George Antheil (1900-1959)

Fighting the Waves (1929)

stage music for choir and ensemble

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1929
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Schirmer
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Pièce de W. B. Yeats, The Only Jealousy of Emer.

Detailed formation
  • flute, oboe, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, strings [sans alto], unspecified choir

Premiere information

  • Date: 13 August 1929
    Location:

    Irlande, Dublin