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This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

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Steine

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Steine
Foreign language / English title
Steine
Subtitle
For ensemble
Dedication
for Pierre Boulez’s 60th birthday; "from Peter to Pierre, stone to stone"
Year of composition
1985
Type
Ensemble
Number of players
22
Instrumentation
fl., ob., cl., cl.b., fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - arpa, cel. - perc. (3 esec. - I: xil., campli., camp., wood bl., claves, trg., tmb.b., tam; II: vibr., crot., cmpc., wood bl., claves, trg., gr.c., tam; III: solo ptti. a2 = 7 pairs of ptti.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.

(+ 50-60 Hand-sized, hard-sounding pebbles, flints)
Duration
17 min
Premiere information
November 1990, Frankfurt; Ensemble Modern, Peter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1993, E-5 (Z. 13918)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungarian Television, 1992
Video, 2018 - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Sample available at www.eotvospeter.com)
Kairos CD, 2000 - Klangforum Wien, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Revised in 1990 Duration: 15 - 18 min.
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Kairos