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█▓█ General Info :
█▓█ Title .........: Inanna
█▓█ Artist ........: Helga Pogatschar
█▓█ Music Style ...: Avantgarde / Ear Cinema
█▓█ Type ..........: Album
█▓█ Release Date ..: Nov-08-2003
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█▓█ Used Tools :
█▓█ Grabber .......: Audiograbber
█▓█ Encoder .......: Fhg
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█▓█ Additional Info:
█▓█ Source ........: CDDA
█▓█ No. Of Songs ..: 14
█▓█ Size ..........: 87,3 MB
█▓█ Playtime ......: 63:27 min
█▓█ URL ...........: www.helga-pogatschar.de
█▓█ Label .........: Chrom Records
█▓█ Quality .......: 192kbps / 44,1kHz / HQ / Full Stereo
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█▓█ I. Der Abstieg
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█▓█ 01 ::: Vom grossen Himmel zur Untererde ::: 06:00
█▓█ 02 ::: Weisungen an Ninsubur ::: 03:00
█▓█ 03 ::: Am Palast Ganzer ::: 03:24
█▓█ 04 ::: Die sieben Tore der Unterwelt ::: 11:33
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█▓█ II. Tod und Auferstehung
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█▓█ 05 ::: Der Kampf der Schwestern ::: 03:54
█▓█ 06 ::: Tod ::: 03:16
█▓█ 07 ::: Ninsubur's Klage ::: 08:03
█▓█ 08 ::: Vom Nagel des einen Daumens ::: 01:58
█▓█ 09 ::: Die List ::: 04:40
█▓█ 10 ::: Kraut und Wasser des Lebens ::: 03:57
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█▓█ III. Der Aufstieg
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█▓█ 11 ::: Inanna stand erneut da ::: 02:51
█▓█ 12 ::: Die Leute, die mit Inanna gingen ::: 02:51
█▓█ 13 ::: Kopfjagd ::: 04:35
█▓█ 14 ::: Die Opferung Dumuzis ::: 03:25
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█▓█ The Babylonian goddess Inanna is one of the oldest female mystic
█▓█ characters of mankind. 4000 years old cuneiform plates describe her as an
█▓█ ambivalent sovereign. Being a bloodthirsty war-monger and living an
█▓█ excessive sexual live, her nick name soon became "Whore of Babylon". The
█▓█ plot describes Inanna's decent into the underworld. This subject
█▓█ fascinates today as much as it did 4000 years ago, because it touches the
█▓█ base of human existence.
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█▓█ With "Inanna", one if the oldest literal works of mankind can be heard
█▓█ again: Starting point for this exceptional project was a reconstruction of
█▓█ the original text, which had to be translated first into German with the
█▓█ scientific assistance of Assyriologists. The many breaks and gaps of the
█▓█ text fragments had been integrated in the compositional concept for the
█▓█ libretto and the music.
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█▓█ For the first time in the history of music the original Sumerian texts had
█▓█ been set to music, a pioneering work as well as for the composer Helga
█▓█ Pogatschar as also for the singers: to make singable again what had been a
█▓█ dead language for many thousand years.
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█▓█ Music: Helga Pogatschar
█▓█ Words: Karoly Koller
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█▓█ I. Descent
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█▓█ [1] From the Vast Heavens to the Underworld - After extending her power
█▓█ over Heaven and Earth, the Goddess Inanna makes preperations to seize
█▓█ power in the Underworld. She leaves all of her sacred shrines behind her
█▓█ and sets out for the House of Ganzer, the Palace of the Underworld. Before
█▓█ her departure, she dons the insignia of her power and adorns herself with
█▓█ the weaponry of feminine charm and seduction.
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█▓█ [2] Directives for Ninsubur - Ninsubur, Inannas envoy, accompanies the
█▓█ Goddess for a time. When they take leave of each another, Inanna gives
█▓█ Ninsubur careful instructions. In the event Inanna should fail to return
█▓█ from the Underworld. Ninsubur is to shroud herself in a veil of mourning,
█▓█ claw at her eyes, nose, and lower legs, and plaintively wander through the
█▓█ temple in an effort to beseech the Gods for help. In the end, the god Enki
█▓█ comes to her assistance and raises Inanna from the dead. After issuing the
█▓█ directives, Inanna commences her Journey into the Underworld.
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█▓█ [3] At the Palace of Ganzer - Arriving at the Palace of Ganzer, Inanna
█▓█ first attempts to gain entrance by force: with wicked hand she pounds on
█▓█ the gates of the Underworld and unleashes upon those gates a wicked voice.
█▓█ Once she realizes that she cannot acheive her designs through violent
█▓█ means, she resorts to defencelessness as an instrument of persuasion, thus
█▓█ gaining entry. But the Lord of the Underworld, her sister, Ereskigal, has
█▓█ a premonition that Inanna's visit does not bode well, and so devises in
█▓█ her heart a plan.
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█▓█ [4] The Seven Gates of the Underworld - Ereskigal lures Inanna into an
█▓█ ambush. She has the seven gates of the Underworld left unlocked so Inanna
█▓█ may easily enter. As she passes through the first gate, an anonymous
█▓█ servant of the Underworld snatches her Turban and Fez. "How dare you!"
█▓█ cries Inanna, outraged, but before she is able to defend herself, a voice
█▓█ calms her: "quiet Inanna, the Me of the Underworld are all encompassing.
█▓█ Do not question the rules of the Underworld Inanna." Gate upon gate, she
█▓█ encounters the same course of action. Each time, the powers of the
█▓█ Underworld divest her of an emblem of her power. At the seventh gate,
█▓█ Inanna is even stripped of her gowns. Naked and defenceless, she arrives
█▓█ in the Underworld.
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█▓█ II. Death and Resurrection
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█▓█ [5] Clashing Sisters - A life and death battle ensues between Inanna and
█▓█ Ereskigal. At this point, the original text is fragmentary, but it appears
█▓█ that Inanna summons all her residual strength and makes one final attempt
█▓█ to install herself upon Ereskigal's throne. The judges of the Underworld,
█▓█ the Anuna Gods, sentence her to death and carry out the sentence
█▓█ forthwith.
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█▓█ [6] Death - Inanna dies. A nameless servant of the underworld hangs her
█▓█ corpse from a stake.
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█▓█ [7] Ninsubur's Lament - Three days and three nights pass and Inanna does
█▓█ not return from the Underworld. Her envoy, Ninsubur, acts upon the
█▓█ directives given her by Inanna: she shrouds herself in a veil of mourning,
█▓█ claws at her eyes, nose, and lower legs and wanders plaintively through
█▓█ the temple to beseech the Gods for help: "Father Enlil, your child - one
█▓█ should not subjugate it to the Underworld. Your beautiful metal - one
█▓█ should not mix it with the dust of the Underworld. Your beautiful lapis
█▓█ lazuli - one should not split it with the grinder's stone. Your boxwood
█▓█ tree, like the wood of the carpenter - one should not press the saw's
█▓█ tooth against it. The youth Inanna - one should not subjate her to the
█▓█ Underworld". Enlil, the supreme God of the Sumerian pantheon does not heed
█▓█ her lament. He places blame with Inanna alone, her lust for power has
█▓█ brought death upon her, and he refuses to offer any assistance. Likewise,
█▓█ the Moon God, Nanna, refuses to help. In the end. Enki, the God of Wisdom,
█▓█ Guile and Magic lends Inanna his support.
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█▓█ [8] From the Nail of a Thumb - From under both his thumb nails, Enki
█▓█ scrapes out the remnants of clay left over from the creation of humanity
█▓█ and creates the servants Poofty and Moofty. They are to go down and free
█▓█ the Goddess Inanna from the Underworld. He entrusts them with the Plant
█▓█ and the Water of Life which will enable them to bring the Goddess back to
█▓█ life in the Underworld.
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█▓█ [9] The Ruse - Enki gives the two servants careful instructions: in the
█▓█ Underworld they will meet Ereskigal. "She will be lying there sick. No
█▓█ linen cloth can cover her broad shoulders, her breasts, shaped like great
█▓█ shells, are uncovered. Her hair is heaped up like twisted leeks." With
█▓█ their irresistible charm, the two servants are to coax a promise from the
█▓█ ill-tempered Goddess Ereskigal to grant them one free wish. The Goddess
█▓█ will then offer them tempting gifts but they are to refuse them all and
█▓█ instead ask for the corpse that is hanging from the stake. Upon hearing
█▓█ their wish. Ereskigal will see through Enki's ruse, but it will be too
█▓█ late, as the Goddess will have already offered her promise and sworn by,
█▓█ "The Life of Heaven and the Life of Earth", and shall therefore have to
█▓█ surrender Inanna's corpse.
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█▓█ [10] The Plant and Water of Life - Once the servants Poofty and Moofty are
█▓█ given Inanna's corpse, they proceed according to Enki's instructions and
█▓█ annoit Inanna's forehead with the Water and the Plant of Life in order to
█▓█ resurrect her. The two servants carry out Enki's instructions fully and
█▓█ bring Inanna back to life.
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█▓█ III. Ascent
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█▓█ [11] Inanna Rises Anew - Just as Inanna is about to take leave of the
█▓█ Underworld, the Anun Gods hold her back. She will only be permitted to
█▓█ leave the Underworld if she agrees to deliver a replacement: "Who is it
█▓█ that goes hence from the Underworld, goes hence hearty and hale from the
█▓█ Underworld? If Inanna goes hence from the Underworld, she must yield a
█▓█ head, she must yield a head like her own head." Inanna agrees to the
█▓█ bargain and rises up out of the Underworld.
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█▓█ [12] Inanna's Escorts - Inanna departs from the Underworld surrounded by a
█▓█ horde of loathsome agents of the Underworld. Like deadly lances, Galla
█▓█ Demons, large and small, crowd around her. Her escorts know neither plants
█▓█ nor water: they accept neither flour sacrifices nor Bakshish. They would
█▓█ even spurn a woman's sweet bosom. They are a vile sort who would, "wrench
█▓█ a wife from the arms of her husband, tear children from the breast of
█▓█ their wet nurse, drag a daughter-in-law from the hearth and home of her
█▓█ father-in-law."
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█▓█ [13] The Head Hunt - Inanna goes forth from the Underworld in search of a
█▓█ sacrificial victim to take her place in the Underworld. Moments after
█▓█ arriving above, her envoy, Ninsubur, falls at her feet. Upon seeing her,
█▓█ the Galla Demons move to grab Ninsubur and drag her down into the
█▓█ Underworld, but Inanna refuses to surrender her loyal envoy. The Galla
█▓█ Demons then lead Inanna to the place called Umma. There, they come across
█▓█ Inanna's Singer and Hair Dresser, Sara. The Galla Demons want to seize
█▓█ Sara, but Inanna refuses to put him at their mercy. In the same way, she
█▓█ denies them her guardian, Lulal. Finally, the Galla Demons escort Inanna
█▓█ to her home on the Steppes of Kullab. Beneath a large apple tree they come
█▓█ upon Inanna's lover, Dumuzi. He is sitting on raised throne dressed in
█▓█ festive garments. The Galla Demons grab hold of Dumuzi and prepare to lead
█▓█ him away.
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█▓█ [14] Sacrificing of Dumuzi - Inanna faces her lover, Dumuzi. It is now
█▓█ apparent to her that he is the only one who has not mourned her death.
█▓█ Wrath consumes her. Enraged, she delivers Dumuzi unto the Powers of the
█▓█ Underworld.
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