Mother Courage and her Children is a 2010 album by Duke Special, featuring the songs he composed and performed for the National Theatre's 2009 production of Berthold Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children,[1] with Brecht's lyrics translated by Tony Kushner.[2]
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| Released | 28 February 2010 | |||
| Genre | Rock/musical theatre | |||
| Length | 36:53 | |||
| Label | Reel to Reel | |||
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It was released both on its own and as part of a box set entitled The Stage, A Book And The Silver Screen, which also includes The Silent World of Hector Mann and the Huckleberry Finn EP, funded via the online crowdsourcing platform PledgeMusic.[3]
Track listing edit
All lyrics are written by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Tony Kushner; all music is composed by Duke Special, except where noted
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Prelude" | 2:55 | |
| 2. | "Mother Courage" | 3:28 | |
| 3. | "Eilif (Song about the soldier and his wife)" | Duke Special and Paul Pilot[4] | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Yvette (Song of fraternization)" | 3:51 | |
| 5. | "Song of The Hours" | 4:58 | |
| 6. | "The Great Capitulation" | 3:32 | |
| 7. | "Soldier’s Song" | 1:42 | |
| 8. | "Mother Courage (and the threat of peace)" | 1:05 | |
| 9. | "Cook’s Song" | 3:18 | |
| 10. | "Farmhouse Song" | 2:02 | |
| 11. | "Lullaby" | 2:22 | |
| 12. | "Mother Courage Finale" | 3:38 |
References edit
- ^ Features: Duke Special, Culture Northern Ireland, 29 June 2010
- ^ Erin Elizabeth, Interviews: Duke Special, QRO, 11 November 2009
- ^ Jack Foley, Duke Special - The Stage, a Book and the Silver Screen, IndieLondon
- ^ Duke Special, "The Songs of Mother Courage" 2010, PaulPilot.com