Symphonic Reptiles and Amphibians
GustavM
sounds like it would be interesting to hear:
Ann LaBaron Concerto for Active Frogs for Male soloist, mixed
chorus, percussion, and tape collage of Frog sounds.
Has anyone here ever heard this piece? I couldn't find any indication
that it had ever been recorded.
It got me thinking about other Classical pieces that deal with
Reptiles and Amphibians. I could only come up with five others:
Respighi Butantan (In a Snake Garden) from Brazilian Pictures
Saint-saens Tortoise from Carnival of the Animals
Revueltas Sensemaya
Rameau Platee
Ravel L'Enfant et les Sortiliges
Anyone out there know of any others? Mentioning non-symphonic
classical pieces would be fine too.
Lookingglass
Curtis Croulet
> Reptiles and Amphibians. I could only come up with five others:
How about Alberich in Das Rheingold, who transforms himself first into a
snake, and then foolishly into a toad, enabling his capture by Wotan? How
about Fafner's dragon guise? This last assumes that you include dragons as
reptiles.
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Todd Schurk
wrote:
And wasn't it Hanslick the German critic who called Bruckners
symphonies "symphonic boa constrictors"? Todd S.
Arno Schuh
> Anyone out there know of any others? Mentioning non-symphonic
> classical pieces would be fine too.
Krokodile Rock.
See you later ...
Arno
Lionel Tacchini
I believe Brahms, the German composer, said something of the kind.
Lionel Tacchini
Kerrison
Gerard
Like in "Toad und Verklärung"?
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Ward Hardman
Telemann: Overture in F major "Alster Overture" (movement VII -
"Concert of frogs and crows")
Telemann: Violin Concerto in A major "Die Relinge" (The Frogs)
Bantock: Comedy Overture, "The Frogs" (Aristophanes)
Norby, Erik: "The Rainbow Snake"
Also:
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 ("Der Toad und das Maedchen")
--Ward Hardman
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William Sommerwerck
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> Bach: Komm susser Toad
How about Siegrieds Toad?
Thomas Wood
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Handel - Israel in Egypt mentions frogs.
...#5 "Their land brought forth frogs."
Telemann: Concerto for violin, in A major "Die Relinge" (The Frogs), TWV
51:A4
Telemann: Overture "Alster Echo" in F major, TWV 55:F11, movement 7: Die
concertirenden Frösche und Krähen (Concert of frogs and crows)
References to snakes in music are quite common....frogs less so.
Tom Wood
TareeDawg
Sensemaya by Revueltas is one his best known pieces, and involves a
Caribbean type chant regarding the killing of a snake.
Ray (Dawg) Hall, Taree
Johannes Roehl
Koechlin: The Jungle Book has also a snake in it, I believe.
And someone must have set to music the mock turtle's song from Caroll's
Alice
Johannes
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Isn't the phrase "Die alte Böse schlange" in one of the Bach motets?
Gerard
> "William Sommerwerck" <grizzle...@comcast.net> appears to have
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> > "Kerrison" <kerrison1...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > > Bach: Komm susser Toad
> >
> > How about Siegrieds Toad?
>
> Toad und Verklärung.
Jeez.
GustavM
> Telemann: Concerto for violin, in A major "Die Relinge" (The Frogs), TWV
> 51:A4
>
> Telemann: Overture "Alster Echo" in F major, TWV 55:F11, movement 7: Die
> concertirenden Frösche und Krähen (Concert of frogs and crows)
>
> References to snakes in music are quite common....frogs less so.
>
> Tom Wood
Telemann again? Hmmm, those pieces might go good with his Cricket
Symphony.
Yes, any music based on Genesis would probably have a snake in it. I'm
thinking specifically of that piece by Corigliano which I can't
remember the name of offhand. Ian Mackellen narrated it.
Sol L. Siegel
<grizzle...@comcast.net> wrote:
>How about Siegrieds Toad?
Wouldn't that have been Mime?
- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA
Sol L. Siegel
wrote:
>Janácek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen als has a (singing) frog in
>it afaik.
An important character, in fact. And a great opera.
Dontait...@aol.com
RCA Victor LM-2118 contains suites arranged by Miklos Rozsa from two
of his film scores: Kipling's Jungle Book and Thief of Baghdad. Rozsa
conducts the Frankenland State Symphony Orchestra and the narrator is
Leo Genn.
Kipling's Jungle Book, naturally, has snakes: "Kaa the Python -- the
wise one" (contrabassoon). To quote from the LP jacket notes: "Hissing
sound of muted brass tells of the Poison Cobra...."
The record is fun and, I think, little known. It was a late mono-
only issue, circa 1956. Leo Genn is special.
Don Tait
GustavM
Leo Genn was a good Starbuck in Huston's film of Moby Dick. He
probably should have played Ahab instead of Peck. Rozsa was a great
film composer. Too bad his film music isn't heard more often in
concert. I'd love to hear the Ben-Hur score live sometime. Speaking of
film scores, I suppose John Williams's music for Jurrasic Park could
be considered Reptiles and Amphibians music.
Another one I came across is Michael Daugherty's Alligator Alley for
wind band. There's actually a performance of it on Youtube.