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Title of the work

Constelaţia omului / Human constellation

Composer
Oláh Tibor
Original / Hungarian title
Constelaţia omului / Humán konstelláció
Foreign language / English title
Constelaţia omului / Human constellation
Subtitle
Oratorio for reciter, high voice, mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
1960
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
reciter, T. (or S.) solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 3 fl. (II, III picc. ad lib.), picc., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (5 esec. - I: tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., 4 bongo, trg.; II: 3 tom-tom, shaker (raganella ad lib.), camp.; III: ptto.picc., 2 ptto.sosp., gr.c.; IV: 2 tam-tam, gong; V: wood bl., xil, vibr.) - cel., O.M., arpa, pf., org. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
MAJAKOVSZKIJ, Vl. Vlagyimirovics
Language
Romanian
Publisher / Source
Editura Muzicală, Bucureşti, 1973
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1959 - 1960

Based on the poem by Vladimir Maiakovski