general information

composition date
1936
duration
1h
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Libretto (details, author)

Edwin Denby

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
2 solo sopranos, solo contralto, 2 solo tenors, solo baritone, solo bass voice, 3 narrators

flute (also piccolo), 2 clarinets, bassoon, alto saxophone (also tenor saxophone), 2 trumpets, trombone, percussionist, timpani, piano, theremin, oboe

information about the creation

date
April 21, 1937

États-Unis, New York, Henry Street Settlement Music School

interpreters

Lehman Engel : direction, Orson Welles : mise en scène.


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