general information

composition date
1967-1968
duration
15 min
editor
Bärenreiter
Dedicatee
à la mémoire d'Anton Webern
Opus
201
Commission
Dartmouth College, pour le Fourth International Webern Festival, 1968
Libretto (details, author)

textes parlés de Platon, Soren Kierkegaard, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe et Rainer Maria Rilke ; textes chantés de  Ernst Krenek, Sénèque, Gerard Manley Hopkins et Karl Kraus.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano

2 flutes, vibraphone, 2 clarinets, xylophone, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, guitar, percussionist, timpani, harp, violin, piano, celesta, viola, cello

information about the creation

date
August 1, 1968

Royaume-Uni, Dartmouth College, Fourth International Webern Festival

interpreters

Christina Ascher : soprano, Ernst Krenek : direction.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
sons fixés sur support

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