general information

composition date
1948
duration
28 min
editor
Schott
Dedicatee
au Docteur Peterheinz Werhahn et à son épouse
Libretto (details, author)

d’après Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano [colorature], solo tenor, solo bass voice

3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (also E-flat clarinet [en mib]), bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets [en ut], 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, celesta, 2 pianos

information about the creation

date
May 25, 1948

Allemagne, Cologne

interpreters

Anita Westhoff : soprano, Helmut Krebs : ténor, Ewald Kaldeweier : basse, Gürzenich-Orchester und Chor, direction : Günter Wand.

observations

Totalität, pour chœur d’hommes a cappella, correspond au cinquième mouvement.

Part titles

  • Prélude ;
  • Chant copte I ;
  • Pastorale giocoso ;
  • Pastorale serioso ;
  • Totalité ;
  • Épilogue du fou.

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