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DAS NARRENSCHIFF - THE SHIP OF FOOLS
LA NAVE DE LOS LOCOS - STULTIFERA NAVIS
A MUSICAL ADAPTATION for speaker, two singers, and five musicians (two clarinets, violin, cello and percussion)

Based on the satire by SEBASTIAN BRANT (1494)
And the music of THIERRY LANCINO (1994)

An eccentric collaboration of two creators,
FIVE CENTURIES APART.

A VISION OF THE PASSION AND FOLLY OF MAN
Duration: 70 minutes

AVAILABLE IN GERMAN, FRENCH, ENGLISH AND SPANISH

DURAND-AMPHION, Publishers (Paris)
BOOSEY & HAWKES, agent for North America (New York)

Program Notes

Excerpts of the Show

Text

 

PDF - Full Text in German, French and English

PDF - Excerpt of Text in German and Spanish

Instrumentation

Press:

Le Concertographe - September 24, 1996

The Work by Sebastian Brant with Original Woodcuts

The Ship according to the Great 19th Century Larousse Encyclopedia

Text by Gérard Macé: The Ship of Fools

Text by Georges Fréchet: The Ship of Fools and Sébastien Brant
    THE SHIP OF FOOLS
DAS NARRENSCHIFF
Text:
Translation:
  

Sebastian Brant
Edwin H. Zeydel

I

   PROLOGUE TO THE SHIP OF FOOLS
VORREDE ZU DEM NARRENSCHIFF
II
   OF USELESS BOOKS
VON UNÜTZEN BÜCHERN
III
   OF OLD FOOLS
VON ALTEN NARREN
IV
   OF IDLE TALK
VON VIELEM SCHWATZEN
V
   OF COARSE FOOLS
VON GROBEN NARREN
VI
   CONTEMPT OF ETERNAL JOY
SCHLECHTES BEISPIEL ELTERN
VII
   BAD EXAMPLE OF PARENTS
VERACHTUNG EWIGER FREUNDE
VIII
   PAYING NO HEED TO TALK
NICHT AUF ALLE REDE ACHTEN
IX
   OF SENSUAL PLEASURE
VON WOLLUST
X
   OF AMOURS
VON BUHLSCHAFT
XI
   OF DANCING
VON TANZEN
XII
   OF THE END OF POWER
VON ENDE DER GEWALT
XIII
   OF ENVY AND HATRED
VON NEID UND HAß
XIV
   O FOOLS !
O NARR !
XV
   PREDESTINATION OF GOD
VON GOTTES VORSEHUNG!
XVI
   THE POWER OF FOOLS
VON DER NARREN MACHT
XVII
   OF GUARDING WIVES
VON FRAUENHÜTEN
XVIII
   O FOOLS !
O NARR !
XIX
   OF BAD WOMEN
VON BÖSEN WEIBERN
XX
   OF ADULTERY
VON EHEBRUCH
XXI
   OF OPEN PLANS
VON OFFENKUNDIGEN ANSCHLÄGEN
XXII
   APOLOGY OF THE POET
ENTSCHULDIGUNG DES DICHTERS
XXIII
   PREDESTINATION OF GOD
VON GOTTES VORSEHUNG
XXIV
   OF SELFCOMPLACENCY
VON SELBSTGEFÄLLIGKEIT
XXV
   THE SCHLURAFFEN SHIP
DAS SCHLARAFFENSCHIFF
   
  END OF THE SHIP OF FOOLS
ENDE DES NARRENSCHIFF
  1 - 4 - 9 - 4
 
  NOTHING WITHOUT CAUSE
NÜT ON VRSACH