- General information
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Composition date :
1975
- Duration : 15 mn
- Publisher : Chester Music
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Libretto (details, author) :
Robert Desnos, tiré de Corps et biens (1926).
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Composition date :
1975
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 male voice and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist : solo baritone
- 3 flutes (also 2 double contrabass flutes), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussionist, harp, celesta, piano, strings
Premiere information
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Date :
12 April 1978
Location :Allemagne, Berlin, Philharmonie
Performers :Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau : baryton et l'Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin, direction : Witold Lutosławski.