The Fountain of Arethusa
The Fountain of Arethusa

The Fountain of Arethusa

La fontaine d'Aréthuse

Release date : 1936-01-01

Production country :

France

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Status : Released

Durasi : 6 Min.

Popularity : 0.661

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“La Fontaine d'Aréthuse” opens with what has been described as a “shimmering wash of sound in the piano, octave leaps in the left hand passing above and below repeated chords in the right,” a tune which apparently suggests the splashing waters of a fountain. The story “told” by the music involves a naked water goddess on the river shore, who is pursued by a hunter, before disappearing into thin air to join her water once again.