Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970)
Requiem für einen jungen Dichter (1967 -1969)
Lingual for reciters, soprano, baritone, three choirs, electronic sounds, orchestra, jazz-combo and organ
[Requiem pour un jeune poète]
electronic work
- General information
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Composition date:
1967 - 1969
- Duration: 1 h 5 mn
- Publisher: Schott
- Commission: WDR, Cologne
- Dedication: « Ad honorem Sancti Hermanni Josephi »
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Libretto (details, author):
documents d’actualité et divers
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Composition date:
1967 - 1969
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 2 narrators, solo soprano, solo baritone
- mixed choir, mixed choir, mixed choir
- 4 flutes (also 4 piccolos), 4 oboes (also 3 oboes d'amore, 1 English horn), 4 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (also soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 5 horns (also 1 tuba), 4 trumpets [en ut] , bass trumpet, 5 trombones (also 1 contrabass trombone), contrabass tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, mandolin, accordion, 2 pianos, organ, 10 cellos, 8 double basses, saxophone [jazz-combo] , cornet [jazz-combo] , percussionist [jazz-combo] , piano [jazz-combo] , electric bass guitar [jazz-combo]
Premiere information
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Date:
11 December 1969
Location:Allemagne, Düsseldorf
Performers:Hans Franzen et Matthias Fuchs : récitants, Edda Moser : soprano, Günter Reich : baryton, Manfred-Schoof-Quintett, Chœur de la Radio de Cologne (direction : Herbert Schernus), Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio de Cologne, direction : Michael Gielen.
Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support