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Bohuslav Martinů
Martinu: Griechische Passion for soloists, mixed choir (SATB), children's choir and orchestra, for soloists, mixed choir (SATB), children's choir and orchestra
Übersetzer: Helmut Wagner Michel Ancey Karl Heinz Füssl Brian Large
Dichter der Textvorlage: Nikos Kazantzakis
Libretto von: Bohuslav Martinů
UE12765
Type: Libretto/Textbuch
Languages: Deutsch
Format: 148 x 210 mm
ISBN: 9783702422110
Pages: 48
ISMN: 979-0-008-07000-6
Description
Bohuslav Martinů’s opera Die griechische Passion is based on the novel Der wieder gekreuzigte Christus (The re-crucified Christ) by Nikos Kazantzakis. The opera develops the Christian doctrine of “love thy neighbour” ad absurdum, as a group of refugees are driven out of their little Greek village just as the village is putting on a Passion play for Holy Week. The piece is centred on the general question of humanity. The Passion story is robbed of its uniqueness and revealed as a simple precedent for eternal tragedy.
Martinů, who was forced to emigrate from the south of France to the USA in 1940 when Paris fell to the Nazis, had his own experience of the pain of being a refugee. The Greek Passion is considered one of his most coherent and mature scores. For this exciting and vigorous work, Martin developed a tonal language which combined his early musical experiences with elements of Greek folklore, Greek Orthodox liturgy and dance music.
Contents
Die Griechische Passion - Oper in vier Akten
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Type: Libretto/Textbuch
Languages: Deutsch
Format: 148 x 210 mm
ISBN: 9783702422110
Pages: 48
ISMN: 979-0-008-07000-6