“He was locked in a closet,” Finkelmeier said. Hearn was blind in one eye, and after his mother died an aunt abused him. She was taken by his troubled and tragic childhood. To prepare, Finkelmeier dove headlong into Hearn's life.
Laurenz had contacted the composer to ask if she'd collaborate on a multimedia music and film project inspired by Hearn's scary tales and deep thinking on Buddhism, the supernatural and spirituality. And he's most well-known for bringing Japanese ghost stories into the English language.” “Lafcadio is this really wild character who was a nomad born in Greece, traversed through England, New York City, Cincinnati, Ohio - which is where I'm from - and New Orleans,” Finkelmeier explained, “then made his way to Japan. Lafcadio Hearn's great, great grand niece, Jean Laurenz - who's also a musician - told Finkelmeier all about him.
“That's a really cool name.” Lafcadio Hearn, 1850-1904 (Bettmann/Getty Images) Halloween is upon us, and maybe you're looking for something a little scary to help get into the mood? Well, Boston composer Maria Finkelmeier has just the trick: some new, creepy music she conjured to honor a celebrated but relatively little-known 19th-century ghost story master.įinkelmeier recalls what raced through her mind two years ago when she first heard about Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904).
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