Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Chant du Rossignol (1917)
symphonic poem for orchestra
[Pesnya solov'ya - Song of the Nightingale]
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1917
- Duration: 20 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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Composition date:
1917
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Double wind orchestra]
Detailed formation
- 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 1 percussionist, 2 harp, 1 celesta, 1 piano, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
6 December 1919
Location:version concert, Suisse, Genève
Performers:l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, direction : Ernest Ansermet.
- 2 février 1920, version scénique, France, Paris, Opéra, direction : Ernest Ansermet.