The Fountain of Arethusa

The Fountain of Arethusa

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1936

Runtime

0h 6m

Genres

Music, Fantasy

User Score

58%

Original Title

La fontaine d'Aréthuse

Director

Dimitri Kirsanoff

Description

“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. (IMDb)