general information

composition date
1951
duration
16 min
editor
Bärenreiter
Dedicatee
à Blanche Thebom
Opus
129
Commission
Blanche Thebom
Libretto (details, author)

Robinson Jeffers, d'après Euripide

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
solo mezzo-soprano

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, percussionist

information about the creation

date
1953

États-Unis, Philadelphia, Academy of Music

interpreters

Blanche Thebom : mezzo-soprano, Philadelphia Orchestra, direction : Eugene Ormandy.


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