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Alexander Goehr (Composer) | Alexander Goehr (Librettist) | Motokiyo Zeami (Author of original text)
Damask Drum
followed by a folkplay (Kyogen)
text by the composer after Zeami
Edition: Performance material
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Description
In Damask Drum, an old gardener falls in love with a beautiful Lady. He is tricked by two boys into believing that if he beats a drum at night, she will come to him. But the drum is magical, and although he who plays it doesn’t know this, it makes no sound. The old man beats it in vain, until he is so dejected that he drowns himself. Upon learning of the poor man’s tragic end, the Lady is deeply affected by what has been done in her name. The gardener, who has turned into an angry demon, now comes back to haunt the Lady whom he (wrongly) believes spurned him: he doesn’t know that she couldn’t hear the sound of the charmed drum. ‘Beat it once more’ she says to him, ‘I’m sure I’ll hear it this time’.
Orchestral Cast
afl-atbn-3perc(timp, chromatic timp, wdbl, ant cym, gongs, footstamp [hollow drum on the ground])-hp-sampler(AKAI S6000)*-str(6-12vn.va.vc) (if performed in a larger theatre the string body can be expanded)
*samples, programmed by Paul Arditti, available on hire
*samples, programmed by Paul Arditti, available on hire
Cast
An old gardener · tenor - Two mischievous boys · tenor, baritone - A beautiful lady · mezzo-soprano - Two additional male voices (tenor, baritone) together with the boys making up a vocal quartet (2 tenors, 2 baritones)
More Information
Title:
Damask Drum
followed by a folkplay (Kyogen)
text by the composer after Zeami
parts two and three from "Kantan and Damask Drum", a Japanese Opera, op. 67
German translation by Bernhard Helmich
Language:
German, English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1997 - 1998
Opus:
op. 67
Duration:
55 ′
Commissioned work :
commissioned by Theater Dortmund with funds provided by the Kultursekretariat NRW
Technical Details
Product number:
LSL 1844-03
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