As far back as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with fairy tales: with their archetypal characters and set phrases like 'Once upon a time
' and '
they all lived happily ever after'. Fairy tales were however also a source of unrest for me as a seismograph of mankind's underlying primal fears and desires. So as a performer and composer I have always felt that Robert Schumann's Märchenerzählungen [Fairy Tales] (scored for the same instrumentation as my own composition) was a disjointed, complex contemporary work - despite the innocence and naivety of its initial appearance. I therefore do not intend my own Es war einmal
[Once upon a time
] to be a mere sentimental, nostalgic flight into the distant past, but as a naive and fantastical alternative concept to our genuine world with all its upheavals.
Jorg Widmann
| Artist |
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| Composer |
Joerg Widmann |
| Publisher |
Schott Music |
| Series |
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| Pages |
120(07) |
| Language |
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| Instrument |
Clarinet|Piano|Viola |
| Category |
Ensemble |
| SubCategory1 |
Chamber Music |
| SubCategory2 |
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| Medium |
Score/Parts |
| ISBN13 |
9790001160230 |
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| Dimensions |
305x229 |
