Album Notes

A legendary 45-minute text piece. Hostetler was an important young composer whose untimely passing was a great loss for American experimental music. His magnum opus, "Happily Ever After," is a fascinating tape work made up of many people telling stories. Each begins with "Once upon a time..." and ends with...happily ever after." Liner notes by Paul Lansky. A joint FrogPeak/Living Room Foundation project. Happily Ever After is a continuous work of forty-five minutes thirty-eight seconds, Four indicies are provided for convenience only.