“The Lute is Eternal,” proclaims the text that concludes the ten-minute video to Jozef van Wissem’s 2023 single “The Call of the Deathbird.” The Dutch composer’s gruff vocals appear throughout the short film, shot in the vast Soviet mausoleum outside Warsaw, but his singing (and the relatively angelic voice of Hillary Woods) directs the listener […] The post Lutenist Jozef van Wissem accompanies F.W. Murnau’s silent film <i>Nosferatu</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.