Visiones amantis
Visiones amantis (The Wolkensteiner) was written by Cesar Bresgen in 1951 . The oratorio uses melodies and texts by Oswald von Wolkenstein to trace his life as "Der Wolkensteiner". It was staged semi-staged on July 2, 1952 in Salzburg, the staged premiere was in 1971. The action takes place at the beginning of the 15th century. The game in six pictures with 27 scenes, known in Latin as a ludus tragicus , is set up for solo voices, speakers, mixed choir and orchestra.
people
| person | Pitch |
|---|---|
| Oswald von Wolkenstein | high baritone |
| Whistle, his companion | lyric tenor |
| Melusine | Old |
| Margarit, Queen of Aragon | lyric soprano |
| Fiónn, Queen of Ireland | Coloratura soprano |
| Maredlin, the bride of Selva | lyric soprano |
| speaker |
content
The Wolkensteiner loves the fish woman Melusine and cannot break her spell despite the constantly recurring warnings from the choir and the speaker. True to the legend, he discovers their fish nature, but it is not Melusine who flees, but the Wolkensteiner. In Aragon he falls in love with Queen Margarit . Before the relationship becomes closer, the image of Melusine floats before his eyes and he becomes unable to act. Pressed by Melusine, he fled across the continent again. After a shipwreck , he is snatched from death. Through the rescue he comes to the "Celtic Court of Ireland", where he meets his future companion Pfeiffauf next to Queen Fiónn. The Wolkensteiner describes his experiences on the threshold between hell and life so vividly that the end of his life is heralded in the form of a portrait of the one-eyed, aged Wolkensteiner.
Again a vision of Melusine prevents a love affair with Fiónn. Tired of wandering around, he is drawn back to his homeland, where he wants to marry Maredlin after Melusine has rejected him. However, she lures Selva into an ambush away from the wedding. The pack of dogs that had already appeared also prevents these two from being together. Melusine has Wolkenstein thrown into the dungeon. The request “God, Creator, shine clear to me in Wolkensteiner!” Is answered with Oswald's dazzling. It is obviously supposed to result in Oswald's one-eyedness. Melusine's death follows. The choir closes with “Alleluja Amen”.
orchestra
- 2 flutes
- 1 oboe
- 1 English horn
- 1 bassoon
- 1 trumpet
- 1 trumpet
- 3 players: bells , timpani , xylophone , bass drum , snare drum , bongos , tam-tam
- 2 players: harp , harpsichord , piano
- violin
- 2 violas
- violoncello
- double bass
language
The Middle High German of the original texts has adapted Bresgen to better understand the NHG. Conversely, he adapted his own insertions to Middle High German.
music
Bresgen could only use original melodies by Oswald von Wolkenstein if he used longer text excerpts. Only in this way could they be recognized as a musical quotation.
reception
In retrospect, Bresgen himself saw his work as successful: "I see my work at the time as a successful attempt to bring the figure of Oswald von Wolkenstein closer to an audience that was completely unsuspecting at the time using his texts and melodies."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cesar Bresgen: Visiones amantis (The Wolkensteiner) . Ludus tragicus in six pictures after poems and wise men by Oswald von Wolkenstein. Edition Peters, Frankfurt am Main 1962, DNB 100157950X .
- ↑ Cesar Bresgen: “Visiones amantis. (The Wolkensteiner). “Ludus tragicus. Creation, design and transformation of my scenic oratorio based on the words and wisdom of Oswald von Wolkenstein. In: Hans Dieter Mück , Ulrich Müller (Hrsg.): Collected lectures of the 600-year celebration of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Seis am Schlern 1977. Hern Oswaltten von Wolkchenstain (= Göppinger works on German studies 206). Kümmerle, Göppingen 1978, ISBN 3-87452-352-7 , p. 244.