Cyclops : for chorus SATB, clarinet, violin, piano / music: Victoria Bond ; text: James Joyce.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Bond, Victoria, composer.

Joyce, James, 1882-1941, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joyce, James, 1882-1941--Musical settings.

Joyce, James.

Monologues with music (Chorus with instrumental ensemble)--Scores.

Monologues with music (Chorus with instrumental ensemble).

Genre:

Scores.

Musical settings.

Monologues (Music)

Physical Description:

1 score (64 pages) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Protone Music, [2025?]

Contents:

In the Inisfail fair

Herds innumerable

The citizen

O'Bloom, the son of Rory

The fashionable world

Ben Bloom Elijah.

Notes:

For SATB mixed chorus, four actors, clarinet, violin, and piano.

"Cyclops is based on Episode 12 of James Joyce's Ulysses. The text functions on two levels: on the first level four men are talking in a bar in Ireland, the first being the Citizen, who is Joyce's equivalent of the Cyclops, the second being Leopold Bloom, the hero of Ulysses, the third being the narrator and the fourth being a man identified as Joe. In the novel there are many more characters that appear in the bar, but in my excerpt I have limited them to just these four. On the second level, Joyce spins elaborate parodies around each of each of the topics discussed, imitating various literary styles. I have mirrored this in setting these fanciful "riffs" in a wild variety of musical styles, including a 19th century dancehall tune, Baroque oratorio, silent-film era soundtrack, a quote from Tristan and Isolde, the William Tell overture and many other familiar and not-so-familiar melodies. Because Joyce names specific musical works in this episode, I have been faithful to these references in my musical choices, arranging, distorting and adding my own personal take on each."-- Program note from composer's website.

"To Isaiah Sheffer" --Caption.

Duration: approximately 30 minutes.

OCLC:

1511819547