general information

composition date

1943

duration

14 min

editor

Le Chant du Monde

Dedicatee

Levon Tadevosovitch Atovmyan (1), Nina Vassilievna Chostakovitch (2), Isaac Davidovitch Glikman (3), Youri Vassilievitch Sviridov (4), Ivan Ivanovitch Sollertinski (5), Vissarion Iakovlevitch Chébaline (6)

Opus

62a

Libretto (details, author)

Walter Raleigh (1), Robert Burns (2-4), William Shakespeare (5), texte populaire (6). Traductions par Boris Pasternak (1 et 5) and Samuel Marchak (2-4, 6).

type

detailed formation

Soloist

solo bass voice

celesta, Eb clarinet (also 4 clarinets, bass clarinet), 3 oboes (also English horn), piccolo (also 3 flutes), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, 2 harp

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