general information

composition date
1988
duration
19 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Libretto (details, author)

Walt Whitman, Drum Taps

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo baritone

2 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 2 oboes, 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet (also piccolo trumpet), timpani, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer [échantillonneur]

information about the creation

date
February 24, 1989

États-Unis, Minnesota, Saint Paul

interpreters

Sanford Sylvan : baryton, orchestre de chambre de Saint Paul, direction : John Adams.


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