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| Genre/Form: | Drama Scores |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Walter Benjamin |
| Document Type: | Musical Score |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Brian Ferneyhough; Charles Bernstein; Walter Benjamin |
| OCLC Number: | 166334201 |
| Language Note: | English words; also includes nonsense syllables (Scene 7) |
| Notes: | Opera in 7 scenes, originally published separately. Some scenes preceded by performance instuctions, performance history, and libretti. |
| Description: | 1 score (432 p.) ; 30 cm. |
| Contents: | Scene I. New angles/Transient failure (prologue) -- Scene II. Les froissements des ailes de Gabriel (first barrier) -- Scene III. The doctrine of similarity (13 canons) -- Scene IV. Opus contra naturam (Descent of Benjamin into the underworld) -- Scene V. Pools of darkness (11 interrogations) -- Scene VI. Seven tableaux vivants representing the Angel of history as Melancholia (second barrier) -- Scene VII. Stelæ for failed time (Solo for Melancholia as the Angel of history). |
| Responsibility: | Brian Ferneyhough ; [libretto by Charles Bernstein]. |
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