Inside Springtime for Haman

David Bass Reception 1 David Bass Reception 2

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.

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