Score = WH31171A
Preface / Programme Note
When looking for an interpretation on the internet of Edgar Allan Poe´s DREAMLAND, it turns out that there are as many interpretations as there are interpreters. Some believe it is the mad hallucinations of a drug addict (could be Poe himself), others see it as Poe´s equivalent of Dante´s INFERNO ? a tale from the Underworld.
One thing is certain, though. DREAMLAND is a ?fantasy?, the vision of a dreamvoyager arriving at and staying in a mythical location beyond and between space and time, a place of strange majesty and surreal spectacles, such as: ?Mountains toppling evermore into seas without a shore?. At the same time it is a ?peaceful, soothing region? ? a mystical ?wonderland? not unlike the fabled Eldorado, whichis mentioned in the poem.
Poe biographer Arthur Hobson Quinn called it ?one of Poe´s finest creations?,with each phrase contributing to one effect: a human traveler wandering betweenlife and death.
DREAMLAND first appeared in print in America in the June 1844 issue of Graham´s Magazine, and was subsequently published in a June 1845 edition of The Broadway Journal.
Poul Ruders, July 2010
Preface / Programme Note
When looking for an interpretation on the internet of Edgar Allan Poe´s DREAMLAND, it turns out that there are as many interpretations as there are interpreters. Some believe it is the mad hallucinations of a drug addict (could be Poe himself), others see it as Poe´s equivalent of Dante´s INFERNO ? a tale from the Underworld.
One thing is certain, though. DREAMLAND is a ?fantasy?, the vision of a dreamvoyager arriving at and staying in a mythical location beyond and between space and time, a place of strange majesty and surreal spectacles, such as: ?Mountains toppling evermore into seas without a shore?. At the same time it is a ?peaceful, soothing region? ? a mystical ?wonderland? not unlike the fabled Eldorado, whichis mentioned in the poem.
Poe biographer Arthur Hobson Quinn called it ?one of Poe´s finest creations?,with each phrase contributing to one effect: a human traveler wandering betweenlife and death.
DREAMLAND first appeared in print in America in the June 1844 issue of Graham´s Magazine, and was subsequently published in a June 1845 edition of The Broadway Journal.
Poul Ruders, July 2010
Dreamland
| Arrangement | Clarinet, Soprano, String Quartet |
| Genres | Post-1900 |
| Year of publishing | 2012-11-07 10:09:00 |
| Format | Parts |
| NumberOfPages | 60 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS |
| Contributors | Ruders, Poul (Composer) Poe, Edgar Allan (Lyricist) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9788759871577 |