In 1954, the newspapers reported his "marriage" at sea to Gloria Sandler in a ceremony he performed himself; that union, too, was dissolved.
He had taken the GTV6 to the garage for a wash and some minor repairs, most of which he performed himself.
Occasions of it, documented with abundant videos over the whole course of his career, include mesmerizing dance works that he performed himself or for which he provided sets, props, and costumes.
And Alvin Lucier, in the seven aphoristic movements of "Kirilics for Baritone, Horn and Oscillators" (performed by Mr. Buckner and Jill Van Nostrand, a hornist) and in "Opera With Objects" (which he performed himself), showed that sound itself, even if it isn't doing much, can rivet the attention.
Though he never looks stagey and has none of that hitting-the-back-of-the-theatre impact that can make Laurence Olivier look overblown on film, he nonetheless fills the screen, simply by letting us share something of the energy and power that was part of who he was and part of how he performed himself to others.
Lee's face was superimposed onto the double's body in all shots other than closeups, which he performed himself.
As a member of the Saint Petersburg music scene, Prokofiev developed a reputation as a musical rebel, while getting praise for his original compositions, which he performed himself on the piano.
He loved performing himself, that's what he loved doing the most, but also had a fantastic business mind.
But for the most part he had devoted himself to keyboard works he could perform himself and music for the Philip Glass Ensemble, an idiosyncratic band of electric organs, reed instruments and a soprano vocalist singing solfège syllables and number sequences.
Mikel Rouse has used software to create an entire opera he can perform himself, "Failing Kansas," and is now producing a Gesamtkunstwerk of music and film, "Funding" (named for something he had to do without).
