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Title	Curse of Polyphemus, The
Article no.	4053271
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Netherlands (nl)
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Year of publication	2011
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Composer	Richards, Harry
Difficulty level	4
Evaluation level of countries	D3 (German medium level)
Duration	9:10
Additional info/contents	(The Curse of Polyphemos) Polyphemos is a brutal one-eyed giant from Greek mythology. During his journey home (Ithaca), Odysseus ended up with his comrades in the grotto of Polyphemos, the son of Poseidon. The Cyclops smashed some of Odysseus' comrades on the rock and then ate them. Then he pushed a large boulder in front of the exit of the cave to trap the rest of the people. Odysseus thought about it and invented a trick to escape the cave with his comrades. He got Polyphemus drunk with a few sacks of strong wine and engaged him in conversation! "You're not a bad guy yet," murmured Polyphemos. "What's your name?" asked he. "My name is nobody," Odysseus replied. When the giant finally fell asleep, Odysseus took a sharp tree trunk and drove it into the eye of Polyphemus. Because the Cyclops screamed that "no one" had stabbed him, the other Cyclops thought that Polyphemos had gone mad and left him to his fate. But Odysseus and his comrades could not escape yet, because the large boulder was still in front of the exit. When Polyphemos' sheep began to bleat, the Cyclops would remove the boulder so that the animals could go out. Meanwhile, the clever Odysseus had figured out that he and his comrades could cling to the sheep's bellies so that the Cyclops could not touch them. The clever ruse worked and Odysseus and his comrades were able to escape. But the Cyclops didn't give up and asked his father Poseidon for help. Poseidon then cursed Odysseus, so that his journey to Ithaca ultimately took as long as the Trojan War.
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	Curse of Polyphemus, The (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Curse of Polyphemus, The (concert/wind band), full score
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