- General information
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Composition date:
1928 - 1929
- Duration: 53 mn
- Publisher: Schott, nº ED 5077
- Opus: 32
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Libretto (details, author):
Max Blonda [pseudonyme pour Gertrud Schoenberg]
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Composition date:
1928 - 1929
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 2 solo sopranos [Frau ; Freundin] , 1 solo baritone [Mann] , 1 solo tenor [Sänger] , 1 unspecified solo child voice [Kind]
- 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo [ou 2, 2e ad lib.] ), 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 1 Eb clarinet, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 1 soprano saxophone [ou saxophone alto] , 1 bass saxophone [ou saxophone ténor] , 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 3 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 mandolin, 1 guitar (also 1 banjo [ad lib.] ), 1 piano (also 1 celesta [ad lib.] ), strings
Premiere information
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Date:
1 February 1930
Location:Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurter Opernhaus
Performers: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.