- General information
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Composition date :
1955
Revision dates : 1965
- Duration : 13 mn
- Publisher : Boosey & Hawkes
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Libretto (details, author) :
John Barbour
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Composition date :
1955
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Mixed choir and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- mixed choir
- 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes (also 1 English horn [ad lib.] ), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date :
8 May 1955
Location :États-Unis, Cambridge, MA
Performers :le chœur et l'orchestre du MIT, direction : Klaus Liepmann.
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Date :
19 October 1967
Location :Canada, Atlanta
Performers :l'Orchestre symphonique d'Atlanta, direction : Robert Shaw.