Soprano voice and piano
(GSG/KL) - difficult
SKU: HL.49033271
Fragment from Das
Urteil (The Judgement) by
Franz Kafka. Composed
by Ekkehard Jost. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott. Composed
2004. 20 pages. Duration
7'. Schott Music #ED
9750. Published by Schott
Music (HL.49033271).
ISBN 9790001136877.
9.0x12.0x0.088 inches.
German.
Kafka's
ouvre is interspersed
with moments of utter
anxiety. Moments in
which, induced by
adrenalin, the blood
pressure rises. Blood
vessels which seem to
constrict, pump enormous
quantities of blood the
pressure of which might
make one believe that the
head is going to explode.
In The Judgment, an
innocent opening story
leads to one of the most
unusual showdowns in
world literature: The
beloved father sentences
his son to death by
drowning; the son
immediately obeys since
his life, his existence
almost explodes, becomes
blurred, dissolves at the
moment the judgment is
pronounced. For me, the
'self' driving him - I
imagine this as a high
sound in the inner ear -
could only be a soprano.
This is why the actual
'fall' has turned out to
be clear, almost friendly
and why Georg only seems
to want to breathe a soft
and quiet 'Dear parents,
I have always loved you'
during the fall while no
longer keeping the
singing tone, shortly
before death, almost
casually, takes hold of
him. Christian Jost.