general information

composition date
1942
duration
15 min
editor
Belmont
Opus
41
Commission
League of Composers
Libretto (details, author)

Lord Byron

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice and ensemble of up to 9 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
narrator

violin, second violin, viola, cello, piano

information about the creation

date
November 23, 1944

New York (dans une transcription de l'auteur pour récitant, piano et orchestre à cordes)

interpreters

Mack Harrel : récitant, Eduard Steuermann : piano, Orchestre philharmonique de New York, direction : Artur Rodzinsky.

  • 10 juillet 1946, version avec quatuor, Londres, Goldsmith's Hall, quatuor Aeolian, Cuthbert Kelly : récitant, Else Cross : piano.

observations

  • Version pour orchestre (au lieu du quatuor) réalisée le 29 juillet 1943.

recordings

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Ode à Napoléon op. 41

Composed by Arnold Schoenberg , concert on April 25, 1983

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Ode à Napoléon op. 41

Composed by Arnold Schoenberg , concert on March 17, 1986

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Ode à Napoléon op. 41

Composed by Arnold Schoenberg , concert on March 27, 1980

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Ode à Napoléon op. 41

Composed by Arnold Schoenberg , concert on May 22, 1989

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Ode à Napoléon op. 41

Composed by Arnold Schoenberg , concert on March 28, 1994

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