general information

composition date
1955
revisition date
1965
duration
13 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Libretto (details, author)

John Barbour

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Mixed choir and orchestra)

detailed formation

2 flutes, 2 oboes (also English horn [ad lib.]), piccolo, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, harp

information about the creation

date
May 8, 1955

États-Unis, Cambridge, MA

interpreters

le chœur et l'orchestre du MIT, direction : Klaus Liepmann.


date
October 19, 1967

Canada, Atlanta

interpreters

l'Orchestre symphonique d'Atlanta, direction : Robert Shaw.


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