general information

composition date
1981
duration
52 min
Dedicatee
à Theo Adam
Libretto (details, author)

Bertolt Brecht

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 male voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo baritone

2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also Eb clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets (also flugerlhorn), 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, 5 percussionists, harp, electric organ, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses, English horn, 2 alto saxophones (also soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone), guitar, accordion

information about the creation

date
January 22, 1981

Allemagne, Hamburg, NDR

interpreters

Theo Adam : baryton, Orchestre symphonique de la NDR, direction : Friedrich Cerha.

Part titles

  1. Ichtyosauus Parabel
  2. Legende der Dirne Evelyn Roe
  3. Sommerlied
  4. Loblied auf den Abort
  5. Couplet
  6. Arie des Bettlers
  7. Lied vom ertrunkenen Mädchen
  8. Der Tod im Wald
  9. Von Sonne krank
  10. Baals Tod

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