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Laborintus II

Laborintus II
Year of composition: 
1965
Year composition ended: 
1965
Text: 

Edoardo Sanguineti

Language: 
Italian, English, Latin
Scored for: 
voices, instruments and tape
Cast: 

3 female voices, 1 speaker (Speaker: Italian or English (translation by David Osmond Smith)

Commissioned by: 
O.R.T.F. Paris
Duration: 
35'
Annotations: 

Choir: SATB (8 actors)
Instrumentation: 1 0 3 0 - 0 3 3 0 - perc(2), hp(2), vc(2), cb(1)
Instrumentation details: flute; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 3rd clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb)); 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 3rd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; 1st percussion: traps drums, vibraphone, wood blocks, 2 tam-tams, springcoils, guiro, sleigh bells; 2nd percussion: traps drums, wood blocks, guiro, springcoils, maracas, claves, sleigh bells, tam-tam; 1st harp; 2nd harp; 1st violoncello; 2nd violoncello; contrabass

First performance: 
26/09/1965, Paris. ORTF, Luciano Berio
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
13792
Program notes: 

Author's note: Italian

Author's note: English

Author's note: French