Universal Edition - Ernst Krenek – Die Nachtigall | op. 68a | for coloratura soprano and ensemble

Ernst Krenek
23.08.1900—22.12.1991

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Ernst Krenek
Die Nachtigall | op. 68a | for coloratura soprano and ensemble

Work Details
Opus: op. 68a
Year of composition: 1931
Scored for: for coloratura soprano and ensemble
Composer: Ernst Krenek
Text Source: "Worte in Versen"
Text Author: Karl Kraus
Soloinstruments/Soloists: coloratura soprano
Instrumentation details: 2 fl - str
Duration (min): 8
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Work Introduction

Karl Kraus turned to Aristophanes’ comedy The Birds for his play Wolkenkuckucksheim only a few years after Walter Braunfels had set the same Greek drama to music; the poem set to music in the aria Die Nachtigall originates in that work. Written while working on his twelve-tone opera Karl V, [...]

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