Myth in 300 Strokes<br>Mit v 300 taktih</br>

Authors

  • Gregor Pobežin University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities, Titov trg 5, SI-6000 Koper-Capodistria Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana
  • Igor Grdina Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/SMS20192205

Keywords:

Miniature opera, Darius Milhaud, Slavko Osterc, Medea, myth, avant-garde

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the phenomenon of the opera minute which emerged from the avant-garde experimentalism after WWI; its beginner and one of the foremost masters, the French composer Darius Milhaud put three short, eight-minute operas on stage in 1927. Others soon followed, among them the Slovenian composer Slavko Osterc who composed the opera-minute “Medea” in 1932. This paper is the first to transcribe in length the manuscript of Osterc’s “Medea”, comparing it to Euripides’ original. Furthermore, the article aims to establish the fine similarities and distinctions between the approach regular opera took towards myth and that of the avant-garde opera-minute.

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How to Cite

Pobežin, G., & Grdina, I. (2019). Myth in 300 Strokes<br>Mit v 300 taktih</br>. Studia Mythologica Slavica, 22, 107–119. https://doi.org/10.3986/SMS20192205

Issue

Vol. 22 (2019)

Section

RAZPRAVE / ARTICLES

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