Odysseus and the Sirens Dana Wilson

Titel / Title: Odysseus and the Sirens - BandQuest Series Grade 4
Herausgeber / Publisher: American Composers Forum
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: BandQuest
Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2008
ISBN: 9780965656962
UPC: 884088266356

The Odyssey was written by Homer about 2700 years ago and tells of the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus during his harrowing return trip home after fighting the Trojan Wars. This work is suggestive of his dramatic encounter with the sirens, famous for luring sailors to their death with their beguiling wind-like song. In this descriptive piece you can hear the wind-song becoming evermore insistent, the rocking of the ship, Odysseus' screams, and finally the sirens plunging to their death as they fail in their attempt to lure Odysseus.