Eight Songs for a Mad King
(1969)Music-theatre work for male voice and ensemble
Duración: 33'
Texto Musical
Orquestación
fl(=picc).cl-perc(1): railway whistle/SD/2susp.cym/foot cyms/2wdbl/
BD/chains/ratchet/tom-t/tam-t/tamb/rototoms/toy bird-calls/2tpl.bl/
wind chimes/crot/sleigh bells/glsp/steel bars/crow/didgeridoo-
pft(=hpd,dulcimer)-vln.vlc
Abreviaturas (PDF)
Ópera
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Publicador
Boosey & Hawkes
Territorio
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Disponibilidad
Uraufführung
22/04/1969
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Roy Hart, voice / Pierrot Players / Peter Maxwell Davies
Notas del compositor
Libretto von Randolph Stow, mit Texten von George III. (engl., frz., dt.)
Temas
Grabación recomendada
Julius Eastman, The Fires of London, Peter Maxwell Davies
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