- General information
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Composition date:
1945
- Duration: 8 mn
- Publisher: Alphonse Leduc, nº AL 29017
- Commission: Henry Barraud, Directeur du Service de la Musique, Radio-diffusion Française
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Libretto (details, author):
Poème d’Olivier Messiaen
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Composition date:
1945
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Mixed choir and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- mixed choir, 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 3 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 3 percussionists, 1 glockenspiel, 1 piano, 18 violins, 16 second violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, 10 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
2 November 1945
Location:Paris, Palais de Chaillot, lors d'un concert de musique française à la mémoire des déportés
Performers:Manuel Rosenthal : direction.
Observations
Choeur : sopranos et ténors en grand nombre.