- General information
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Composition date:
1961 - 1962
- Video, installation (detail, author): chorégraphie de George Balanchine
- Duration: 24 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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Libretto (details, author):
Craft d'après la Genèse et des mystery plays de York et Chester
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Composition date:
1961 - 1962
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 1 solo tenor, 2 solo bass voices, 7 narrators
- mixed choir(soprano [], contralto [], tenor [])
- 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 1 alto flute, 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 1 contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 1 percussionist, 1 harp, 1 celesta (also 1 piano), strings
Premiere information
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Date:
14 June 1962
Location:États-Unis, CBS television
Performers:Stravinsky et Robert Craft : direction.
- 30 avril 1963, création scénique, Allemagne, Hambourg, Staatsoper, direction : Robert Craft.