Six Litanies for Heliogabalus

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Six Litanies for Heliogabalus" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

2007 studio album by John Zorn

Studio album by John Zorn

Released

March 27, 2007

Genre

Length

44:34

Label

Tzadik TZ 7361

Producer

John Zorn

Moonchild Trio chronology

Astronome
(2006)

Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
(2007)

The Crucible
(2008)

John Zorn chronology

Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6
(2006)

Six Litanies for Heliogabals
(2007)

From Silence to Sorcery
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Six Litanies for Heliogabalus is an album by John Zorn. It is the third album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following Moonchild: Songs Without Words (2005) and Astronome (2006) and the first to feature additional performers. The promotional notes that accompany the US CD Release indicate that the concept for the recording was inspired by the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Litany I"	7:53
2.	"Litany II"	7:06
3.	"Litany III"	10:36
4.	"Litany IV"	8:13
5.	"Litany V"	4:30
6.	"Litany VI"	6:16
Total length:		44:34

All compositions by John Zorn

Personnel

John Zorn – alto sax, composer, conductor
Joey Baron – drums
Trevor Dunn – bass
Ikue Mori – electronics
Mike Patton – voice
Jamie Saft – organ
Martha Cluver – voice
Abby Fischer – voice
Kirsten Sollek – voice

References

v t e John Zorn
Discography
Solo albums	The Classic Guide to Strategy First Recordings 1973 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9 The Hermetic Organ The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2
Game Pieces	Lacrosse Pool Hockey Archery Cobra John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands Xu Feng Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2
File Card Pieces	Spillane The Bribe Elegy Kristallnacht Godard/Spillane Femina Dictée/Liber Novus Interzone Mount Analogue
Cover albums	Voodoo The Big Gundown News for Lulu More News for Lulu Spy vs Spy
Classical	Redbird The Book of Heads Duras: Duchamp Angelus Novus Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra The String Quartets Cartoon S/M Madness, Love and Mysticism Songs from the Hermetic Theatre Chimeras Magick Mysterium Rituals From Silence to Sorcery The Satyr's Play / Cerberus What Thou Wilt Lemma On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits The Alchemist Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections In the Hall of Mirrors Myth and Mythopoeia
Filmworks	1986-1990 Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill 1990–1995 S&M + More Tears of Ecstasy 1996 Cynical Hysterie Hour 1997 Trembling Before G-d In the Mirror of Maya Deren Secret Lives Three Documentaries Invitation to a Suicide Hiding and Seeking Protocols of Zion Workingman's Death Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls The Treatment The Rain Horse Sholem Aleichem Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum The Last Supper El General The Nobel Prizewinner City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite
Bar Kokhba	Bar Kokhba The Circle Maker 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10
Masada String Trio	The Circle Maker 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1 Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2 Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16
Music Romance	Music for Children Taboo & Exile The Gift
Hemophiliac	Hemophiliac 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6
Masada Anniversary	Masada Guitars Voices in the Wilderness The Unknown Masada Masada Recital Masada Rock
50th Birthday Celebration	Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12
Book of Angels	Astaroth Azazel Malphas Orobas Balan Moloch Asmodeus Volac Xaphan Lucifer Zaebos Stolas Mycale Ipos Baal Haborym Caym Pruflas Abraxas Tap Alastor Adramelech Aguares
Moonchild	Moonchild: Songs Without Words Astronome Six Litanies for Heliogabalus The Crucible Ipsissimus Templars: In Sacred Blood The Lost Judgment
The Dreamers	The Dreamers O'o Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14 A Dreamers Christmas Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula
Alhambra	Alhambra Love Songs In Search of the Miraculous The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days
Simulacrum	Simulacrum The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons Inferno The Painted Bird 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais The Garden Of Earthly Delights Baphomet Chaos Magick Nostradamus: The Death of Satan
Tributes and Inspirations	IAO Enigmata Nova Express At the Gates of Paradise Nosferatu Rimbaud A Vision in Blakelight The Concealed Dreamachines Shir Hashirim Psychomagia On Leaves of Grass
Gnostic Trio	The Gnostic Preludes The Mysteries In Lambeth
Collaborations	In Memory of Nikki Arane with Eugene Chadbourne Locus Solus Yankees with Derek Bailey & George E. Lewis Deadly Weapons with Steve Beresford, Tonie Marshall & David Toop Ganryu Island with Sato Michihiro The Art of Memory with Fred Frith Zohar with Yamantaka Eye Nani Nani with Yamantaka Eye Harras with Derek Bailey & William Parker Euclid's Nightmare with Bobby Previte Weird Little Boy with Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, William Winant & Chris Cochrane Downtown Lullaby with Wayne Horvitz, Elliott Sharp and Bobby Previte Prelapse with Prelapse Buck Jam Tonic with Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura Naninani II with Yamantaka Eye The Stone: Issue One with Dave Douglas, Rob Burger, Bill Laswell, Mike Patton & Ben Perowsky The Stone: Issue Three with Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson The Art of Memory II with Fred Frith Late Works with Fred Frith @ with Thurston Moore Sonic Rivers with George E. Lewis & Wadada Leo Smith

Mike Patton

Discography

Solo

Soundtracks

Faith No More

Studio albums	The Real Thing Angel Dust King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime Album of the Year Sol Invictus
Live and video albums	You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy Video Croissant Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Videos Double Feature: Live at the Brixton Academy, London (You Fat Bastards) / Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Videos
Compilation albums	Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits This Is It: The Best of Faith No More Epic and Other Hits The Platinum Collection The Works The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection

Fantômas

Studio albums	Fantômas The Director's Cut Delìrium Còrdia Suspended Animation
Live albums	Millennium Monsterwork 2000
Other	Animali In Calore Surriscaldati Con Ipertermia Genitale/Cat in Red

Tomahawk

Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle
Disco Volante
California
The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo

Kaada/Patton

Hemophiliac

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

Lovage

Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By

Nevermen

Nevermen

Other projects

with John Zorn

Moonchild Trio	Moonchild: Songs Without Words Astronome Six Litanies for Heliogabalus The Crucible Ipsissimus Templars: In Sacred Blood The Last Judgement
Other	Elegy Weird Little Boy Taboo & Exile The Big Gundown The Gift IAO 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12 Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings The Stone: Issue One A Dreamers Christmas

Categories: