Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
A Survivor from Warsaw op. 46 (1947)
for narrator, male choir and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
jul 1947 - aug 1947
- Duration: 7 mn
- Publisher: Universal Edition, nº PH 478 ; Bomart : 12529 ; Belmont : Bel 1046
- Opus: 46
- Dedication: "Dedicated to the Kussevitzky [sic] Music Foundation who commissioned it" (première partie) ; "For the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, dedicated to the memory of Natalie Koussevitzky" (3e partie)
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Composition date:
jul 1947 - aug 1947
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 voice (other), choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: 1 narrator
- men's choir
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 percussionists, 1 harp, 10 violins, 10 second violins, 6 violas, 6 cellos, 6 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
4 November 1948
Location:USA, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Performers:Albuquerque Civic Symphony Orchestra, direction : Kurt Frederick, Sherman Smith : narrateur.