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The Minotaur

  • Year
    1947
  • Duration
    33'
  • Category
    Ballet
Instrumentation
2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-4.2.2.0-timp.perc-pft-strings
Dedication
To Lincoln Kirstein whose Ballet Society commissioned this score
Buy Score
Associated Music Publishers
Manuscripts
  1. Library of Congress
  2. Paul Sacher Stiftung (two pages of sketches)
Premiere
Mar 26, 1947/ Ballet Society: Elise Reiman (Pasiphae, Queen of Crete), Edward Bigelow (Minos, King of Crete), Tanaquil LeClerq (Ariadne), Leon Barzin (cond), John Taras (choreographer and Theseus), Joan Junyer (scenery and costumes)/ Central High School of Needle Trades, New York, NY
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Recordings (2)
  • Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective
    Nonesuch 510893-2 (2009)
    Paul Jacobs, piano | Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano | Gilbert Kalish, piano | New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor | Joel Krosnick, cello | The Composers Quartet (+21)
  • Elliott Carter: The Minotaur; Piano Sonata; Two Songs
    Elektra Nonesuch 79248-2 (1990)
    New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor | Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano | Gilbert Kalish, piano | Paul Jacobs, piano
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