Toshio Hosokawa (1955)

Temple Bells Voice (2001)

for choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2001
    • Duration: 14 mn
    • Publisher: Schott
    • Cycle: Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima (5e partie)
    • Libretto (details, author):

      texte de Bashô (en japonais)

Detailed formation
  • mixed choir
  • 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, harp, piano (also celesta), 16 violins [ou 14 ] , 14 second violins [ou 12] , 12 violas [ou 10] , 10 cellos [ou 8] , 8 double basses [ou 6]

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