general information

composition date

1959

duration

20 min

editor

Boosey & Hawkes

Dedicatee

'Composuit Universitati Basiliensi, sollenmnia saecularia quinta celebranti, dedicavit Benjamin Britten MCMLX'

Libretto (details, author)

Extraits de textes en latin (charte de L’Univesité de Bâle et oraisons plus anciennes de Bâle), réunis par Bernhard Wyss

type

detailed formation

Soloist

solo soprano, solo contralto, solo tenor, solo bass voice

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, timpani, 2 harp [deuxième ad lib.], piano (also celesta [ad lib.])

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