general information

composition date
1958
duration
9 min
editor
Schott
Libretto (details, author)

Friedrich Hölderlin

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and plucked strings)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor

guitar

information about the creation

date
November 26, 1958

Hamburg, Norddeutscher Rndfunk

interpreters

Peter Pears : ténor, Julian Bream : guitare, Hans Werner Henze : direction.

Part titles

  • I. In lieblicher Bläue
  • II. Möcht ich ein Komet sein?
  • III. Wenn einer in den Spiegel siehet

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Created the same year
Composed the same year
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