Moritz Eggert

Helle Nächte

Year:

1995-1996

Duration:

120'

Text/Libretto:

Helmut Krausser, after Knut Hamsun's 'Mysterien' and 'Stories from 1001 Nights'

Publisher:

Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski

Genre:

Stage Work with Guitar

Instrumentation:
(Explanation)

10 solo voices (minimum), 2 actors - recorder ("garklein-rec", piccrec, srec, arec, trec, bassrec).0.0.1.bcl.tsax.1(=dbn) - 1.picctpt.1.euph.1.1 - 2perc-"mouth percussion"(1)-egtr-bgtr-acc-pft(=harm)-MIDI-keyboard(2 players) - solo violin, solo viola, solo violoncello - (strings) 3.0.3.3.3

Comment:

"garklein recorder" is the only term known for this instrument. (Comes from Praetorius.) "mouth percussion" (German:" Mundschlagzeug") is a term devised by the composer in order to make oral noices/sounds audible in large ensemble works.

Source:

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