- General information
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Composition date:
1971
- Duration: 23 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 37
- Commission: à Kenneth Holland
- Dedication: Institute of International Education
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Libretto (details, author):
texte en espagnol d’après des lettres de Franz Kafka à Milena Jesenska
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Composition date:
1971
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 female voice and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: solo soprano
- 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, piano [ou célesta] , strings
Premiere information
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Date:
16 April 1973
Location:États-Unis, Colorado, Denver
Performers:Phyllis Curtin et l'Orchestre symphonique de Denver, direction : Brian Priestman.
Table of contents
- Praeludium - De los fantasmas (Des fantômes)
- Cantus I - Del amor (De l’amour)
- Prosa I - De los sueños (Des rêves)
- Cantus II - De las cartas (Des lettres)
- Prosa II - De celos y desesperanzas (De la jalousie et du désespoir)
- Cantus Finalis - Del infinito (De l’infini)