| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring by George Bernard Shaw: bird or the unstable, delusive Loki; but for all that the musical
characterization must be regarded as independent of the specific
themes, since the entire elimination of the thematic system from
the score would leave the characters as well distinguished
musically as they are at present.
One more illustration of the way in which the thematic system is
worked. There are two themes connected with Loki. One is a rapid,
sinuous, twisting, shifty semiquaver figure suggested by the
unsubstantial, elusive logic-spinning of the clever one's
braincraft. The other is the fire theme. In the first act of
Siegfried, Mimmy makes his unavailing attempt to explain fear to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: he would next day shew him the wonders of the twilight city, and
lead him to the taverns of the onyx-miners by the northern wall.
And evening fell, and little bronze lamps were lighted, and the
sailors in that tavern sang songs of remote places. But when from
its high tower the great bell shivered over the city, and the
peal of the horns and viols and voices rose cryptical in answer
thereto, all ceased their songs or tales and bowed silent till
the. last echo died away. For there is a wonder and a strangeness
on the twilight city of Inquanok, and men fear to be lax in its
rites lest a doom and a vengeance lurk unsuspectedly close.
Far
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Othello by William Shakespeare: But notwithstanding with my personall eye
Will I looke to't
Othe. Iago, is most honest:
Michael, goodnight. To morrow with your earliest,
Let me haue speech with you. Come my deere Loue,
The purchase made, the fruites are to ensue,
That profit's yet to come 'tweene me, and you.
Goodnight.
Enter.
Enter Iago.
Cas. Welcome Iago: we must to the Watch
Othello |
