general information

composition date
1965
duration
10 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Opus
75
Commission
pour le 20e anniversaire des Nations Unies
Libretto (details, author)

Virgile Eclogue IV, sentences de Jésus Christ, Asoka, Sophocles, Lao Tzu, Bright, Penn, Melville, Camus, Lec, Yevtushenko, Blake, Hölderlin, Tennyson, Shelley.

type

A cappella vocal music (Mixed choir a cappella)

detailed formation

organ [ad lib.]

information about the creation

date
October 24, 1965

Créations simultanées dans 3 lieux : 

  • New York, Schola Cantoruum, Farmingdale boys'Choir, Richard Foster, direction : Hugh Ross et Arpad Darazs
  • Paris , O.R.T.F., direction Jacques Jouineau et Jean-Paul Kreder.
  • Londres, L.S.O. Chorus, Chœur de Westminster Abbey, Ralph Downes, direction : Istvan Kertesz et Douglas Guest.

observations

Accompagnement à l'orgue ad libitum édité par Ralph Downes.


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