Frank Martin
15.09.1890—21.11.1974

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6 Monologe aus Jedermann
01.03.2012, Jena (D)

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Frank Martin
6 Monologe aus Jedermann | for baritone or alto and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1943-1944/1949
Scored for: for baritone or alto and orchestra
Composer: Frank Martin
Text Author: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Soloinstruments/Soloists: baritone or alto
Instrumentation: 2 3 2 2 - 2 2 3 0 - timp, perc, hp, cel, pno, str
Instrumentation details: 1. flute; 2. flute; 1. oboe; 2. oboe; cor anglais; 1. clarinet in B; 2. clarinet in B (+bass cl(Bb)); 1. bassoon; 2. bassoon; 1. horn in F; 2. horn in F; 1. trumpet in C; 2. trumpet in C; 1. trombone; 2. trombone; 3. trombone; timpani; perc: bell in Eb, tam-tam; pno; harp; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Table of Contents: Ist als zu End das Freudenmahl; Ach Gott, wie graust mir vor dem Tod; Ist als wenn eins gerufen hätt; So wollt ich ganz zernichtet sein; Ja! ich glaub: solches hat er vollbracht; O ewiger Gott! o göttliches Gesicht!
Duration (min): 17
Dedication: Herrn Max Christmann gewidmet

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Work Introduction

In the commentaries to his Six Monologues from Everyman Frank Martin describes how, looking for a text to set for the baritone Max Christmann, he came across Hofmannstahl’s theatre piece Jedermann [Everyman]. At first he planned to make an opera out of it, but then he selected six [...]