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Sonata for broken fingers : an opera in one act : 2023 / Joe Cutler ; libretto: Max Hoehn.
LIBRA Folio M1500.C88 S6 2024
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Cutler, Joe, 1968- composer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Scores.
- Operas.
- Pianists--Soviet Union--Drama.
- Pianists.
- Genre:
- One-act operas.
- Scores.
- Art music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (iii, 154 pages) ; 42 cm
- Edition:
- Full score.
- Place of Publication:
- [Chipping Norton, England] : Composers Edition, [2024?]
- Language Note:
- English words.
- Staff notation.
- Notes:
- For soprano (Maria Maximova), tenor (Gleb), baritone (Leonid), mezzo-soprano (Dr. Denisova), bass (Stalin), and chamber ensemble (including one pre-recorded part): flute/piccolo/alto flute, bass clarinet, trombone, cello, percussion (1 player), harpsichord/jazz organ (can be played in performance as samples on keyboard), and pre-recorded piano.
- Inspired by David Mairowitz's 1989 original radio play "The Stalin sonata," the life of Soviet pianist Maria Yudina and other historical sources from the era.
- Duration: approximately 70 minutes.
- Commissioned by Opera21.
- Premiered and recorded in partnership with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Birmingham Record Company.
- OCLC:
- 1438783614
- Publisher Number:
- ce-jc1sbf1-pr-fs Composers Edition
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