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Music in The Stolen Child Music, as the arrangement of pure forms, is an abstract art and its emotional power is through the ear. In THE STOLEN CHILD, I made Henry Day a pianist in order to emphasize his difference with Aniday, who perceives the world primarily through the eyes: in his fanatical reading, his visual observations of the surroundings, and in his dreams. Their different attitudes toward nature--abstraction and empathy--are meant to suggest a kind of internal struggle with the world. Here are some links to the songs beneath THE STOLEN CHILD. Section One: Childhood Section Two: The Coverboys Section Three: Organ and Orchestra Section Four: The Changelings Music |
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