general information

composition date
1939-1943
duration
24 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
à mon père
Libretto (details, author)

texte en hébreu issu des Lamentations de Jérémie.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
mezzo-soprano

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 3 percussionists [ou 4], piccolo, English horn, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet [ou clarinette mib], contrabassoon, tuba, piano, strings, timpani

information about the creation

date
January 28, 1944

États-Unis, Pittsburgh, Mosquée de Syrie

interpreters

Jennie Tourel : mezzo-soprano, le Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, direction : Leonard Bernstein.

Part titles

I. Prophecy ; II. Profanation ; III. Lamentation.


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