Wolf

J. Powell

Description

The “good” in one man’s mind can be “evil” in another’s, or even in his own life!

It is the late 1500s as a five-year-old boy grows up privileged on a country estate with a controlling, abusive father and loving yet meek mother. Forced to only study mathematics and Latin from his father-appointed tutor, Wolf Dietrich quickly learns to keep his anger inside. But when his tutor befriends him and helps him understand his emotions, Wolf makes a life-changing decision to attend seminary and eventually seek fame in the clergy.



A year after he heads off to university, Wolf’s mother dies suddenly. Still, Wolf presses on and eventually graduates, is ordained as a priest, and receives his ideal placement at a famous cathedral in Vienna. But when the Archbishop of Vienna unexpectedly changes his assignment to tiny Salzburg in the mountains, an outraged Wolf has no choice but to persevere. As a chain of events takes him from the top to the bottom of worldly importance and fame as an archbishop, Wolf becomes despised by almost everyone. Will he manage to escape in time to avoid death and imprisonment and begin anew?



In this historical play based on true events, a wealthy boy transforms into a famous archbishop who soon discovers that the good in one man’s mind can be evil in another’s—or even in his own life.



J. Powell dedicates any glory to the Father, the Son,

and the Holy Spirit.

Sujets

• Religious
• Gray wolf
• Wolf
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 22 juin 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781973699408
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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WOLF
 
 
 
J. POWELL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ISBN: 978-1-9736-9938-5 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-9736-9939-2 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-9736-9940-8 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2023909768
 
 
 
WestBow Press rev. date: 06/21/2023
CONTENTS
Story Base
Wolf
Wolf
The Story
Bonus Screen Play
 
STORY BASE
“Fodor’s Austria, 1992, with the best day trips …” a small village is nestled at a river’s edge, with forested mountain bottoms and a Roman fort in the background..
… walk past the Glockenspiel café into the next square, Residenzatz, the heart of the Baroquecity laid out around 1600 by Archbishop Wolf Dietrich . An admirer of the Italian Renaissance, Archbishop Wolf Dietrich hired an Italian architect … who believed the perfect city required five squares. A cemetery and 55 old houses were demolished to make room for them …
On the left is the famous carillon tower, the Glockenspiel, Wolf Dietrich ’s government and palace and his first attempt at the Baroque …
Archbishop Wolf Dietrich ………… elaborate custom-made goblets ………… burning of the cathedral ……… (by this archbishop?) Lustschloss Hellbrunn … south of Salzburg … the pleasure palace of the prince-archbishops. It was built in the early 17 th century … for the nephew of Wolf Dietrich , after he had imprisoned Wolf Dietrich in the fortress …
Cross the road to the Mirabell Gardens … Archbishop Wolf Dietrich built the gardens in 1606, along with the Mirabell Palace for his mistress … and their ten child ren ………
Domplatz: There has been a Dom in this spot since the 8 th Century, but the present structure stems from the 17 th century . Wolf Dietrich took advantage of (some say he caused) the old Romanessque-Gothic cathedral’s destruction by fire to demolish the remains and make plans for a huge new building facing onto the Residenzplatz. But the townspeople revolted against his excesses and in 1612 imprisoned him in the fortress.
In St. Sebastion Cemetery, which he had redesigned, he ordered a brightly tiled mannerist mausoleum built to himself.
(At the top of the Fortress Hohensalzburg, there is a sweeping view of Salzburg and the mountains.)
CLASSICAL MUSIC selections are the background music for the S tory.
A personal visit to Salzburg; In the back of our small pension, a tiny graveyard offers the humble graves of Mozart’s wife and father and a riveting monument to Wolfe Dietrich, built and dedicated to himself. We leave the pension to see the village. It is twilight … windy … misty, cold. We walk with our bodies bent forward against the wind. Momentarily. our eyes sweep the breathtaking mountains surrounding us, then we lower our heads again. Now, light, unfriendly snow. We concentrate on our path, amongst hatted and huddled people, hurrying on the tiny cobblestone streets. A river running through the town’s middle cuts icy outlines. Gray, gray everywhere, on the streets, up the buildings. A faint drizzle now. We are part of the tiny stone streets and buildings. Then …
Only two or three feet in front of us, the massive gray base of an ancient cathedral stops our eyes and demands that we lean back and gaze upwards at it. Above and beyond as backdrop, an imposing gray and massive former roman fort in the hills asserts itself. We feel ourselves cowering to unseen and inexplicable authority.
The stolid mountains, though, encompass it all, declaring their final authority.
Then, the Bells sweep in on us, oblitering everything for a short time. Deafening, ear-hurting, intimidating, scanning for misdoers, they bombard the air. From one cathedral to another. Like marching boots of authority. Short periods of silence between, and then they are back to remind us we are not our own.
We hurry along among the townspeople, the now biting wind on our faces.
THE STORY
The most meaningful facts of the story appear to be true. The Library of Congress has a book with Wolf Dietrich’s picture and some facts of his life. The guidebook (Fodor’s 1992, which I have), tells of Wolfe’s mammoth passions—for Vienna’s and the world’s finest in all cathedral and city layout accomplishments to be brought to Salzburg, the suspicion of his torching the old cathedral, the passion for his mistress and building Mirabell and its lovely gardens there for their life together, their ten children, and so on.
I’ve built a story to weave together these facts, considering Wolfe’s character deduced from his actions, and from the impact of his time. I can say truthfully that the story seemed to tell itself to me, and I was compelled without choice to write it.
THE SETTING
Initial sweeping, dramatic scene of Salzburg nestled in the magnificent and breathtaking mountain scenery, the beauty that the Germans and Romans fell in love with and took. Scenes of shepherds, shepherdesses and droves of sheep, tiny from our vantage point. The Roman fortress thrusts itself up near Salzburg, insulting the rustic peace. An idyllic looking peaceful river of virgin water from the mountains lolls through the center of town, its banks cut steeply from the deluge of the spring thaw. The Austrian people for the most part appear simple, honest. We see an occasional well to do burgher in finer clothes, but they are not part of our story. A sketch for the monastery and immediate environs is attached.
WOLFE EMPHASIS NOTES
Earth. Fire. Water. Air. Horses. Hands.
Fire: the smithy’s roaring fire changing the stubborn iron and the
cathedral fire- destruction, human vanity
human passion, for the Church, for mates
the hearth, where kitchen smells, bubbling stews warm the air
Earth: the fields being worked, the dirt on the hands of the workers
the mud of the donkey lot
the earth as hooves beat against it
Water: its beauty and peace in the river
its baptism in the rains after the flood
its holy meaning
its kindness and provision in the mountain streams, river and stews
its utter mercilessness (the flood)
Air: the fog and dew
the foggy exhale of horse and man
the sounds of horses, riding hard or whinnying
the whispers of penitents
the loudness of bombast, the hissing of plotting
Horses: their coarse coats and wet noses
their sweat, hooves
one’s legs around them
gratitude for their service
man-horse relationship
communication, dependency, even love
Hands: the old hands of the grandmother
The pale, soft hands of the Pope/ Wolfe’s calloused hands
The gentle hands of Wolfe’s mother, the 1 st little girl, and Vivian
THE MUSIC
An attempt to backdrop the story with some of the great music of those composers who passed that way near that time, plus some that didn’t.
Excerpts: Mozart’s Symphony #5, 1 st : End of Scene with widow, before going into chasm where Vivian goes. (Galloping, w sort of tense intervals. Worry, anxiety. 2 nd : waltz-like hesitancy)
Beethoven, Andante Cantabile, Quartet in A Major, Op.18 No. 5: Peaceful river. At orphanage. At Mirabell. (Near end-sad part, then jubilant. Ol black Joe, way down upon the Swanee R. One after another, instrument picks up theme. Lazy. Happy. Light Dancing). Or, Mozart flute quartet K 298.
Brahms Quartet in C Minor, Op 51 No. 1 Allegro: Verdi donning Wolf’s cloak, flash back to sleeping Wolf, then Verdi or conspirators.
Or: Romanze: Poco Aldagio: regular sad background (a little slow)
Eugene Bozza: Sonatine pour flute et bassoon Allegro: 2 urchins watching the priest take the wine. (Comic, heavy, then light?)
L..V. Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60. After Verdi’s death or way home from Vatican. (tragic opening)
Allegro ma non troppo. A scene with children (child-like, fast). Or, before flood (also Rimsky Korsakov Easter Overture-like spring buds opening gently, gathers with horn, strings. Sense of important events. Flute, high and light, like a whisper. Then, menacing music)
Anton Dvorak. Slavonic Dances No. 3 Op. 46. Gentle rain before the flood. (light and energetic like children playing, then rousing).
Franz Von Suppe. Overture to “The Beautiful Galatea”. Wolf going and arriving at Mirabell to see Vivian. (circus feeling, galloping start, beautifully sweet). Also, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23. Also, Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A minor.
Wagner- Prelude to Meistersinger Von Neurenburg: All the servants gather to eat at the oak table. (wonderful, happy, day to day pleasant life).
Mendelssohn Overture, “The Hebrides” (Fingal’s Cave), Op. 26: Embrace of Vivian and Wolf at the chasm. (someone coming together at the end. Rushing, happy, beautiful theme).
Bruch- Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46: Scene with the donkey for Verdi. (hoe-dow