Mark Morris' L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Contributors: Jeffrey Escoffier (Editor); Matthew Lore (Editor)
Publisher: Marlowe & Company; Marlowe & Co.; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: July 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781569245804
Subjects: Ballet; Performing Arts; Allegro, il penseroso, ed il m; Dance; Dance - Choreography; Performing Arts / Dance / Classical; Allegro, il pensoroso, ed il m; Allegro, il penseroso, ed il moderato (Choreographic work : Morris); Dance - Classical
First sentence: In black darkness-nothing onstage, nothing anywhere-a tenor voice rises up out of the pit,'Hence, loathed melancholy, / Of Cerberus and blackest midnight born,' it sings, and it goes on singing of the black world of melancholy-the Stygian cave, the night raven, the ebony shades-for ten long lines.