general information

composition date
1973
duration
33 min
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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