Bohuslav Martinu
08.12.1890—28.08.1959

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Bohuslav Martinu
The Epic of Gilgamesh | Oratorio | for soli, mixed choir and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1955
Subtitle: Oratorio
Scored for: for soli, mixed choir and orchestra
Composer: Bohuslav Martinu
Text Editor: Bohuslav Martinu
Translator: Arnold Heinz Eichmann; R. Campbell Thompson; Ferdinand Pujman
Choir: SATB
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano, tenor, baritone, bass
Instrumentation: 2 0 2 0 - 0 3 2 0 - timp, perc(4), hp, pno, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 3rd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; timpani; percussion(4); harp; piano; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 50
Dedication: Maja Sacher

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Work Introduction

The Epic of Gilgamesch is a large Assyrian-Babylonian poem written in cuneiform script on clay tablets probably dating back to the 7th century BC or even to earlier times.

Despite our enormous progress due to technology and industrialisation I thought that the questions and feelings which [...]