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Melodien

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Melodien
Foreign language / English title
Melodien
Subtitle
For orchestra
Dedication
"Vera gewidmet"
Year of composition
1971
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
fl. (anche picc.), ob. (anche ob. d´amore), cl., fg. - 2 cor., tr., trb., tuba - perc. (1 esec.: 3 timp., xil., vibr., campli., crot.) - pf. (anche cel.) - strings: 8 vl. 1, 6 vl. 2, 6 vla., 4 vlc., 3 cb. - (ad lib solo strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.)
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
City of Nuremberg (Nürnberg) - on the Occasion of the Dührer Quincentenary, 1971
Premiere information
10 December 1971, Nürnberg, Germany; Philharmonisches Orchester Nürnberg, Hans Gierster (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, Mainz © 2013, study score: ED 6334; Performance material on hire
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 162, 2010 - UMZE Ensemble, Zoltán Rácz (art.dir.), Peter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Melodien
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Teldec
Ligeti, György: Métamorphoses nocturnes (Quartet for Strings no. 1), Quartet for Strings no. 2, Ramifications, Sonata for Cello solo, Melodien Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
BMC Records