Joyce Peter Eötvös

Titel (DE): Joyce - für Klarinette und Streichquartett
Titel (EN): Joyce - for clarinet and string quartet
Titel (FR): Joyce - for clarinet and string quartet
Komponist / Composer: Eötvös, Peter
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Besetzung / Instrumentation: Klarinette und Streichquartett / clarinet and string quartet
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Kompositionsjahr / Date of Composition: 2015 - 2016 (2017)
Aufführungsdauer / Duration: 20'
Verlag / Publisher: Schott Music
Erscheindungsdatum / Date of Publishing: 09.09.2020
Ausgabe / Publication: Partitur und Stimmen - Score and parts -
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Seiten / Pages: 136
Verarbeitung: Rückendrahtheftung - Saddle-wire stitching
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Reihe / Series: Edition Schott
ISMN: M-001-20430-9
ISMN-13: 979-0-001-20430-9
ISMN-EAN: 9790001204309
UPC: 842819100607

As most of my instrumental pieces, Joyce is also based on a literary source. My first string quartet (Korrespondenz) transferred the correspondence between Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at times word by word, to the world of music, whose strong dramatic character effectively reflects the conflicts between father and son. I found the closest literary references to my second string quartet, which takes its listeners to the world of Odysseus and the sirens, in the works of Joyce, Homer and Kafka. The string quartet is enriched with an additional soprano part, which tells the classic story from three different perspectives. The complete title of my second string quartet is The Sirens Cycle, consisting of three movements: Joyce Homer Kafka. The twenty-minute-long duration of the first movement of the cycle Joyce allows it to be performed independently. This time, the vocal part accompanied by the strings is replaced by a solo clarinet, which instead of giving a verbal account of Chapter 11 of Joyce's Ulysses renders the quite masculine protagonist, Leopold Bloom's musing over the attractive barmaids with befittingly vigorous musical gestures. Joyce for clarinet and string quartet immerses in James Joyce's unique world and typical imaginative word creations, placing them into the world of musical composition. Peter Eötvös
Joyce zeichnet in sieben Episoden die erotischen Träumereien des Protagonisten Leopold Bloom aus dem 11. Kapitel des Ulysses von James Joyce musikalisch nach. Auch als textierte Fassung für Sopran und Streichquartett erhältlich (The Sirens Cycle, Part I).