general information

composition date
1964
duration
26 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
à Rosemary et Harold Spivacke
Opus
32
Commission
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation
Libretto (details, author)

Manuel Mujica Lainez

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 or more solo voices and single wind chamber orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
narrator, solo tenor [ou baryton]

trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists, horn, bassoon, clarinet, oboe, flute, piano, harpsichord, viola d'amore, viola, 2 cellos, 2 double basses, harp

information about the creation

date
November 1, 1964

États-Unis, Washington DC, Library of Congress

interpreters

Robert Stattel : récitant, Robert Murray : baryton et membres du National Symphony Orchestra, direction : Walter Hendl.

Part titles

  • Prose I: El horóscopo (L’horoscope)
  • Canto I: La angustia metafísica (L’angoisse métaphysique)
  • Prose II: EI retrato (Le portrait)
  • Canto II: La búsqueda del amor (La recherche de l’amour)
  • Prose III: Los monstruos del Sacro Bosque (Les monstres de la forêt sacrée)
  • Canto III: Eternidad de Bomarzo (Eternité de Bomarzo)

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