general information

composition date
1973
duration
33min
editor
Peters, San Antonio, Texas

type

Solo (excluding voice) (Solo piano)

detailed formation

piano

information about the creation

date
November 12, 1974

États-Unis, New York, Alice Tully Hall

interpreters

Robert Miller.

 

Création des volumes I et II le 4 février 1975 à Wichita, Kansas par David Burge.

Création complète du cycle Makrokosmos le 12 juin 1980 à Buffalo, New York par Ivar Mikhashoff, Aki Takahashi, Stephen et Frieda Manes : pianos, Jan Williams et Lynn Harbold : percussion.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
amplification

observations

Laurie Hudicek, 1 cd Furious Artisans FACD 6805, 2002 ; Jo Boatright, 1 cd Music & Arts, 1999 Bojan Gorisek, 1 cd Audiophile Classics 103301, 1997 ; Christiane Mathe, 1 cd Koch Schwann 364092-2, 1997 ; Emmy Henz-Diemand, 1 cd Musiques Suisses 6091-2, 1994 ; Robert Nasveld, Attacca Babel 9371/2, 1993 ; Jeffrey Jacob, 1 cd Centaur 2080, 1991.

Part titles

Part One

  1. Morning Music (Genesis II) Cancer [J. DeG. W.]
  2. The Mystic Chord Sagittarius [R.M.]
  3. Rain-Death Variations Pisces [F.C.]
  4. Twin Suns (Doppelgänger aus der Ewigkeit) [SYMBOL] Gemini [E.A.C.]

Part Two

  1. Ghost-Nocturne: for the Druids of Stonehenge (Night-Spell II) Virgo [A.B.]
  2. Gargoyles Taurus [P.P.]
  3. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza Apocalittica) Scorpio [L.K.]
  4. A Prophecy of Nostradamus [SYMBOL] Aries [H.W.]

Part Three

  1. Cosmic Wind Libra [S.B.]
  2. Voices from "Corona Borealis" Aquarius [E.M.C.]
  3. Litany of the Galactic Bells Leo [R.V.]
  4. Agnus Dei [SYMBOL] Capricorn [R.W.]

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