Rapunzel

 

Dear friends of piano music,

this is actually a fortified tower from the early 15th century, it only got the cute little roof afterwards. But it could also be the tower from which the fairytale Rapunzel lowered her incredibly long braid, in the absence of a ladder. As a child, I wondered if it didn't give her a terrible headache. Children are always told fairy tales and stories so that they are good and eat their plates empty, have their hair cut without resisting or brushed their teeth properly.

It was about the same with Scheherazade and the Sultan. With her captivating stories, she kept him from having another woman's head cut off every morning. This frame story of the fairy tales from 1001 Nights inspired numerous composers, which is easy to understand. There is this incredibly beautiful and clever woman, who knows how to stop the Sultan with her art of storytelling, restore his faith in love, forgive his cruelty and save the lives of many other women. What a shame that it's just a fairy tale.

Best wishes! Kerstin