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Sechs Miniaturen

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Sechs Miniaturen
Foreign language / English title
Sechs Miniaturen
Subtitle
für Bläserensemble eingerichtet von Friedrich K. Wanek
Dedication
Béla Bartók
Year of composition
1975
Type
Ensemble
Number of players
10
Instrumentation
2 fl. (I,II anche picc.), 2 ob. (anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (anche cl. in mi b), 2 fg. - 2 cor.
Duration
13 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Rubato, lamentoso
3. Allegro grazioso
4. Prseto
5. Adagio, mesto (im memoriam Béla Bartók)
6. Molto vivace. Capriccioso
Premiere information
16 May 1976, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Schwetzingen, Germany; Mainzer Bläser-Ensemble, Klaus Rainer Schöll (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, performance material on hire
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Remarks, other info
Year of composition: 1953/1975

Arrangement by Friedrich K. Wanek