Bruno Maderna (1920-1973)
Kranichsteiner Kammerkantate (1953)
Quattro lettere or Vier Briefe, for soprano, bass and ensemble
- General information
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Composition date:
1953
- Duration: 10 mn
- Publisher: Suvini Zerboni, Milan
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Libretto (details, author):
Lettre d'un condammé à mort de la Resistenza, lettre d'un industriel, lettre de Franz Kafka à Milena et lettre de prison d'Antonio Gramsci.
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Composition date:
1953
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloists: solo soprano, solo bass voice
- flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, harp, pump organ, 2 pianos, 2 violins, 2 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass
Premiere information
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Date:
29 July 1953
Location:Italie, Vérone / Allemagne, Damstadt
Performers:Illona Steingruber et Heinz Rehfuss, membres de l'Orchestre du Landestheater de Darmstadt et du Cours d'été, direction : Bruno Maderna.