Francis Burt
Variationen eines alten Liedes
(2012)
for clarinet, viola, accordeon and double bass
Short instrumentation: cl(Bb), acc, vla, cb
Duration: 5'
Instrumentation details:
clarinet in Bb
viola
accordion
double bass
Burt - Variationen eines alten Liedes for clarinet, viola, accordeon and double bass
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Francis Burt
Burt: Variationen eines alten Liedes
UE35896
Orchestration: for clarinet, viola, accordion and double bass
Type: Partitur
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In the 1950s Francis Burt composed the full-length opera Volpone (based on a play by the English writer Ben Jonson), which was premiered in 1960 in Stuttgart. The first song in the opera, the appearance of the three jesters (Androgyno, Nano the Dwarf and Buffone the Clown), served him as a model for a new ensemble piece, the Variationen eines alten Liedes. A fool’s song without words.