sentences:  Gorey died before hearing the finished album.In 1976, jazz composer Michael Mantler recorded an album called "The Hapless Child" (Watt/ECM) with Robert Wyatt, Terje Rypdal, Carla Bley, and Jack DeJohnette.It contains musical adaptations of "The Sinking Spell", "The Object Lesson", "The Insect God", "The Doubtful Guest", "The Remembered Visit", and "The Hapless Child".