeline has died, he helps Usher place her in the underground vault despite noticing Madeline's flushed appearance. During one sleepless night, the Narrator reads aloud to Usher as sounds are heard throughout the mansion. He witnesses Madeline's reemergence and the subsequent death of the twins, Madeline and Roderick. The narrator is the only character to escape the House of Usher, which he views as it cracks and sinks into the tarn, or mountain lake. Roderick Usher

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher two. Opium, which Poe mentions several times in both his prose and poems, is mentioned twice in the tale. The gloomy sensation occasioned by the dreary landscape around the Usher mansion is compared by the narrator to the sickness caused by the withdrawal symptoms of an opiate-addict. The narrator also describes Roderick Usher's appearance as that of an "irreclaimable eater of opium." Along with "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Fall of the House of Usher" is considered among Poe's most famous works of prose. This highly unsettling macabre work is recognized as a

neg: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Alan Parsons Project album) 37 on the Pop Singles chart. "The Raven" features actor Leonard Whiting on lead vocals, with Alan Parsons performing vocals through an EMI vocoder. According to the album's liner notes, "The Raven" was the first rock song to feature a digital vocoder. The prelude section of "The Fall of the House of Usher", although uncredited, is inspired by the opera fragment "La chute de la maison Usher" by Claude Debussy which was composed between 1908 and 1917. "The Fall of the House of Usher" is an instrumental suite which runs more than 16 minutes and takes up most of Side

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher entity. To that end, Roderick's deteriorating condition speeds up his own torment and eventual death. His mental health deteriorates faster as he begins to hear Madeline's attempts to escape the underground vault she was buried in. Like with his sister, Roderick Usher is tied to the mansion. He believes the mansion is sentient and responsible, in part, for his deteriorating mental health and melancholy. Despite this admission, Usher remains in the mansion and composes art containing the Usher mansion or similar haunted mansions. Roderick falls to his death out of fear in a manner similar to the House of Usher's

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher who, like many Poe characters, suffers from an unnamed disease. Like the narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart", his disease inflames his hyperactive senses. The illness manifests physically but is based in Roderick's mental or even moral state. He is sick, it is suggested, because he "expects" to be sick based on his family's history of illness and is, therefore, essentially a hypochondriac. Similarly, he buries his sister alive because he "expects" to bury her alive, creating his own self-fulfilling prophecy. The House of Usher, itself doubly referring both to the actual structure and the family, plays a significant role in

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher separately in the April 1839 issue of the "Baltimore Museum" magazine. In 1928, Éditions Narcisse, predecessor to the Black Sun Press, published a limited edition of 300 numbered copies with illustrations by Alastair. Poe's inspiration for the story may be based upon events of the Hezekiah Usher House, which was located on the Usher estate that is now a three-block area bounded in modern Boston by Tremont Street to the northwest, Washington Street to the southeast, Avery Street to the south and Winter Street to the north. The house was constructed in 1684 and either torn down or relocated in

neg: Surrealist cinema drafted itself an official birth certificate.’ Surrealist films of the twenties include Rene Clair's Entr'acte(1924), Fernand Leger's Ballet Mechanique (1924), Jean Renoir's La Fille de L'aeu (1924), Marcel Duchamp's Anemic Cinema (1926), Jean Epstein's (Luis Buñuel assisting) Fall of the House of Usher(1928), Watson and Webber's Fall of the House of Usher (1928) and Germaine Dulac from a screenplay by Antonin Artaud "The Seashell and the Clergyman" (1928) . Other films include "Un Chien Andalou" and "L'Age d'Or" by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí; Buñuel went on to direct many more films, never denying his surrealist roots. Ingmar Bergman said

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher (Hammill opera) parts of the other singers were untouched. He also removed the percussion, added more electric guitar and remixed the entire recording. The results were released as "The Fall of the House of Usher (Deconstructed & Rebuilt)" on Hammill's own Fie! label in November 1999. Hammill regards this version as the definitive recorded version of the opera. The opera has never been performed live in its entirety. In the 1980s Hammill performed "The Sleeper" a capella at a Poetry reading festival in Amsterdam in October 1983, and in New York in July 1986. At live concerts in 1991 and 1992 Hammill

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher Madeline does not appear until she is summoned through her brother's fear, as is foreshadowed in the epigraph, a quote from French poet Pierre-Jean de Béranger: "Son cœur est un luth suspendu; / Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne", meaning "His heart is a tightened lute; as soon as one touches it, it echoes". "The Fall of the House of Usher" was first published in September 1839 in "Burton's Gentleman's Magazine". It was slightly revised in 1840 for the collection "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque". It contains within it Poe's poem "The Haunted Palace", which had earlier been published

neg: Numb (Usher song) Numb (Usher song) "Numb" is a song recorded by American singer Usher for his seventh studio album "Looking 4 Myself" (2012). Usher co-wrote it with Ryon Lovett and Terry Lewis, with production and additional writing provided by Swedish House Mafia, Alesso, and Klas Åhlund. After their joint performance at the 2010 American Music Awards, Usher and Swedish House Mafia managed to start working on recording sessions for Usher's seventh studio album in Atlanta. RCA Records solicited "Numb" to contemporary hit radio stations on August 21, 2012 in the US as fourth single from the album. "Numb" is a dance-pop and

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon), who had fallen in love with the sickly Madeline (Myrna Fahey) during her brief residence in Boston and become engaged to her. As Roderick reveals, the Usher family has a history of evil and cruelty so great that he and Madeline pledged in their youth never to have children and to allow their family to die with them. Winthrop tries desperately to convince Madeline to leave with him in spite of Roderick's disapproval, and is on the point of succeeding when Madeline falls into a deathlike catalepsy; her brother (who knows that she is still alive)

neg: Howell G. Crim Crim declined due to the long hours required. Crim married Catherine Long (also spelled Katherine Long), and the couple had two children: Howell Gardner Crim, Jr. and Catherine Isabelle Crim. The couple divorced some time before 1946. Crim left the Veteran's Bureau in the fall of 1930 to join the White House staff. The White House had asked for two people with military experience to become ushers. One would take a newly created position as Assistant Chief Usher to Chief Usher Irwin "Ike" H. Hoover, while the other would be hired into an existing position as assistant usher. Raymond Muir

neg: The Oval Portrait than that of its artist. A similar plot is also used in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1843 tale "The Birth-Mark". There are similar elements in "The Fall of House Usher", such as a painter, his lover/model in a remote setting and especially their obsessions about inanimate objects that are living (the house in Usher, the painting in Portrait). In 1928 a French film-maker, Jean Epstein, filmed "La Chute de la Maison Usher" which combined both stories. Artist Richard Corben combined them in his 2012 adaptation after adapting each on their own. Lance Tait's 2002 play "The Oval Portrait" is based on Poe's

neg: Helen Smith (nurse) of Wales. Human Rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson wrote about his time acting for Ron Smith, Helen's father, at the inquest into her death. Robertson theorises that Helen did not fall from the balcony while having sex, but was possibly sexually assaulted before her death. "Usher (the pathologist) thought they (genital injuries) indicated rape, and suggested some violent sexual activity had taken place". Robertson also states in his book that pathologists "Dalgaard, Usher & Green...produced evidence which precluded a fall from a height". Although her father had insisted that Helen would not receive a funeral until the full circumstances of her

neg: White House Chief Usher tenure. The average length of service for a Chief Usher is 10 years. The longest serving White House Chief Usher is Irwin H. "Ike" Hoover, who served as Chief Usher for 24 of his 42 years in the White House. The second-longest serving Chief Usher is Gary J. Walters, who spent 21 years in the position. Administratively, the Office of the Chief Usher resides within an agency known as The Executive Residence, which in turn was made part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) in 2002. Within The Executive Residence are three offices: The Office of the Chief

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher cracking and sinking. Madeline Usher is the twin sister and "doppelgänger" of Roderick Usher. She is deathly ill and cataleptic. She appears before the narrator, but never acknowledges his presence. She returns to her bedroom where Roderick claims she has died. She is entombed despite her flushed appearance. In the tale's conclusion, Madeline escapes her tomb and returns to Roderick, only to scare him to death. According to Poe's detective methodology in literature, Madeline Usher may be the physical embodiment of the supernatural and metaphysical worlds. Her limited presence is also explained as a personification of Roderick's torment and fear.

neg: La chute de la maison Usher (opera) as Lady Madeline, the baritone Barry McDaniel as the doctor, and the bass Walter Grönroos as Roderick's friend. Blin's reconstruction was later recorded by EMI — the music has a running time of approximately 22 minutes. In 2004, Robert Orledge completed and orchestrated the work using Debussy's draft. His reconstruction has been performed several times. It has also been recorded on DVD (Capriccio 93517) (see "Recordings" below). Notes Sources La chute de la maison Usher (opera) La chute de la maison Usher ("The Fall of the House of Usher") is an unfinished opera in one act (divided into two scenes)

neg: Heinrich Clauren Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839). Heinrich Clauren Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun (20 March 1771 – 2 August 1854), better known by his pen name Heinrich Clauren, was a German author. Born on 20 March 1771 in Doberlug, Lower Lusatia. Heun went into the Prussian civil service, and wrote in his spare time. He published under the pseudonym H. Clauren (an anagram of Carl Heun), and became one of the most popular authors of fiction for the middle class in the first half of the nineteenth century. In 1825, Wilhelm Hauff published a parody of Heun's

neg: Anna Coogan Buñuel's silent horror film "The Fall of the House of Usher" to perform with Tzar (Willie B. and Michael Stark) at the Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival (IFFF). In March 2016, Coogan and Tzar performed an original score for the 1924 Soviet film "Aelita, Queen of Mars" at Cornell Cinema. Coogan wrote and performed a solo electric guitar score for Jean Cocteau's "The Blood of a Poet" for the 2017 IFFF, for a screening Nov. 10 at Cinemapolis in Ithaca. She accompanied the Cocteau film with performances of the score on a tour of the United Kingdom in January 2018. Coogan

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher P.] Lovecraft, in 'Supernatural Horror', solved a problem in the interpretation of Poe" by arguing that "Roderick Usher, his sister Madeline, and the house all shared one common soul". The explicit psychological dimension of this tale has prompted many critics to analyze it as a description of the human psyche, comparing, for instance, the House to the unconscious, and its central crack to a split personality. Mental disorder is also evoked through the themes of melancholy, possible incest, and vampirism. An incestuous relationship between Roderick and Madeline is never explicitly stated, but seems implied by the strange attachment between the

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher him. The horrible white of his skin, and the strange light in his eyes, surprised me and even made me afraid. His hair had been allowed to grow, and in its softness it did not fall around his face but seemed to lie upon the air. I could not, even with an effort, see in my friend the appearance of a simple human being. Roderick Usher is a recluse. He is unwell both physically and mentally. In addition to his constant fear and trepidation, Madeline's catalepsy is also a cause of his decay. He is tormented by the sorrow of

neg: Stephen W. Rochon Stephen W. Rochon Rear Admiral Stephen W. Rochon is the former Director of the Executive Residence and White House Chief Usher. He was the first African-American White House Chief Usher. Admiral Rochon served his last day on active duty with the Coast Guard on March 9, 2007, and began his service at the White House on March 12. Admiral Rochon succeeded Gary J. Walters, who retired in January 2007 after 20 years as White House Chief Usher. He resigned as Chief Usher in 2011 to work in the United States Department of Homeland Security and was replaced as Chief Usher

neg: Gary J. Walters Gary J. Walters Gary J. Walters is a former White House Chief Usher, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and serving until 2007, serving under four US Presidents. Walters graduated from the University of Maryland and served as an officer in the United States Army. From 1970 to 1975, he was a part of the United States Secret Service detail to the President. He then was appointed Assistant Usher at the White House in 1976. Walters was promoted to Chief Usher about March 1986. "The Charlotte Post" wrote that he described his position as, "an all-encompassing job that requires

neg: Oliver H.P. Garrett Texan" (1930) was based on an adaption of the story "The Double-Eyed Deceiver". "City Streets" (1931), directed by Rouben Mamoulian, was adapted by Max Marcin and Garrett wrote the script. He wrote the screenplay for "The Man I Married" (1940). Oliver H.P. Garrett Oliver H.P. Garrett (May 6, 1894 – February 22, 1952) was an American film director, writer, newspaperman, rifleman and usher. Oliver H.P. Garrett was born in Laurens County, South Carolina. By the fall of 1917 he was a rifleman who fight against the Germans, but he was wounded and won the Distinguished Service Cross. He interviewed Al

neg: Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Fall of the House of Usher". A distant relative of Poe, modern scholar Harry Lee Poe, wrote that "grotesque" means "horror", which is gory and often disgusting, and "arabesque" means "terror", which forsakes the blood and gore for the sake of frightening the reader. Even so, accurately defining Poe's intentions for the terms is difficult and subdividing his tales into one category or another is even more difficult. "Vol. I" "Vol. II" Poe later revised several of these tales and republished them under new titles: Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection

neg: Tom Tryon far more personal." Tryon guest starred on "Kraft Suspense Theatre" then was reunited with Preminger in "In Harm's Way" (1965). He had the lead in "The Glory Guys" (1965). He was part of a live television performance of "The Fall of the House of Usher". He also co-wrote a song, ""I Wish I Was"," which appeared on an obscure record by Dick Kallman, star of the short-lived and now largely forgotten 1965 television sitcom, "Hank". He guest starred on "The Big Valley" and "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" and appeared in the 1967 episode "Charade of Justice" of NBC's

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher asking for his help. As he arrives, the narrator notes a thin crack extending from the roof, down the front of the building and into the adjacent lake. Although Poe wrote this short story before the invention of modern psychological science, Roderick's condition can be described according to its terminology. It includes a form of sensory overload known as hyperesthesia (hypersensitivity to textures, light, sounds, smells and tastes), hypochondria (an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness) and acute anxiety. It is revealed that Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, is also ill and falls into cataleptic, deathlike trances. Roderick

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher is the twin of Madeline Usher and one of the last living Ushers. Usher writes to the narrator, his boyhood friend, about his illness. When the narrator arrives, he is started to see Roderick's appearance is eerie and off-putting. He is described by the narrator:gray-white skin; eyes large and full of light; lips not bright in color, but of a beautiful shape; a well-shaped nose; hair of great softness — a face that was not easy to forget. And now the increase in this strangeness of his face had caused so great a change that I almost did not know

neg: James Sibley Watson Caligari" (1920). After the lesser known "Tomatos Another Day" (1930), a spoof on sound-film melodrama, "Lot in Sodom" (1932) was their next serious avant-garde production. Though Watson claimed that these films were "amateur," they earned Watson and Webber pioneer status in the avant-garde film genre. Watson's close friend Alec Wilder also aided in the production "Lot in Sodom" by recruiting actors and acting as assistant director, and later wrote an original score for "Fall of the House of Usher". Watson became Wilder's lifelong friend, and Wilder described him in a letter from 1975 as "my mentor, my spiritual and creative

neg: Mary Durack Fall of the House of Usher", it was one of the first two operas to be given an evening performance at the Sydney Opera House. On 2 December 1938 she married the aviator, Captain Horrie C. Miller, OBE, who died in 1980. They had two sons and four daughters, including Robin Miller, a famous aviator and nurse who was known as "The Sugarbird Lady" after her work fighting polio. Two of Mary Durack's daughters predeceased her. Durack was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her services to literature on 31 December 1977. On

neg: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) said he always felt "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" were the two best Poe stories. After the success of "House of Usher" (1960), he strongly considered making "Masque" as the follow-up. In 1961, Corman announced he would make "Masque" from a script by Charles Beaumont to be produced for his Filmgroup Company. However, he later said was reluctant to move forward because it had several elements similar to "The Seventh Seal" (1957), and Corman was worried people would say he was stealing from Bergman. "I kept moving "The Masque of the

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher Roderick tells of his illness and asks that he visits. He is persuaded by Roderick's desperation for companionship. Though sympathetic and helpful, the narrator is continually made to be the outsider. From his perspective, the cautionary tale unfolds. The narrator also exists as Roderick's audience, as the men are not very well acquainted and Roderick is convinced of his impending demise. The narrator is gradually drawn into Roderick's belief after being brought forth to witness the horrors and hauntings of the House of Usher. From his arrival, he notes the family's isolationist tendencies as well as the cryptic and special

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher and Madeline are the only remaining members of the Usher family. The narrator is impressed with Roderick's paintings, and attempts to cheer him by reading with him and listening to his improvised musical compositions on the guitar. Roderick sings "The Haunted Palace", then tells the narrator that he believes the house he lives in to be alive, and that this sentience arises from the arrangement of the masonry and vegetation surrounding it. Further, Roderick believes that his fate is connected to the family mansion. Roderick later informs the narrator that his sister has died and insists that she be entombed

neg: Looking 4 Myself directed by Philip Andelman. "Numb" is the album's fourth single, and was released to contemporary hit radio on August 28, 2012. It was produced by Swedish House Mafia, who also co-wrote the song with Usher. The song received generally positive acclaim from contemporary music critics with many of them praising its club-oriented production, labeling it as a potential success as a single. "Numb" was a moderate worldwide success, reaching the top-forty in five countries including Belgium, Germany and Australia. Usher released "Dive" as the fifth single, releasing the song to urban radio on August 28, 2012. The song was well

neg: Euphoria (Usher song) of ease." Nathan S. of DJ Booth wrote that "'Euphoria' hews even closer to the 4 AM in Ibiza template, as does the essentially identical Scream." People's Chuck Arnold wrote that Usher "is an Ibiza-ready club kid on electro thumpers like current single 'Scream' and the Swedish House Mafia-produced 'Euphoria' that build on the success of 'OMG', 'DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love' and 'Without You' (with David Guetta)." Regarding the song Trent Fitzgerald of PopCrush wrote that "Euphoria" "comes out with a great Ibiza-style dance track that should help him crack the European market. It sounds big and brings

neg: The Fall of the House of Usher an unnerving clatter. As the narrator reads of the knight's forcible entry into the dwelling, cracking and ripping sounds are heard somewhere in the house. When the dragon is described as shrieking as it dies, a shriek is heard, again within the house. As he relates the shield falling from off the wall, a reverberation, metallic and hollow, can be heard. Roderick becomes increasingly hysterical, and eventually exclaims that these sounds are being made by his sister, who was in fact alive when she was entombed. Additionally, Roderick somehow knew that she was alive. The bedroom door is then blown

neg: William Dubois (usher) ushers was considered the "chief" or supervisory usher. The official title, "Chief Usher", was not created until 1897. Dubois was the first to use the title, but it applied only for the last four of his five years in the role. As Chief Usher, Dubois oversaw a staff of 10 and had supervisory control over the police and guards who served inside the White House (but not outside on its grounds). As Chief Usher, Dubois also controlled access to the White House. More than 500 people per day passed through the building on tours and official business, and Dubois personally

neg: William Dubois (usher) Dubois was acquitted. Dubois was appointed an usher at the White House on April 29, 1881, although he continued to hold his job on the police force. He retired from the MPD in 1892, with the local press reporting that he reached the rank of captain. Dubois was appointed chief usher at the White House on June 3, 1896. He succeeded Carlos E. Dexter, a United States Army officer who had served as chief usher from March 1893 to December 1895. The term "chief usher" had been used by press as early as August 1887, indicating that one of the

neg: Howell G. Crim was named to the former position, while Crim took the assistant usher job. Ike Hoover died suddenly of a heart attack on September 14, 1933, and Muir was named his successor on September 18. Crim was promoted to Assistant Chief Usher. But unlike Hoover, who spent 24 years as Chief Usher, Muir's tenure in the position was not a long one. Muir left the White House in April 1938 to join the State Department, and Howell Crim was named Chief Usher on April 4, 1938. As Chief Usher, Crim oversaw the operation of the White House and its staff. He

neg: Hezekiah Usher Hezekiah Usher Usher was born in 1615. The medieval records known as the Hundred Rolls show that Usher came from the then hamlet of Bednall Green, today's Bethnal Green in East London in England. The Usher family line itself is believed to be originally from the town of Bednall Green. The Usher family name is known in English history and literally means "one who introduced strangers." Usher and his brother Robert left Bednall Green (aka Bethnal Green) and settled in the thirteen colonies. Usher came first to Cambridge. As of 1642, he was the owner of a house in Cambridge

neg: Numb (Usher song) we can see seeping through the radio in the latter half of 2012 – with the mantra of letting your problems go and dance." "The Lantern"'s Alex Antonetz wrote that both "Numb" and "Euphoria" are future Charlie Bear fare. Trent Fitzgerald of PopCrush commented that the song is perfect for the clubs. Ryan Hadfield of Consequence of Sound labeled "Numb" together with "Can't Stop Won't Stop" and "Sins of My Father" as essential tracks on "Looking 4 Myself". Andrew Unterberger of Popdust wrote that the single's production is appropriate for an Usher and Swedish House Mafia collaboration, though criticised its

neg: Richard Usher 23 September 1843. His obituary in the "Gentleman's Magazine" wrote: "For the last half century no man had contributed more to the amusement of the public… his name is familiar as a household word from the Shetlands to Cape Clear." He married firstly Mrs. Pincott (the mother of Leonora Pincott, wife of Alfred Wigan); secondly, a sister of James William Wallack, who survived him with a family. His son Alfred Usher was a violinist and orchestra leader, active in Sydney, Australia by 1857. Alfred's granddaughter Constance Brandon Usher was a prominent Australian pianist. Attribution Richard Usher Richard Usher (1785 –

neg: Stephen W. Rochon He has also received numerous civic and community leadership awards. A White House lawn picnic table is dedicated to Admiral Rochon. Stephen W. Rochon Rear Admiral Stephen W. Rochon is the former Director of the Executive Residence and White House Chief Usher. He was the first African-American White House Chief Usher. Admiral Rochon served his last day on active duty with the Coast Guard on March 9, 2007, and began his service at the White House on March 12. Admiral Rochon succeeded Gary J. Walters, who retired in January 2007 after 20 years as White House Chief Usher. He resigned

neg: Christopher Emery goals for fiscal years 2015–2018. Emery currently serves as the Chief Enterprise Architect for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In 2017, Emery published a memoir, "White House Usher: Stories from the Inside," which focused on his time as a White House Usher. Former First Lady Barbara Bush wrote the book's foreword. A past resident of Laurel, Maryland, Emery currently resides in Washington, D.C.. He was formerly married to Penny, with whom he has one daughter and three stepchildren. Christopher Emery Christopher Beauregard Emery is the Chief Enterprise Architect for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Emery was a White

neg: My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song) be found floating on the Internet. Although it was and still is widely believed that it was Beyoncé. However, Jermaine Dupri, who co-wrote the song including Usher's number-one hits "Yeah!", "Burn", and "Confessions Part II", felt that he had established good relationship with Keys since she had worked with him and Usher. The song is written from the perspectives of Keys and Usher, who play the role of an ex-couple. For him, Usher and Keys "talk about how they used to be in love and how those feelings are still lingering despite the two not being involved anymore." For Keys,

neg: C. William Harwood he also led performances of Mozart's "Idomeneo", Piccinni's "La buona figliuola", and the world premiere of Debussy's opera "La Chute de la Maison Usher" (based on Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"). He then served as director of the Houston Grand Opera's touring arm, the Texas Opera Theater, for two years; while simultaneously working as the associate conductor of the Houston Symphony. He notably led the HGO's groundbreaking 1977 production of Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess". He later conducted performances of that opera at Radio City Music Hall in 1982. In 1979 Harwood conducted the world premiere of Stephen

neg: Lene Lovich the US three times immediately before, during and shortly after the release of "March", giving US fans their only glimpse of her for many years to come. All three tours culminated with benefit concerts for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Her tours supporting "March" were done with a semi-full band, featuring the electronic duo Tanz Waffen as her backup band in addition to herself and Chappell. Lovich contributed to the opera "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1991) by Peter Hammill and Judge Smith, singing the part of Madeline Usher. In 2005, Lovich appeared on Hawkwind's "Take

neg: Jennifer Zetlan Inspiration Point. In 2007 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as one of the French actresses in Sergei Prokofiev's "War and Peace". That same year she made her debuts at the Florida Grand Opera (as Lisa in Vincenzo Bellini's "La Sonnambula") and the New York City Opera (as Frasquita in Georges Bizet's "Carmen"). In 2009 Zetlan made her debut with the Nashville Opera as Madeline Usher in Philip Glass's "The Fall of the House of Usher". In May 2010 she created the role of The Flier in the world premiere of Daron Hagen's "Amelia" at the Seattle Opera.

neg: Eliza Poe Luke Usher (the name may have inspired Poe's tale "The Fall of the House of Usher") took care of the children during Eliza's illness and many in the Richmond area took an interest in her health. On November 29 of that year, the Richmond Theater announced a benefit performance on her behalf. A local publication, the "Enquirer", reported her need for help: "On this night, "Mrs. Poe", lingering on the bed of disease and surrounded by her children, asks your assistance and "asks it perhaps for the last time"". Eliza finally died on Sunday morning, December 8, 1811, at the

neg: Claude Debussy piece inspired by Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" and later sketched the libretto for an opera, "La chute de la maison Usher". Another project inspired by Poe – an operatic version of "The Devil in the Belfry" did not progress beyond sketches. French writers whose words he set include Paul Bourget, Alfred de Musset, Théodore de Banville, Leconte de Lisle, Théophile Gautier, Paul Verlaine, François Villon, and Mallarmé – the last of whom also provided Debussy with the inspiration for one of his most popular orchestral pieces, "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune". Debussy is widely regarded as

neg: Carolyn Abbate audience alike. Her research focuses primarily on the operatic repertory of the 19th century, offering creative and innovative approaches to understanding these works critically and historically. Some of her more recent work has addressed topics such as film studies and performance studies more generally. Born in New York City, Carolyn Abbate completed her BA at Yale University in 1977. Whilst still an undergraduate at Yale, she reconstructed the score of Claude Debussy’s "La chute de la maison Usher" ("The Fall of the House of Usher") – a work long regarded as unsalvageably incomplete. She continued her studies in Munich and