- General information
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Composition date:
1946
- Duration: 1 h 50 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 37
- Dedication: 'to Erwin Stein'
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Libretto (details, author):
Ronald Duncan, d’après la pièce d’André Obey
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Composition date:
1946
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 2 solo sopranos, 1 solo mezzo-soprano, 1 solo contralto, 1 tenor, 2 solo baritones, 1 solo bass voice
- 1 flute (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 1 oboe (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 1 bassoon, 1 horn, 1 percussionist, 1 harp, 1 piano, 1 violin, 1 second violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double bass
Premiere information
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Date:
12 July 1946
Location:Sussex, Glyndebourne
Performers:Ernest Ansermet : direction ; producteur : Eric Crozier ; décor : John Piper.