Opera
SKU:
HL.14028847
Composed
by Robert Saxton. Music
Sales America. Post-1900.
Sheet Music, Vocal Score.
With Text language:
English. 172 pages.
Chester Music #CH60894.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14028847).
UPC: 884088810375.
8.5x11.0x0.386
inches.
Vocal Score
for the Opera in Two
Acts.Caritas' is in two
acts, the first
consisting of 12 short
scenes, the second being
a continuous scena. The
overall form of the opera
retains the architecture
of Wesker's stage play,
but alters the
proportions, in order to
create a musically
dynamic form. While each
scene of the first act is
centred around a specific
pitch, the second act is
a Passacaglia, whose
'ground' is a Cantus
Firmus, each repetition
of which begins on a
different note from those
of its previous
statements. These
large-scale architectural
features are both
reflected in, and derived
from, the musical
material itself.
