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Des Droits de l’Homme (Of Human Rights) (1989)

for 5 to 6 narrators, 1 voice, 1 large choir, tape and orchestra

by Marius Constant (1925-2004)

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composition date: 1989
duration: 1h 12min
publisher: Salabert , EAS 18803
Commission: Commande de l’État
Libretto (details, author): Sur des textes de Yves Jamiaque, Lou Bruder,
Gustave Flaubert et Marius Constant et sur des textes historiques extraits de Magna Carta, Premier Pacte de la Confédération Suisse, Habeas Corpus, Bill of Rights, Constitution of the U.S.A., rituel d’initiation maçonnique, La Fayette, Voltaire, Cahiers de Doléances, Mirabeau, Rabaut Saint-Étienne, Marat, Gaultier de Biauzat, Psautier protestant, Schema Israel, Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme (1789).

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Vocal music and instrument(s) (Vocal music and instrument(s))

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Soloist: speaking voice, soprano, soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass voice

flute (also 2 piccolos, 2 oboes (also English horn, 2 clarinets (also E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 6 percussionists, 2 timpani, 2 harp, piano [aussi célesta], strings

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date: June 30, 1989
location: France, Marseille, La Vieille Charité
interpreters: Alain Cuny, Alain Garanger, Jean-Paul Bordes, Jean-Claude Nieto, Gilbert Mingeaud, Marie Albe : récitants ; Marie Atger : soprano ; Chœur de Tallin, Chœur de Ram, Chœur Franz Liszt, Chœur Vincent d’Indy, Chœur de l’Opéra de Marseille, Orchestre philharmonique de Marseille, Groupe de Musique Expérimentale de Marseille ; Marius Constant, direction

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Electronic device: fixed sound

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