general information

composition date
1914
duration
12 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Opus
18
Libretto (details, author)

D'après le conte de Hans Christian Andersen, adapté par Nina Meshchersky. 

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
mezzo-soprano

2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, percussionist, harp, strings

information about the creation

date
January 17, 1915

Petrograd

interpreters

Anna Zherebtsova-Andreyeva (mezzo-soprano) et Serge Prokofiev (piano).


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