Aphrodite in Aulis, an eclogue for small orchestra (1932)

Composer: ALWYN, William
  • Inspired by Aphrodite in Aulis (1931), a novel by Irish writer George Moore (1852-1933)1
  • Story: an ancient Greek sculptor falls in love with a woman he considers the perfect model for a sculpture of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love.2
  • An eclogue is a piece of music with a pastoral flavor. The name is derived from a classical Greco-Roman poem genre which featured conversations between shepherds.3

Sources

  1. “Aphrodite in Aulis,” Goodreads, accessed July 11, 2019, https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23505567-aphrodite-in-aulis.
  2. Andrew Peter Knowles, liner notes to Elizabethan Dances – Oboe Concerto – Aphrodite in Aulis, Jonathan Small, oboe, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd Jones, Naxos 8.570144, 2006.
  3. Harvard Dictionary of Music, 4th ed., s.v. “Eclogue” (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003).

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