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Andromeda

Andromeda Saül Gómez Soler

I have always had a certain interest in astrology, both the study of
constellations and the origin of their names. While exploring these
origins I was captivated by the myth of Andromeda and Perseus,
a myth that tells us a love story and explains the position of the
constellation of Andromeda in the sky.
This work does not attempt to set the story to music in literal terms,
but rather takes it as a starting point from which to construct the
musical discourse.
It begins in Philistia, the kingdom of Andromeda's parents, and
introduces us to the story, involving Cassiopeia, Andromeda's mother,
whose pride in her beauty made her so arrogant as to boast that she
and her daughter were fairer than the sea nymphs themselves: the
Nereids, daughters of Poseidon, the god of the waters. This arrogance
provoked the nymphs' anger at being defied so presumptuously by
a mere mortal, and they asked their powerful father to punish the
queen for her distorted sense of values and her arrogance. Poseidon
therefore sent a flood and the sea monster Cetus to ravage the land
of Filistia.
Perseus had just cut off the head of Medusa the Gorgon and was
flying back, riding on Pegasus, when he saw the fair Andromeda
chained to the rocks, as an offering from her parents to the gods,
and a terrible sea monster (Cetus) inexorably bearing down on her.
Seeing the inevitable fate that awaited her, Pegasus swooped down,
and closing his eyes he took out the Gorgon's head and showed it to
the monster, which was instantly turned to stone and sank helplessly
into the clear waters of the Mediterranean.
On being released from her chains she fell into his arms, and when
their eyes met they instantly fell in love.
Queen Cassiopeia had promised that whoever saved her daughter
Andromeda from Medusa the Gorgon would marry her, but even so
she broke her word and tried to kill Perseus. He managed to defeat
her and returned to Greece with Andromeda to marry her.
The god Zeus decided to place the images of Cepheus and Cassiopeia
in the sky, and as a punishment for her treachery and arrogance
he positioned Cassiopeia sitting on her throne in the sky so that
at certain seasons of the year she would be upside-down, making
the queen who had dared consider herself more beautiful than his
daughters, the Nereids, look ridiculous.
Athena, moved by the beautiful love story of Perseus and Andromeda,
placed their images together in the sky, near to Cassiopeia and to
the winged horse Pegasus and the sea monster Cetus.
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Product information
Order id: 177680
Difficulty: 5
Duration: 16:00 min
Pages: -
publisher id: PIL1577
EAN: 4025511040754
Composer: Saül Gómez Soler
Arranger: -
Publisher: Piles Editorial de Musica
Instrumentation: Blasorchester Noten / Concert Band

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