Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

In the Beginning (1947)

for solo mezzo-soprano and mixed choir a cappella

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1947
    • Duration: 17 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author):

      La Genèse

Detailed formation
  • soloist: solo mezzo-soprano
  • mixed choir à 8 voix [SSAATTBB]

Premiere information

  • Date: 2 May 1947
    Location:

    États-Unis, Cambridge, MA


    Performers:

    Nell Tangeman et le chœur de l'Université d'Harvard, direction : Robert Shaw.