Inside Springtime for Haman

Composer David Bass described the creation of his family opera Springtime for Haman.  Listen to it here:

Introduction

Where does the music come from?

Recycled tunes from The Coronation of Esther

Other self-plagiarism

Other composers

Motivic development

What makes the music mine?

Where do the words come from?

One last joke

Question and answer session

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Paul Raila for recording the event.