Anthony Plog
Aesop Fables II
Chamber opera
Anthony Plog
Aesop Fables II
Chamber opera
- Instrumentation String Quartet
- Composer Anthony Plog
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Piano Score and Part(s)
- Publisher Editions Bim
- Order no. BIM-OPER4A
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Description:
Before Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Plato (c.428-c.348 B.C.), before Buddha (VI or V c. B.C.) and Confucius (551-479 B.C.), in an age when the calendar had ten months, the year had 354 days, and people told time with a sun dial, Aesop (end of VII, beginning VI c. B.C.) told his fables. He was born into slavery in the ancient country of Phrygia (now Turkey) and earned freedom by exposing the foibles and failings of human character through the telling of 'beast tales'. In the year 560 B.C., when Aesop was 60 years old, the telling also earned him his death while on a mission to the Oracle at Delphi. The Delphians, deeply offended by the critical sarcasm directed at them in one of his fables, hurled him to his death from a cliff outside the city.
Inspired by five of these fables, Anthony Plog has written a text based on these fables that he has then set to music.
About performances: this work can be performed on stage with acting singers or in concert.
Inspired by five of these fables, Anthony Plog has written a text based on these fables that he has then set to music.
About performances: this work can be performed on stage with acting singers or in concert.