general information

composition date
1964
duration
26 min
editor
Schott
Libretto (details, author)

d’après la nouvelle du même nom de Franz Kafka

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 male voice and single wind chamber orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo baritone

flute (also piccolo), oboe (also English horn), clarinet (also bass clarinet), bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 5 percussionists, harp, piano [4 mains ou 2 pianos], organ [ad lib.]

information about the creation

date
October 13, 1965

Berlin

interpreters

Dietrich Fischer-Diskau : baryton, orchestre philharmonique de Berlin, direction : Hans Werner Henze.


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