Among personal effects left by the reclusive, little-known elder brother of Sigmund Freud--Hieronymus Guglielmo Freud--was the following memorandum:
My brother suffered a terrible frustration in his early youth. He
harbored a burning desire to play the tuba. But his diminutive
stature caused the band director to force him to learn the piccolo instead. It is my opinion that this had a marked effect on him in later life.
In response to his remarkable revelation Richard Wilson wrote CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS for solo tuba, taking title and movement subtitles from Freud's famous essay of 1930.
1. Overcoming the Forces of Nature
2. Soap as a Measure of Civilization
3. Love, Necessity, and the Death Instinct
4. The Aggressive Impulse Thwarted
5. Bad Conscience and the Superego
Stephen Johns, who plays it in this recording, gave the premiere on March 22, 1996 at Vassar College.
Published by Peermusic Classical. Available on "Affirmations", Albany Records (TROY389).
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