Universal Edition - Kurt Weill – Der neue Orpheus | Cantata | op. 16 | for soprano, solo violin and orchestra

Kurt Weill
02.03.1900—03.04.1950

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Kurt Weill
Der neue Orpheus | Cantata | op. 16 | for soprano, solo violin and orchestra

Work Details
Opus: op. 16
Year of composition: 1925
Subtitle: Cantata
Scored for: for soprano, solo violin and orchestra
Composer: Kurt Weill
Edited by: Andreas Eichhorn
Text Author: Ivan Goll
Soloinstruments/Soloists: violin; soprano
Instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 0 2 2 0 - timp, perc(2), hp, vla(12), vc(12), cb(8)
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; timpani; percussion(2); harp; viola I(6); viola II(6); violoncello I(6); violoncello II(6); contrabass(8)
Duration (min): 18
Dedication: für Lotte Leonard
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World Première
Location: Berlin / Germany
Date: 02.03.1927
Conductor: Erich Kleiber
Main Soloists: Rudolf Deman, vln
Work Introduction

Kurt Weill’s cantata Der Neue Orpheus (1927), on a text by Ivan Goll, is an expressionistic, freely tonal work which mixes the very different stylistic worlds of operatic aria and chanson. At the same time it also includes parodistic echoes of popular and traditional elements – for [...]

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