general information

composition date
1958
duration
12 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'Meinem Freund, dem Prinzen Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein, zum fünfzigsten Geburtstag'
Libretto (details, author)

Friedrich Hölderlin (traduction en anglais par Elisabeth Mayer et Peter Pears).

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Unspecified solo voice and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist
unspecified soloist voice

piano

information about the creation

date
November 20, 1958

Schloss Wolksgarten

interpreters

Peter Pears et Benjamin Britten.

Part titles

  1. Menschenbeifall - The Applause of Men
  2. De Heimat - Home
  3. Sokrates und Alcibiades
  4. Die Jugend - Youth
  5. Hälfte des Lebens - The Middle of Life
  6. Die Linien des Lebens - Lines of Life

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