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Om per orchestra, Op. 12

Composer
Wittinger Róbert
Original / Hungarian title
Om per orchestra, Op. 12
Foreign language / English title
Om per orchestra, Op. 12
Year of composition
1968
Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
gong - orchestra
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Hessischer Rundfunk for the 1968 Darmstadt Holiday Course for New Music
Premiere information
1968, Darmstadt Holiday Course for New Music, Darmstadt, Germany; Hessischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Robert Wittinger (gong), Hermann Michael (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Breitkopf & Härtel
Available here!
Recordings
Wergo ‎– WER 60055 LP - Hessischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Robert Wittinger (gong), Hermann Michael (cond.)
Deutscher Musikrat LP, DMR 1013-15, 1986 - Hessischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Robert Wittinger (gong), Hermann Michael (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Om per orchestra, Op. 12
Remarks, other info
In the score it says in 14 different languages: "This difficult gong beat can only be performed by the composer; for this reason he should be invited to every performance!"