In this demanding composition for male choir from 1929, Haas set to music, in an original way and with great creative imagination, a text by the poet Dalibor Chalupa from Brno which portrays the colourful medley during a lively carnival night. In contrast to the high-spirited displays of the dancing masks, avid for entertainment and pleasure, is the personal tragedy of a desperate man who, intent on taking his life, staggers through the milling crowd which makes no sense to him. The choral work ...