
NICK PALLETT
Nick Pallett spent many years as a professional musician-singer, songwriter & band-member, touring & recording all over the UK, in Europe, the USA, Australia & the South Pacific islands, covering a range of styles to include prog rock, folk, soul, reggae, jazz & musical theatre.
He then trained as a lecturer/music teacher specialising in guitar, bass & keyboards and worked for the Bristol & Bath education authorities.
The idea for a Concept Album, ‘Opera’, or Stage Musical, arose several years ago, inspired by a lifelong passion for Astronomy & The History of Science. But, with so many work-life commitments, it was very much put on the ‘back-burner’. Then when the pandemic struck, Nick found he had a lot more time at home, and so decided to just get on with it!
To quote Nick…. ” It’s been quite liberating without the constraints of having to try and write three-minute/four-chord commercial songs about relationships or ‘how I’m feeling’! More of a challenge, for me at least, has been to portray such concepts as Geometry, and a 17th Century Witch Trial, as song lyrics, while still recognising the need for a catchy melody and a good ‘hook’! I hope I’ve succeeded.”
acknowledgments
The primary inspiration for this work has been Arthur Koestler’s
“The Watershed” - a masterful story of the tortured life and towering accomplishments of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), taken from “The Sleepwalkers” by the same author (Hutchinson 1959)
In addition, Mr Pallett has borrowed shamelessly from the following:
“Kepler” by Max Caspar – official biography (Abelard-Schuman 1948)
“Kepler” by John Banville – a novel (Granada 1981)
“Johannes Kepler & the New Astronomy” by James R Voelkel (OUP 1999)
“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare 1609
“Zen Telegrams” by Paul Reps 1959
“The Simpsons” written by Matt Groening / Sky Television
as well as translations of two of Kepler’s original works:
“Somnium” & “Harmony of the World”.
get in touch
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