Go/ bring back the pearl [ ... ]
Thisness: A Duo-drama cycle
Song Cycle by István Anhalt (1919 - 2012)
1. Quest  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by István Anhalt (1919 - 2012), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. Thisness (Haecceitas)  [sung text checked 1 time]
On my way I am [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. Incantation  [sung text checked 1 time]
I want/ hence it is good [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Dialogue  [sung text checked 1 time]
You, indeed, must [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.5. Vertigo  [sung text checked 1 time]
Reeling/ rolling [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.6. Reason  [sung text checked 1 time]
Along this arc [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.7. Unreason  [sung text checked 1 time]
Is this the end of your speech, foreigner? [ ... ]
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1 pharmakos is a Greek word that can mean poison, medicine, or scapegoat.
8. Filled pause
— Tacet —
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Note: this section consists of a pantomime with a few improvised paralinguistic sounds and instrumental "noises", all performed very sparsely and softly9. About this Song  [sung text checked 1 time]
What makes me sing this song? [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.10. Beyond  [sung text checked 1 time]
Beyond [ ... ]
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