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Farewell, Auschwitz : songs for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone with clarinet, violin, violoncello, contrabass and piano
- Title
- Farewell, Auschwitz : songs for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone with clarinet, violin, violoncello, contrabass and piano / music by Jake Heggie ; lyrics by Gene Scheer ; based on Polish lyrics by Krystyna Zywulska.
- Author
- Heggie, Jake, 1961-
- Publication
- [San Francisco, California] : Bent Pen Music, [2014?]
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- Description
- 1 vocal score (36 pages); 31 cm
- Uniform Title
- Out of darkness. Farewell, Auschwitz. Vocal score
- Alternative Title
- Out of darkness. Farewell, Auschwitz.
- Subject
- Żywulska, Krystyna, 1914-1992 > Musical settings
- Żywulska, Krystyna, 1914-1992 > Drama
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) > Drama
- Operas > Excerpts > Vocal scores with piano
- Vocal trios with instrumental ensemble > Vocal scores with piano
- Holocaust survivors > Drama
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Drama
- Nazi concentration camp inmates' writings > Musical settings
- Genre/Form
- Art music.
- Songs.
- Vocal scores.
- Excerpts.
- Note
- Originally for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and baritone soloists with clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, and piano; accompaniment arranged for piano.
- This work is Part 2 of Heggie and Scheer's three-part opera, Out of darkness.
- Libretto by Gene Scheer comprised of poetic translations of Polish lyrics by Krystyna Zywulska, who wrote the lyrics while imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
- Commissioned by Music of Remembrance.
- Premiered in Seattle, May 2013.
- "8/24/2013"--Page 1.
- Program notes by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer in English.
- Language (note)
- English words, also printed separately as text.
- Contents
- Prologue: for Maria -- Soldiers -- Diamonds -- In the cards -- Irenka -- Miss Ziutka -- The sun and the skylark -- Farewell, Auschwitz.
- Call Number
- JNG 15-717
- OCLC
- 898121641
- Author
- Heggie, Jake, 1961- composer.
- Title
- Farewell, Auschwitz : songs for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone with clarinet, violin, violoncello, contrabass and piano / music by Jake Heggie ; lyrics by Gene Scheer ; based on Polish lyrics by Krystyna Zywulska.
- Publisher
- [San Francisco, California] : Bent Pen Music, [2014?]
- Edition
- Piano/vocal score.
- Type of Content
- notated music
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- English words, also printed separately as text.Staff notation.
- Added Author
- Contained in (work): Heggie, Jake, 1961- Out of darkness.Scheer, Gene, librettist, writer of added commentary.Żywulska, Krystyna, 1914-1992, author.Music of Remembrance (Musical group), commissioning body.
- Research Call Number
- JNG 15-717