The Aeneid, Book 1, A Musical Interpretation

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Now! The first book of the Aeneid...

the Latin text put to music and sung in meter, with intervening parts spoken in English.

This musical interpretation of the first book of the Aeneid was performed March 22, 1996 at the CANE Annual Meeting Banquet. It was scored, organized and directed by Raymond M. Koehler, at that time a teacher at Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT. It has been digitized and edited by Ruth Breindel, Moses Brown School. The performers are students, teachers and parents.

The video lasts 44 minutes and is a combination of live action, photos and illustrations. It is mostly, in meter, to various tunes which Ray composed. Other parts are narrated in Latin and English.

On the disk are:

  • The Video (44 minutes)
  • A PowerPoint show of all the photos and illustrations
  • Program notes giving times for and information about each segment:
    • Introduction (lines 1-33, time 0-3:12)
    • Tempestas (lines 34-141, time 3:12-10:16)
    • After the Storm (lines 198-222, time 10:16-13:57)
    • Meanwhile, on Olympus (lines 223-282, time 13:57-19:26)
    • Aeneas et Venus (lines 305-417, time 19:54-26:21)
    • Aeneas and Achates in Carthage (lines 418-493, time 26:21-28:40)
    • Dido meets Aeneas & Trojans (lines 494-636, time 28:40-37:54)
    • The Banquet (lines 637-756, time: 37:54-44:00)

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This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 01 July, 2009.

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