General information
Title CZEpos o Gilgamešovi
Subtitle CZoratorium pro sóla, smíšený sbor a orchestr
Title ENThe Epic of Gilgamesh [auth.]
Subtitle ENoratorio for soli, mixed choir and orchestra
Title DEDas Gilgamesch-Epos
Subtitle DEOratorium für Soli, gemischter Chor und Orchester
CategoryVocal Music
SubcategoryOratorio
Halbreich number351
Parts of the composition (movements)1. Gilgamesh; 2. The Death of Enkidu; 3. Invocation
Durata50'
Instruments2020-0320-Timp-Batt-Pf-Arpa-Archi; Coro misto
Solo voiceS T Bar B Sp
Dedicatee Sacher, Maja
Diplomatic transcription of the dedicationDedicated | to Maja Sacher.
Origin
Place of compositionNice
Year of origin1955
Initiation of composition23.12.1954
Completion of composition16.02.1955
First performance
Performer Buckel, Ursula
Haeser , Hans
Jonelli, Hans
Mollet, Pierre
Olsen, Derrik
Sacher, Paul
Date of the first performance23.01.1958
Location of the first performanceBasel, Switzerland
Note on the first performancePaul Sacher (cond.), Ursula Buckel, Hans Jonelli, Pierre Mollet, Derrik Olsen, Hans Haeser
Autograph deposition
InstitutionPaul Sacher Stiftung
DepositionBasel
OwnerPaul Sacher Stiftung
Note on the autograph depostitionDraft, two reproductions of the autograph score and other sources are also located at the Paul Sacher Stiftung. *** Another reproduction and proofs of score and piano reduction are held by the Universal Edition in Vienna.
Copyright
CopyrightUniversal Edition, Vienna
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Editions
Universal Edition, London, 1957
Call number at the BM Institute: 1151, 1151p, 1151kv, 1151sbor
Specification of the edition: 1st edition - large score, vocal score, choir part
Details of this edition
Bärenreiter Praha, Prague, 2014
Call number at the BM Institute: SV MAR 1
Specification of the edition: Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition
Details of this edition
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Note Lyrics by B. Martinů after Reginald Campbell Thompson's English transliteration "The Epic of Gilgamesh". *** German translation by Arnold Heinz Eichmann, Czech translation by Ferdinand Pujman.
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