The Book of Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders
I. Natura
II. Ambiente (original Italian text in attachment, translation below)
III. Mescolamenti ed Apparizioni
Elena Casoli electric guitar, Alessandro Rossi voice, Giorgio Magnanensi text and live electronics
Progetto Musica 2000, Acquario Romano • Roma, November 9, 1994
II. Environment
I have still a story to tell you…
he is not greedy in showing his sleepy treasures!
some stones! …this city have always seemed
a desolate mass of stones…
maybe I have what you are looking for, sirs…
precious things…
like fire mixed to scents
I concentrate in my breathing… till I exhaust myself,
I shine my mirror, dark, I am comprehending, yes, yes,
I comprehend everything around me… and I retire my body…
maybe I have what you are looking for, sirs…
the sky remains absolutely pure… and immensity
invisibly shreds… the sky remains absolutely pure
yes, yes, tonight or never again…
you are funny, funny Aureolus!
how many of these witnesses can this great scholar
with acute glance see!?
strange trolls, Ammobates, Asterions, Penfredons, Kelidres,
Selsyrses, Marine Hares, Ceratus Caterpillars, Megalauns,
Bargis Swans, Ascolabes, Buprostes, Apimaosses, Tarantulas,
yes, yes all in Hermis’ kingdom…
let’s bet they are not going to Bysantium!
yes, yes, I comprehend everything when the Opus is done…
the golden sand sparkles in the creek… try it yourself!
a life for the truth!
and to avoid it could resurface again it will be
covered with other memories, in the hall,
behind closed doors, piled up to removed entities
“and such ideas where coming from the opinion in which we were
that the air and the world were all full of spirits: an incandescent
copper rain…this is the world of the imaginary entities, of Gnomes,
Sylphs and frail Salamanders”.