Boris Blacher (1906-1975) Paul Dessau (1894-1979) Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963) Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012) Rudolph Wagner-Régeny (1903-1969)
Jüdische Chronik (1960 -1961)
for solo contralto and baritone, chamber choir, two reciters and small orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1960 - 1961
- Duration: 25 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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Libretto (details, author):
Jens Gerlach
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Composition date:
1960 - 1961
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- viola, baritone, 2 speaking voices, unspecified choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 tuba, timpani, harp, piano, double bass
Premiere information
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Date:
14 January 1966
Location:République fédérale allemande, Cologne, WDR "Musik der Zeit"
Performers:Christoph von Dohnányi.
Table of contents
- I. Prolog (Boris Blacher)
- II. („Werden die Stummen rufen?“) (Rudolf Wagner-Régeny)
- III. Ghetto (Karl Amadeus Hartmann)
- IV. Aufstand (Hans Werner Henze)
- V. („Im Januareis glomm das Feuer“) (Paul Dessau; deux versions)
- VI. Epilog (Paul Dessau)