general information

composition date
1959
duration
28 min
editor
Schott
Dedicatee
au Docteur Peterheinz Werhahn et à son épouse
Libretto (details, author)

D’après Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), choir(s) and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano [colorature], solo tenor, solo bass voice

flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, timpani, 6 percussionists, harp, 2 pianos (also celesta), violin, viola, cello

information about the creation

date
November 3, 1959

Cologne

interpreters

Waltraud Grewe, soprano, Claus Bock, ténor, Karl-Heinz Offermann, baryton, Gürzenich-Orchester und Chor, Hugo Wolfram Schmidt, direction.

Part titles

  • Chant copte I
  • Pastorale giocoso
  • Pastorale serioso
  • Totalité
  • Le fou épilogue

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