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Lux Aeterna

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Lux Aeterna
Foreign language / English title
Lux Aeterna
Subtitle
For 16-part mixed choir a capella
Dedication
to the Schola Cantorum Stuttgart and it´s leader Clytus Gottwald
Year of composition
1966
Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-S-S-S-A-A-A-A-T-T-T-T-B-B-B-B)
Duration
9 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
Text of the requiem mass
Language
Latin
Premiere information
2 November 1966, Stuttgart; Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, Clytus Gottwald (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Litolff and Peters © 1968, 1996, EP 5934 (performance material on hire)
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Recordings
Sony CD 88697 61641, 2010 - London Sinfonietta Vioces, Terry Edwards (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Lux Aeterna
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
György Ligeti Edition 2 - A Cappella Choral Works Sony
Wergo
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
BIS Records
Deutsche Grammophon
2001: A Space Odyssey Rhino
BMG
Collegium
Catalyst
Mesa
Clarion
Carus-Verlag