OPERATIC FOUNTAINS
* DAS RHEINGOLD” IN WATER GERMAN INNOVATION Illuminated fountains are as popular abroad as fireworks displays, and now inventive man has gone a step further. At Aachen, in Germany, near the Belgian frontier, a new fountain, lit from underneath, accompanies the orchestra, and the music is interpreted by the coloured jets, which rise and fall in rhythm with the violins and brasses. The inventor is Willy Jungbecker, an officer in the former German Navy. He derived the idea from playing a gramophone in a U-boat. The music dramas of Wagner lend themselves best to this aquatic treatment. Take “Das Rheingold.” Each motif is given a colour. The Rhine maidens’ music is yellow; Wotan is royal purple Siegfried is blue; Loke is red; Erda is green. So, as tlic orchestra weaves the musical fabric, the man at the switchboard follows by playing the colours and regulating the sprays with the crescendo of the score. Erom all over Europe people are journeying to watch the fountain music in the city of Charlemagne. 1
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 518, 22 November 1928, Page 14
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172OPERATIC FOUNTAINS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 518, 22 November 1928, Page 14
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