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Marilyn Bliss

Shadowflowers

Shadowflowers

Soprano, Tenor, Flute, Alto Flute/Piccolo, Oboe/English Horn, Violin, Cello, Harp, Percussion

Composer's Note:
Shadowflowers is an unstaged psychodrama for soprano, tenor, and chamber ensemble. The text, assembled from the poetry of Stefan George, Stephane Mallarme, and Guillaume Apollinaire, concerns two beautiful, yet repulsive, artificial worlds. George's poem, from "Algabal," used in its entirety, presents to the reader an underground garden, beautiful but completely artificial, black, and dead. In Mallarme's "Harodiade," excerpted here, the reader encounters a beautiful virgin, living in a world of white and jewels, allowing nothing to touch her. The poems are sung together, commenting on each other while carrying on their own dramatic senses. Another factor in choosing the text was the constant recurrence of the words "shadow" and "flower" in all excerpts, which contributes to the black/white, dark/bright imagery. The music is in two unbroken sections, following the shape of the text.


Authored (or revised): 1978

Text source: French text by Stephane Mallarme and Guillaume Apollinaire, German text by Stefan George

Duration (minutes): 12

Book format: Full score + 6 parts


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