'This is tomorrow': Birtwistle 's Orpheus in another world.
The article discusses Stephen Cohn's characterisation of Rilke 's poetry comes the Introduction to his translation of the "Sonnets to Orpheus". Topics include Harrison Birtwistle 's modernist version of the Orpheus story; principles established by the studies of Birtwistle 's sketches and drafts; an...
| Published in: | Musical Times Vol. 161; no. 1950; pp. 3 - 9 |
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| Summary: | The article discusses Stephen Cohn's characterisation of Rilke 's poetry comes the Introduction to his translation of the "Sonnets to Orpheus". Topics include Harrison Birtwistle 's modernist version of the Orpheus story; principles established by the studies of Birtwistle 's sketches and drafts; and Orpheus having quality common to flawed heroes, an inherent, self-destructive inability in conventional drama opens the way to the apprehension of vulnerability, and something resembling pathos. |
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