Three Songs for Les Illuminations
composer: Benjamin Britten
editor: Colin Matthews
orchestration: Colin Matthews
author of original text: Jean-Arthur Rimbaud
Orchestration for high voice and strings
Premiere: November 18, 2010, Glasgow City Halls · Susan Gritton, Sopran · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Instrumentation: high voice and strings
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Duration: 8' 0''
Year of composition: 1939, rev. 2004
Difficulty: advanced
Edition: score - includes full score and edited piano part/short score - Register: high
Language: English
32 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-060-12030-5
ISBN: 978-0-85162-767-0
Order number: BH 12030
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Description
These songs were originally composed as part of the cycle 'Les Illuminations op 18', but they were withdrawn by the composer. They have been edited by Colin Matthews from the composer's manuscript short score and are now available for the first time in print. Matthews has scored the fragments for high voice and strings. This publication includes the full score and the edited piano part/short score.
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