Cristóbal Halffter (1930-2021)
Jarchas de dolor de ausencia (1979)
for twelve a cappella voices with rattlesnakes or finger cymbals
- General information
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Composition date:
1979
- Duration: between 23 mn and 25 mn
- Publisher: Universal Edition
- Commission: Testimonium Festival (Israël)
- Dedication: avec gratitude à la mémoire d'Americo Castro ... Aixa, Fátima et Marién
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Libretto (details, author):
Yehudá Halevi, Al-A’mà-al-Tutilí, Abraham ibn’Ezra, Al-Habbaz al-Mursí, Yosef al-K Kātib et anonymes juifs
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Composition date:
1979
- Type
- A cappella vocal music [5 or more solo voices]
Detailed formation
- ensemble of vocal soloists [avec cymbales à doigt] (3 soprano, 3 contralto, 3 tenor, 3 bass voice)
Premiere information
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Date:
2 December 1979
Location:Allemagne, Lüneburg
Performers:Vokalensemble der Hochschule für Musik Hamburg ; Klaus Vetter, direction