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Instrumentation: lyrS,dramS,A,T,Bar,boy alto-2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)-2.1.1.1-perc(4):I=thundersheet/sd/2cym/6break dr/cowbell/mar; II=cym/mounted tamb/5cowbell/3metal pipe/washboard/vib; III=tam-t/hammer/lion's roar/gong/tom-t/cym/sd; IV=BD/2tom-t/sd/cym/flexatone/vib-onstage perc(2)(may be played by a separate group of players or by Percussion 1 & 2):I=cym/sd/4tpl.bl/2cowbell/2break dr/3metal pipe/flexatone; II=sd/gong/4wdbl/2cowbell/2break dr/2susp.cym/slapstick/flexatone-harp-pft-strings:(min.4.4.2.2.2)
Buy Score: Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts: Paul Sacher Stiftung
Text Author: Paul Griffiths (English)

Premiere: Sep 16, 1999/ Nicholas Brieger, director / Lynne Dawson, Simone Nold, Hilary Summers, William Joyner, Hanno Mueller-Brachmann / Staatsoper Unter den Linden / Daniel Barenboim/ Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin

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