Luigi Nono (1924-1990)

La Victoire de Guernica (1954)

songs after Paul Eluard for mixed choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1954
    • Duration : 13 mn
    • Publisher : Ars Viva
    • Dedication : a Hermann Scherchen, maestro.
    • Libretto (details, author) :

      Paul Éluard

Detailed formation
  • mixed choir
  • 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussionist, timpani, 2 harp, celesta, strings

Premiere information

  • Date : 25 August 1954
    Location :

    Allemagne, Darmstadt


    Performers :

    le Chœur et l'Orchestre de la Hessischen Rundfunks Frankfurt, direction : Hermann Scherchen.