Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)

Six Absences (1961)

for the harpsichord

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1961
    • Duration: 9 mn 30 s
    • Publisher: Schott, nº ED 5380
Detailed formation
  • 1 harpsichord

Premiere information

  • Date: 7 November 1963
    Location:

    Mainz, Funkhaus am Deutschhausplatz


    Performers:

    Kurt-Heinz Stolze.

Table of contents

  • I. Molto mesto e lento
  • II. Andante cantabile
  • III. Pesante, molto mosso
  • IV. Andantino
  • V. Lento
  • VI. Allegramente. Agrément de la Sixième Abscence.