The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days

The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days is an album composed by John Zorn and released on the Tzadik label. It is the third in a series of albums, the first two being Alhambra Love Songs and In Search of the Miraculous.

The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days
Studio album by John Zorn
Released	June 29, 2010
Genre	Avant-garde experimental music
Length	47:42
Label	Tzadik TZ 7383
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Dictée/Liber Novus (2010) The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days (2010) Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16 (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic said "This mystic celebration of the feminine is, like its previously released cousin, another of Zorn's more ambitious -- yet deliberate -- attempts at writing adventurous music that is at once accessible and arresting in its beauty".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

1. "Enchantress" – 7:44
2. "Ishtar" – 5:36
3. "Heptameron" – 5:17
4. "White Magick" – 6:37
5. "Drawing Down the Moon" – 5:49
6. "Beyond the Infinite" – 11:51
7. "Ode to Delphi" – 4:43

Personnel

• Rob Burger - piano
• Carol Emanuel - harp
• Marc Ribot - guitar
• Kenny Wollesen - vibraphone
• Ben Perowsky - drums
• Trevor Dunn - bass

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "The Goddess: Music for the Ancient of Days". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed November 11, 2013