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Title of the work

Der Schleier der Pierrette, Op.18 / Pierette´s Veil, Op. 18

Composer
Dohnányi Ernő
Original / Hungarian title
Der Schleier der Pierrette, Op.18 / Pierette fátyola, Op. 18
Foreign language / English title
Der Schleier der Pierrette, Op.18 / Pierette´s Veil, Op. 18
Subtitle
Pantomime in 3 Bildern / Pantomime in 3 pictures
Year of composition
1909
Type
Ballet / Choreographic work
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 3 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 3 timp., perc. (2 esec. - tmb.picc., trg., ptti., campli.) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
85 min
Movements, parts
I - II - III
Premiere information
22 January 1910, Dresden, Germany; Ernst von Schuch (cond.)

7 May 1910, Opera House, Budapest; Adolf Szikla (cond.), Miklós Guerra (choerogr., dir.)

14 February 1927, Chicago
Publisher / Source
Ludwig Doblinger 1910, D. 4495
Available here!
Recordings
Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Doráti (cond.) Chandos CHAN-9733, 1999 - BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert (cond.) (Parts only)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1908 - 1909

Scenario by Arthur Schnitzler