The auditory effects are highly symbolic, as, for example, the grandfather’s “plena” of Act I takes a back seat to the blaring jukebox music coming from the bar in Act II. It is during this act also that the bucolic music and familiar voice of the oxcart driver are drowned out by the roar of the airplane. Act III—New York City—is dominated by American “blues” and by the roar of the subway and the noise of automatic drills coming from the street.
ACT I
-
p. 32 rooster noises
-
44 noise of oxcart
ACT II
59 Latin music on jukebox, water on rocks
-
84 oxcart driver’s voice calling “Ooois, Lucero, oooiiis”, airplane roar
-
89 waves
-
102 jukebox misic
ACT III
108 noise from train and drill
-
110 “blues” music from jukebox
-
111 “danza” music
-
136 gun shots