Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)

Musique funèbre [Muzyka żałobna] (1958)

for string orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1958
    • Duration: 14 mn
    • Publisher: Chester Music
    • Dedication: à la mémoire de Béla Bartok
Detailed formation
  • 12 violins, 12 second violins, 8 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 26 March 1958
    Location:

    Pologne, Katowice


    Performers:

    l'Orchestre symphonique de la radio polonaise, direction : Jan Krenz.

Table of contents

  • Prologue
  • Metamorphosis
  • Apogeum
  • Epilogue