[Use chromatic synemmenon dorian mode with müsterek serbest seyir for all harmonic elements. Bassline follows strictly by doubling lead instruments in perfect fourths.] [Male Voice A - Tannhäuser, Minnesanger: Soft, sweet plaintive lyrical tenor with chest-supported yodel. Balanced head and chest voice integration with yodel. Singer has massive respiratory power, exhibits extreme appoggio and high-energy pharyngeal resonance with sweet, unforced messa di voce. Unsteady tessitura. Piercing high-frequency squillo and seamless smooth legato, immaculate diction, and surgical glottal closure. Sings fluently in all languages cited.] [Male Voice B - Wolfram von Eschenbach, Minnesanger: velvety, warm, gruff operatic baritone. Singer has massive respiratory power, exhibits extreme appoggio and high-energy pharyngeal resonance. Even tessitura across registers. Complete absence of whistle register, absence of flageolet register, absence of falsetto. Piercing high-frequency metallic squillo and seamless smooth legato, immaculate diction, immaculate diction, and surgical glottal closure. Sings fluently in all languages cited.] [Male Voice C - Walther von der Vogelweide, Minnesanger: lyrical spinto tenor, same specification as the other voices otherwise. Sings fluently in all languages cited.] [Lyrics in german and english] [Full ensemble *including drums* joins immediately on beat 1] [Vorspiel starts with full intensity - 2 bars, full crescendo] [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 1] [Wolfram] The virile heroes and the virtuous ladies Gathered so gracefully here Inspire Wolfram's heart to sing. Gaze at the skies And lo! there is one star, Shining, distant and bright. [Pre-chorus] [Wolfram] Fro the star gusheth forth a spring, Full of sweetmost tidings, Its water fresh and clear, Its purity inspiring Most noble sentiments Wolfram could e'er feel. [Chorus] [Wolfram] For the spring would I give My life and sacrifice The last drop of blood In the service o'loe, Lest I muddy the spring By my touch therein. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 2] [Tannhäuser] Oh, Wolfram, how couldst thou sing Of such woebetidings Dressed as auspicious tiding? How can one see his thirst Quelled if doth he not durst Drink abundantly? [Pre-chorus] [Tannhäuser] Confidently I will lay my lips Upon the refreshing spring And sith my thirst seeth no end, Shall it see itself perpetrate As the spring gusheth forth With inexhaustible joy. [Chorus] [Tannhäuser] Do not deceive, the audience, here, Wolfram, that is not the essence o'loe: What we feel and love, We ought to touch and feel, Not stand aside and stupidly kneel. [Instrumental bridge - Ghammaz section with taqsim - 2 bars] [Ghammaz Section - non-lexical vocalizations] * Ооооооооооооооооо... * Ооооооооооооооооо... [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 3] [Walther] The spring Walther hath named, 'Tis known deep within my wame. Thou, Heinrich dost not know What is the essence o'loe. [Pre-chorus] [Walther] How can one's hungering lips See themselvs sated at this spring, If they do not but glance the edge, For penetrating the core is sacrilege. [Chorus] [Walther] That is, Heinrich, the essence o'loe, Heavensent, granted fro above, Not trembling in carnal joy, But beholding its pale shadow. [start fade out, slow down] [Outro] [Tannhäuser] O, Wolfram, der du also sangest, du hast die Liebe arg entstellt! Praise the Lord in heavens And reap the fruits of the earth. To be close to another being, Created in His image e'erso, Is the true essence o'loe, For the spring cannot be exhaust'd, Nor can the thirst be quelled eternally For it renews, having drunk from it In perpetuity. [Vorspiel - 2 bars, fadeout] * Ооооооооооооооооо... * Ооооооооооооооооо... [end] [Outro] [Tannhäuser] O, Wolfram, der du also sangest, du hast die Liebe arg entstellt! Praise the Lord in heavens And reap the fruits of the earth. To be close to another being, Created in His image e'erso, Is the true essence o'loe, For the spring cannot be exhaust'd, Nor can the thirst be quelled eternally For it renews, having drunk from it In perpetuity. Only those knowing the goddess o'loe And her sweetmost embrace Right in the midst of Venusberg Have the right to speak of loe, The rest better shut up fore'er. [Vorspiel - 2 bars, fadeout] * Ииииииооооо-ииииииииоооо-ио-ио-иоооооо... * Ииииииооооо-ииииииииоооо-ио-ио-иоооооо... [end]
