general information

composition date
1928-1929
duration
53 min
editor
Schott
Opus
32
Libretto (details, author)

Max Blonda [pseudonyme pour Gertrud Schoenberg]

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
2 solo sopranos [Frau ; Freundin], solo baritone [Mann], solo tenor [Sänger], unspecified solo child voice [Kind]

2 flutes (also piccolo [ou 2, 2e ad lib.]), 2 oboes (also English horn), Eb clarinet, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone [ou saxophone alto], bass saxophone [ou saxophone ténor], 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, harp, mandolin, guitar (also banjo [ad lib.]), piano (also celesta [ad lib.])

information about the creation

date
February 1, 1930

Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurter Opernhaus

interpreters

Benno Ziegler : Mann, Else Gentner-Fischer : Frau, Elisabeth Friedrich : Freundin, Anton Maria Topitz a.G : Sänger, Kl. Nitzschker : Kind, Herbert Graf : régie, Ludwig Sievert : mise en scène, Hans Wilhelm Steinberg : direction.


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