François-Bernard Mâche (1935)

Safous Mélè (1958)

for solo contralto, eight female voices and nine instrumentalists

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1958
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Salabert, Paris
    • Opus: 5
Detailed formation
  • soloist: 1 solo contralto
  • ensemble of vocal soloists(4 soprano, 4 contralto)
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 4 percussionists, 1 harp

Premiere information

  • Date: 5 October 1963
    Location:

    Paris, Musée d'Art moderne, Biennale


    Performers:

    Jeanine Collard, ensemble Ars Nova, chœur de la R.T.F., direction : Marius Constant.