Normalerweise gehen Kontrabässe unter im Orchester, es gibt keine Soloparts, höchstens Duos. Im Leben des Musikers ist der Kontrabaß Geliebte, Freund, Feind und Verhinderer des eigenbestimmten Weges. Soziale Analyse, Slapstick und Milieukomik und ein fest gespannter Bogen, der monologisch und entschlossen den Schwingungen des menschlichen Zusammenspiel(en)s nachstreicht.

Patrick Süskind become a known name with his novel Das Parfum (which I have not read). This book, a portuguese translation of the german original Der Kontrabass, is an extended monologue (a single actor play, really) in which a classical doublebass player, in his somewhat claustrophobic room, digresses about music, life, love. As the monologue proceeds, and the musician keeps helping himself with successive beers, his love-hate relationship with his doublebass come to the fore, as well as his passion for a young opera singer. Along the way we have a wonderful monologue about music (naturally slanted in the doublebass direction) culminating in a fierce critique of contemporary society. All this in sixty short pages. Excellent! ( )

je n'ai pas été conquis par ce monologue décrivant le mal-être d'un contre-bassiste. ( )

Eloge et plaidoyer pour la contrebasse.
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