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Pulse shadows : meditations on Paul Celan : for soprano, string quartet, and ensemble / Harrison Birtwistle ; words by Paul Celan ; English translation by Michael Hamburger.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library M1613.3 .B62 P8 1998
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Birtwistle, Harrison.
- Standardized Title:
- Pulse shadows. German & English
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Celan, Paul--Musical settings.
- Celan, Paul.
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble--Scores.
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Genre:
- Scores.
- Musical settings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (135 pages) ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Meditations on Paul Celan
- Place of Publication:
- London : Boosey & Hawkes, [1998]
- Language Note:
- English and German words; also printed as text preceding score.
- Contents:
- Fantasia 1
- Thread suns
- Frieze 1
- White and light
- Fantasia 2
- Psalm
- Fantasia 3
- With letter and clock
- Frieze 2
- An eye, open
- Fantasia 4
- Todtnauberg
- Frieze 3
- Tenebrae
- Fantasia 5
- Night
- Todesfuge-Frieze 4
- Give the word.
- Notes:
- Ensemble: 2 clarinets, viola, violoncello and double bass.
- "Pulse shadows is flexbile in concept. A performance ideally comprises the full cycle, interleaving the 9 Settings of Celan and 9 Movements for string quartet, in the order printed here. The settings and quartet movements may also be performed as independent cycles, either complete or in part, or a selection of settings and quartets can be interleaved"--Pref.
- Includes performance notes in English, German and French.
- Duration: 64:00.
- Contains:
- Birtwistle, Harrison. Settings of Celan. German & English.
- Birtwistle, Harrison. Movements, violins (2), viola, cello
- OCLC:
- 39762897
- Publisher Number:
- M060106163
- HPS 1302 Boosey & Hawkes
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