Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)
Modeste Moussorgski : Chants et danses de la mort (1962)
orchestration
arrangement
- General information
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Composition date:
1962 - 31 jul 1962
- Duration: 20 mn
- Publisher: Le Chant du Monde
- Dedication: Galina Pavlovna Vichnevskaïa
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Libretto (details, author):
poèmes du Comte Arséni Golénichtev-Koutouzov
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Composition date:
1962 - 31 jul 1962
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 female voice and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussionist, harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
12 November 1962
Location:URSS, Gorki
Performers:Galina Vichnevskaïa : soprano, Orchestre philharmonique de Gorki, direction : Mstislav Rostropovitch.
Table of contents
- Berceuse (Lento doloroso)
- Sérénade (Moderato)
- Trepak (Lento assai tranquillo)
- Le Chef d'armée (Vivo – alla guerra)