Drunk William Percher
Fish Wife Debra Dominiak
Baker's Wife Diane Coloton
Prostitute Paula Redd
Danton James Anderson
Robespierre Tim Noble
Couthon Randy Hansen
St. Just Kevin Langan
Louise (Danton) Mary Shearer
Gabrielle Danton Nelda Nelson
Camille Desmoulins Gran Wilson
Lucille Desmoulins Edith Vanerette
Tallien Raul Mattei
Thomas Baldner, conductor; chorus masters: Alan Harter, Jan Harrington, Lawrence Weller; associate conductor (musical preparation): Richard Duncan
For years I have been fascinated by and devoted to the development of a richer yet simpler music based on notes (pitches) other than those found on the piano keyboard. The possibilities of expressing psychological nuance and dramatic movement are enormously expanded by singing and playing notes that lie between the white and black keys. This should not be thought of as theoretical or artificial — on the contrary, every performer of folk and vernacular music in the world (including jazz, bluegrass, and other musics of our own culture) uses such subtle inflections and nuances constantly and naturally.
How does one use these microtonal materials within the musical mechanism of our own Western formal (classic) music? My solution is to divide woodwinds, brasses, and pianos into A and B groups: the A group is tuned normally; the B, a quarter-tone lower — approximately one-half the distance between neighboring notes on a piano keyboard. These pitches are not rigidly fixed, however. From the quarter-tone positions players on woodwind and brass instruments can adjust their notes slightly, while singers and players on stringed instrumentsneed only fix the position of the accurate quarter tones as a compass point to chart their journey into the rejuvenating regions of microtonal melody. The turning of the three harps divides the distance between neighboring piano notes into three parts: one sounds normally, the second a sixth of a tone higher, the third a sixth of a tone lower...
—notes by John Eaton
This title, originally issued on the CRI label, is now available as a burn-on-demand CD (CD-R) or download in MP3/320, FLAC or WAV formats. CD-Rs come in a protective sleeve; no print booklet or jewel case included. Liner notes are accessible via the link above.
Indiana University Opera Theater
John Eaton: Danton and Robespierre
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A *.pdf of the notes may be accessed here free of charge.
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Danton and Robespierre: Prologue
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Danton and Robespierre: Act I, Scene 1
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Danton and Robespierre: Act I, Scene 2
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Danton and Robespierre: Act I, Scene 3
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Danton and Robespierre: Act II, Scene 1
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Danton and Robespierre: Act III, Scene 1
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Danton and Robespierre: Act III, Scene 3
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Danton and Robespierre: Act III, Scene 6
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Danton and Robespierre: Act III, Scene 7
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