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Faust-Suite

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
Original / Hungarian title
Faust-Suite
Foreign language / English title
Faust-Suite
Subtitle
For soprano a,d tenor voice, mixed choir, orchestra
Year of composition
1949
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., T. - mixed choir - orchestra
Duration
36 min
Movements, parts
Part I.:
Nr. 1 Prolog im Himmel
Nr. 2 Studierzimmer
Nr. 3 Osterszene
Nr. 4 Intermezzo: Schlummerlied der Geister
Nr. 5 Finale: Chorder Geister

Part II.:
Nr. 1 Hexenküche
Nr. 2 Walpurgisnacht
Nr. 3 Ende des Walpurgisnachttraums

Part III.:
Nr. 1 Einleitung: Scherzo plutocratico Paris – Helena
Nr. 2 Nachtmusik (Serenade – Notturno – Mattutina – Reveille – Sonnen-aufgang)

Part IV.:
Nr. 1 Einleitung: Philemon und Baucis
Nr. 2 Gesang derbadenden Sirenen
Nr. 3 Ode an die Poesie
Nr. 4 Trauermusik für Euphorien
Nr. 5 Chor der Engel (»Heilige Gluten«) und Himmelfahrt
Nr. 6 Chorusmysticus
Text
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang
Language
German / English
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
Remarks, other info
After Johann Wolfgang von Goethe´s "Faust"