general information

composition date
1950
duration
20 min
editor
Suvini Zerboni
Libretto (details, author)

Franz Kafka

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
female narrator, solo soprano

piccolo, 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 saxophones, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, xylophone, 6 percussionists, 2 harp, piano, Eb clarinet, vibraphone, celesta, electric guitar

information about the creation

date
September 13, 1950

Italie, Venise, Biennale

interpreters

Ubaldo Lai, Ginevra Vivante, Orchestre symphonique de la Rai de Rome, direction : Hermann Scherchen.


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