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Pulse shadows : meditations on Paul Celan : for soprano, string quartet, and ensemble

Title
  1. Pulse shadows : meditations on Paul Celan : for soprano, string quartet, and ensemble / Harrison Birtwistle ; words by Paul Celan ; English translation by Michael Hamburger.
Published by
  1. London : Boosey & Hawkes, [1998], ©1998.
Author
  1. Birtwistle, Harrison.

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Additional authors
  1. Birtwistle, Harrison.
  2. Celan, Paul.
  3. Hamburger, Michael.
Description
  1. 1 score (135 pages); 26 cm
Alternative title
  1. Meditations on Paul Celan
Subject
  1. Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble > Scores
  2. Celan, Paul > Musical settings
Contents
  1. 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.
Note
  1. Ensemble: 2 clarinets, viola, violoncello and double bass.
  2. "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.
  3. Includes performance notes in English, German and French.
  4. Duration: 64:00.
Language (note)
  1. English and German words; also printed as text preceding score.