Memory is a song in the musical Cat, composed by andrew lloyd webber, and the lyrics are adapted from a poem by Thomas Stearns Eliot by Trevor Noon. It was originally sung by Elaine Paige at 198 1. 1982, the song won the Yves Noviro Award for "Best Song".
Memory is a song that andrew lloyd webber improvised when the rehearsal of the first performance of the musical Cat came to a standstill. Different from other music in the play, there are words before the song, and the song initially has no lyrics and theme.
Valeria Eliot, the widow of the English poet Thomas Stearns Eliot, gave Weber a poem, which was deleted from her collection after Eliot heard some cat fragments. At that time, Eliot thought its tone was too sad for children, so he abridged it when it was published.
This eight-line poem is the image source of the role of "charming cat" in the play. Later, ci writers Trevor Noon found inspiration from Eliot's poems and wrote lyrics for Memories, which was presented in the play through the mouth of Charming Cat.
Song appreciation
Memories is the most brilliant aria in the whole musical, and you can never get tired of listening to it twice. When entering the memory of "charming cat", the song adopts a slow rhythm and a sad melody, expressing the regret of "charming cat" for today and its desire for care.
When it appeared for the last time, "memory" brought a feeling of harmony, warmth and happiness. The same melody, after two modulations, is very shocking. Others think that Weber's adaptation betrays the fatalistic consciousness conveyed by Eliot's original poems, and Memory is just a drooling song lamenting the fleeting youth.
As the soul of Cat, Memory is an unforgettable song sung by Charming Cat. A short song completely explains the life of "charming cat": when she was young, she was an absolute beauty. Because she was unwilling to be mediocre, she left the cat's house to travel around the world and suffered setbacks.
When she came back from her old age, she had an empty bag on her back and stopped looking for it. The tribe didn't want to accept this wanderer, but a song "Memories" calmed the hostility of all cats to her and aroused deep sympathy and pity for her. Finally, she was sent to heaven by the "leader cat".