Bird Scenes

by C. D. Shainin

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Bird Scenes is a six-movement operatic work for soprano, tenor, narrator, and chamber orchestra adapted from Aristophanes' comedy entitled Birds. The narrative derives only slightly from the original comedy. The original plot situations are used to present dramatic conflicts in the musical material. Rather than attempting to present an ancient Greek music, the musical material draws on some more recent traditions in Turkey, Greece, Central Asia, and Japan. The trans-ethnic or cross-cultural ens…

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Bird Scenes is a six-movement operatic work for soprano, tenor, narrator, and chamber orchestra adapted from Aristophanes' comedy entitled Birds. The narrative derives only slightly from the original comedy. The original plot situations are used to present dramatic conflicts in the musical material. Rather than attempting to present an ancient Greek music, the musical material draws on some more recent traditions in Turkey, Greece, Central Asia, and Japan. The trans-ethnic or cross-cultural ensemble performs both newly composed music and a few passages made up of arrangements from the above-mentioned musical traditions.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2003

Thesis Information

  • Degree:D.M.A.
  • University:University of Washington
  • Advisor/Supervisor:R. Karpen
  • Pages:159

Publication Statements

  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2003

Edition Identifiers

  • proquest:305300800

Subjects

Aristophanes Bird Scenes Communication and the arts eng Music Operatic work Original composition PDF Theater

Writers

C. D. Shainin R. Karpen

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