- General information
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Composition date:
1956
- Duration: 28 mn
- Publisher: Ars Viva, Mayence
- Commission: WDR, Cologne
- Dedication: « a tutti loro »
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Libretto (details, author):
sur des lettres de condamnés à mort de la Résistance
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Composition date:
1956
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: solo soprano, solo contralto, solo tenor
- mixed choir
- 4 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 6 horns, 5 trumpets, 4 trombones, percussionist, timpani, 2 harp, celesta, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
24 October 1956
Location:Allemagne, Cologne
Performers:Ilse Hollweg : soprano, Eva Bornemann : contralto, Friedrich Lenz : ténor, le Chœur et l'Orchestre du WDR, direction : Hermann Scherchen.