{"id":22,"date":"2017-12-28T02:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T02:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2018-01-12T19:08:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T19:08:59","slug":"aristophanes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/bernsteins-serenade\/aristophanes","title":{"rendered":"Aristophanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZvcGVuLnNwb3RpZnkuY29tJTJGZW1iZWQlMkZ0cmFjayUyRjRwNUZGaHFyWEF5Nmh1Y2M2dFluSHglMjIlMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyMjEwMCUyNSUyMiUyMGhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjgwJTIyJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3d0cmFuc3BhcmVuY3klM0QlMjJmYWxzZSUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Leonard Bernstein describes this movement as a \u201cbedtime story invoking the fairy tale mythology of love.\u201d It is in three big sections, plus a short ending section (in musical terms called a coda).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]The beginning of Aristophanes actually sounds like the end of Phaedrus:Pausanius, and, simultaneously, introduces a new melody.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to call it \u201cElizabeth\u201d because the melody is borrowed from another piece Bernstein wrote dedicated to a friend named Elizabeth Rudolf.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/bernsteins-language\/anniversaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(see Anniversaries)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second part is also borrowed from himself; it comes from a piece dedicated to a friend and fellow composer named Lukas Foss, so we\u2019re going to call the second part Lukas.<\/p>\n<p>On the recording above, Elizabeth is from the beginning to about 1:15 and Lukas is from 1:15-2:55.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<em><strong>Here\u2019s a short excerpt of the Elizabeth part with piano.<\/strong><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DdRbY3Y36no&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6>(Please forgive the horrible sound quality of these homemade videos, made with an iphone in a NYC apartment!)<\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<em><strong>Here\u2019s a short excerpt with piano of Lukas.<\/strong><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gxazk5FnPFQ&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1514851014705{margin-top: 70px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]The third part is Elizabeth repeated.<\/p>\n<p>Then Bernstein does something cool for the end: he puts the Elizabeth and Lukas music together. The violin is playing Elizabeth, and the orchestra (or for our short excerpt to the right, the piano) is playing Lukas. On the recording at the top of the page, this occurs from 3:38 to the end. Perhaps this is Bernstein\u2019s nod to the myth of the two halves of people in the Symposium coming together to make a whole?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P6kGAwqeurc&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The overall form of this movement is:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;98&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZvcGVuLnNwb3RpZnkuY29tJTJGZW1iZWQlMkZ0cmFjayUyRjRwNUZGaHFyWEF5Nmh1Y2M2dFluSHglMjIlMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyMjEwMCUyNSUyMiUyMGhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjgwJTIyJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3d0cmFuc3BhcmVuY3klM0QlMjJmYWxzZSUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Leonard Bernstein describes this movement as a \u201cbedtime story invoking the fairy tale mythology of love.\u201d It is in three<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/96"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/bernsteinserenade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}