Ode à Napoléon op. 41 (1942)

for narrator, piano and string quartet

by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

general information

composition date
1942
duration
15min
publisher
Belmont , Bel 1008
Opus
41
Commission
League of Composers
Libretto (details, author)

Lord Byron

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice and ensemble of up to 9 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
narrator

violin, second violin, viola, cello, piano

information about the creation

date
November 23, 1944
location

New York (dans une transcription de l'auteur pour récitant, piano et orchestre à cordes)

interpreters

Mack Harrel : récitant, Eduard Steuermann : piano, Orchestre philharmonique de New York, direction : Artur Rodzinsky.

  • 10 juillet 1946, version avec quatuor, Londres, Goldsmith's Hall, quatuor Aeolian, Cuthbert Kelly : récitant, Else Cross : piano.

observations

  • Version pour orchestre (au lieu du quatuor) réalisée le 29 juillet 1943.

recordings

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