Die verrückten mädchen von Mona: for Soprano and Piano Trio

Pwyll ap Sion

Die verrückten mädchen von Mona: for Soprano and Piano Trio

Pwyll ap Sion (Other)

School of Arts, Culture and Language

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Abstract

Die verrückten mädchen von Mona ('The Crazy Maids of Mona') is a composition for Soprano and Piano Trio. It starts and ends by quoting from the sixth of Beethoven's Welsh Folksong arrangements ('The Fair Maids of Mona'). In-between these bookending moments the music undergoes several abrupt shifts in mood and atmosphere in order to ironically represent the many negative depictions of female characters in nineteenth century culture and fiction, as examined by Elaine Showalter and others in books such as 'The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830–1980.'

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Bangor
Publisher	Self-Published
Edition	First
Media of output	Online
Size	5 minutes
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2021
Event	Commissions Concert & Beethoven Archduke Trio - Powis Hall, Bangor, United Kingdom Duration: 16 Oct 2021 → 16 Oct 2021 https://amam.cymru/gwyl-biano-ryngwladol-cymru/cyngerdd-comisiynaur-wyl-and-beethoven-archduke-trio

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Die verrückten mädchen von Mona: for Soprano and Piano Trio

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