The Good Opera Guide by Denis Forman

Author:Denis Forman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781909122161
Publisher: BSB
Published: 2011-10-04T16:00:00+00:00

PARSIFAL MOTTOS

Number Name Description

1 Sacrament     First item in the prelude. Slow, solemn, aimless.

2 Grail Alias the Dresden Amen. Upward phrase and A-MEN.

3 Faithful O come all ye faithful — but not quite. First heard as a clarion call repeated three times.

4 Spear The end of Sacrament [1]. Three shorts run up to a long and it trails away.

5 Kundry Downward sweep in the strings from very high to very low — four octaves.

6 Amfortas Two slow opening notes with a long tail behind them.

7 Klingsor A fleeting figure up and down sloped like the arch of a bow.

8 Innocence Slow and hymn-like, much longer than most.

9 Parsifal Soft horns in thirds, bouncing gently upwards.

10   Bells Not quite the first four notes of Big Ben.

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