Byzantium 提佩特 總譜 朔特版

邁克爾-蒂佩特在描述是什麼吸引他選擇了 W. B. 葉芝的兩首關於拜占庭的詩歌時說。葉芝的兩首關於拜占庭的詩歌吸引他的原因，讓我們得以一窺他當時的想法，拜占庭作為一種自我更新模式的魅力顯而易見：'這首詩歌本身的結晶強度為將其語言意象融入音樂提供了挑戰；[而且]我完全認同其對人工製品概念的強調，這些人工製品蘊含的價值可以與日常世界的無常和人類心臟跳動的複雜性相匹配。(邁克爾-蒂佩特）

作曲家: Tippett, Sir Michael
樂器: soprano and orchestra
出版社: Schott Music
原文簡介:
Michael Tippett’s description of what drew him to the longer of W. B. Yeats’ two poems on Byzantium gives us a glimpse of what was going through his mind as the fascination of Byzantium as a mode of self-renewal becomes evident: ‘The crystalline intensity of the poem itself offered a challenge in setting its verbal imagery to music; [and] I identified completely with its emphasis on the notion of artefacts, enshrining values that can be set against the impermanence of the everyday world and the complexities of the human beating heart.’ (Michael Tippett)