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Allelujah I

Allelujah I
for orchestra
Year of composition: 
1955-56
Year composition ended: 
1956
Scored for: 
orchestra
Dedication: 

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Duration: 
9' 30''
Annotations: 

Location of the orchestra*

6 areas:
I: cl basso, 2 cl, 2 ob, 4 fl, 8 vc;
II: ctr.bsn, 2 bsn, 2 sax, cl picc, 6 cb;
III: 2 hp, pno, glock, cel, xyloph, marimbaph, vibraph;
IV: 4 hrn A, drums-bells, 5 trp;
V: timp, 3 trb and tuba, 4 hrn B;
VI: 10 vln, 10 vla.

*The six "areas" of the orchestra should be located with the maximum possible distance between them.

First performance: 
29/04/1957, Cologne. Dir: Michael Gielen
Publisher: 
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
Edition number: 
5373