ich habe erst noch ein bisschen zu „Jeux“ von Debussy gestöbert… und höre es gerade in Schleife
Beinahe wäre/n das Spiel / die Spiele noch von einem Flugzeugabsturz unterbrochen worden…
Nijinsky’s original scenario was described by Jacques-Emile Blanche, the set painter: “There should be no corps de ballet, no ensembles, no variations… only boys and girls in flannels and rhythmic movements… a game of tennis was to be interrupted by the crashing of an airplane.” Debussy found this absurd, but Diaghilev doubled his fee (10,000 gold francs), and removed the airplane. https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/musicdb/pieces/2119/jeux
auch interessant: https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/story-debussy-s-jeux/
Boulez has described Jeux as ‘The Afternoon of a faun in sports clothes’
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