general information

composition date
1968
duration
19 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Commission
'Written for the 50th Anniversary of Save The Children Fund'
Libretto (details, author)

Bertold Brecht (traduction anglaise de Hans Keller)

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Other choir and chamber orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
5 soprano children voices [nombre non précisé, donc 5 parties solistes], 4 contralto children voices [nombre non précisé, donc 3 parties solistes et une partie soliste pour alto grave ou ténor], 6 percussionists

2 pianos, organ [de chambre ou électrique], percussionist [grand ensemble, nombre non précisé]

information about the creation

date
May 19, 1969

Londres, St Paul's Cathedral

interpreters

Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, direction : Russell Burgess.


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