general information

composition date
1943
duration
14 min
editor
Le Chant du Monde
Dedicatee
Levon Tadevosovitch Atovmyan (1), Nina Vassilievna Chostakovitch (2), Isaac Davidovitch Glikman (3), Youri Vassilievitch Sviridov (4), Ivan Ivanovitch Sollertinski (5), Vissarion Iakovlevitch Chébaline (6)
Opus
62a
Libretto (details, author)

Walter Raleigh (1), Robert Burns (2-4), William Shakespeare (5), texte populaire (6). Traductions par Boris Pasternak (1 et 5) and Samuel Marchak (2-4, 6).

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 male voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo bass voice

Eb clarinet (also 4 clarinets, bass clarinet), 3 oboes (also English horn), piccolo (also 3 flutes), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, celesta, 2 percussionists, 2 harp

information about the creation

date
November 30, 1899

observations

l'op. 140 correspond à la version pour basse et orchestre de chambre

Part titles

  1. Au fils (Largo)
  2. Dans les champs sous la neige et la pluie (Moderato)
  3. McPherson avant son exécution (Allegretto)
  4. Jenny (Moderato)
  5. Sonnet LXVI (Lento)
  6. Le roi s'en va-t-en guerre (Allegretto)

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