general information

composition date
1917
duration
18 min
editor
Schott
Opus
9
Libretto (details, author)

Ernst Wilhelm Lotz, Else Lasker-Schüler

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
soprano

3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 8 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 5 percussionists, 2 harp, strings

information about the creation

date
September 6, 1974

Allemagne, Francfort-sur-le-Main, Funkhaus am Dornbusch

interpreters

Brenda Roberts, soprano ; Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt ; Hermann Michael, direction

Part titles

I. Meine Nächte sind heiser zerschrien... (Ernst Wilhelm Lotz)
II. Weltende "Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt..." (Else Lasker-Schüler)
III. Aufbruch der Jugend "Die flammenden Gärten des Sommers..." (Ernst Wilhelm Lotz)


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