general information

composition date
1956
duration
28 min
editor
Ars Viva
Dedicatee
« a tutti loro »
Commission
WDR, Cologne
Libretto (details, author)

sur des lettres de condamnés à mort de la Résistance

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, solo contralto, solo tenor

4 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 6 horns, 5 trumpets, 4 trombones, percussionist, timpani, 2 harp, celesta

information about the creation

date
October 24, 1956

Allemagne, Cologne

interpreters

Ilse Hollweg : soprano, Eva Bornemann : contralto, Friedrich Lenz : ténor, le Chœur et l'Orchestre du WDR, direction : Hermann Scherchen.


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