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Coheleth / Ecclesiastes

Composer
Yannay Yehuda
Original / Hungarian title
Coheleth / Prédikátor könyve
Foreign language / English title
Coheleth / Ecclesiastes
Subtitle
Mobile choir and electronic
Year of composition
1970
Type
Electroacoustic music
Text
biblical
Premiere information
1970, University of Illinois Chorale at Urbana, Illinois, USA; Yehuda Yannay (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
(Excerpt available on yehudayannay.com)
Remarks, other info
Each singer moves independently on stage, isles and corridors. Text in 4 languages. Uses stationary and wireless mikes and megaphones. Voices are piped into a central mixer and distributed. Invocation of a crowd of biblical prophets.