Casanovas: Nymph Dríope & Appearance of Pan
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- Composer: Francisco Casanovas (1899-1986)
- Instrumentation: Flute
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- Size: 8.9 x 12.0 inches
Description
Nymph Dríope is the first piece from Three Pieces for Solo Flute. Dríope is a character from Greek mythology. There are various versions of her story; the most widely known recounts that she was not actually a nymph, but the only daughter of King Driops. She tended his flocks near Mount Oeta and became friends with the Hamadryads—tree nymphs—from whom she learned hymns and dances pleasing to the gods. According to Ovid in his Metamorphoses, Dríope went to a mountain to offer a sacrifice in honour of the nymphs. Blinded by the dazzling flowers of a tree, she picked some, unaware that the tree was in fact the nymph Lotis. Lotis, angered, transformed her into a similar tree.
To compose Nymph Dríope, Casanovas drew inspiration from the Capriccio for solo flute by his friend Robert Gerhard, who had dedicated the piece to him in 1949 during one of his returns to Barcelona from India. However, Casanovas gave it a less dodecaphonic and more neo-impressionist and oriental style.
Appearance of Pan is the second of his Three Pieces for Solo Flute. It displays a distinctly Oriental and Neo-Impressionist style. The title alludes to the moment in Greek mythology when the god Pan appears on a mountain in Arcadia and begins to amorously pursue a nymph named Syrinx. The theme recalls Debussy's Pan's Flute, published as Syrinx by editor Jobert in the first edition of 1927.
Works:
- Nymph Driope from 3 Pieces for Solo Flute (Nymph Dríope, Appearance of Pan, and Repose) (1972)
- Appearance of Pan from 3 Pieces for Solo Flute (Nymph Dríope, Appearance of Pan, and Repose) (1972)
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Casanovas: Nymph Dríope & Appearance of Pan
