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Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte (Lord Byron) for String Quartet (Orchestra), Piano and Reciter op. 41

Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte (Lord Byron) for String Quartet (Orchestra), Piano and Reciter op. 41
    DATE:
  • 12. März - 12. Juni 1942 (Erste Niederschrift der Quartettfassung, Orchesterfassung vor dem 29. Juli 1943)
    FIRST PERFORMANCE:
  • 23. November 1944, New York, Carnegie Hall (Orchesterfassung; New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Dir. Artur Rodzinsky; Mack Harrell, Sprecher; Eduard Steuermann, Klavier); 10. Juli 1946, London, Goldsmith's Hall (Quartettfassung; Aeolian String Quartet; Cuthbert Kelly, Sprecher; Else Cross, Klavier)
    APPROXIMATE DURATION:
  • ca. 15 Min.
    SOURCES:
  • ASC, T68.01-T68.04 (Textvorlagen); MS 45, Archivnr. 766-767, 802-815, 818-827 (Skizzen); Archivnr. 768-800 (Erste Niederschrift der Quartettfassung); Archivnr. 728-765 (Lichtpausreinschrift der Quartettfassung) FIRST PRINT: G. Schirmer, New York, (Herbst) 1944 (Orchesterfassung); G. Schirmer, New York, (April) 1945 (Quartettfassung) (Nr. 40981 Partitur und Stimmen)
    VERSIONS:
  • Fassung für Streichquartett, Klavier und Sprecher (1942); Fassung für Streichorchester, Klavier und Sprecher (1942)
    COMPLETE EDITION / GESAMTAUSGABE:
  • Arnold Schönberg, Sämtliche Werke, Abteilung VI, Reihe A, Bd. 24, Melodramen und Lieder mit Instrumenten, hrsg. v. Reinhold Brinkmann, Mainz-Wien 1996, S. 97-166; Abteilung VI, Reihe B, Bd. 24,2, hrsg. v. Reinhold Brinkmann, Mainz-Wien 1997, S. 19-141 (Kritischer Bericht, Skizzen)
    SALES MATERIAL:  
        Belmont Music Publishers (USA, Canada, Mexico): Bel-1008 (score) 

        Belmont Music Publishers  (USA, Canada, Mexico): Bel-1008P (parts) 

      Belmont Music Publishers (USA, Canada, Mexico): (orchestra version)
  • G. Schirmer: Orchestermaterial leihweise
Additional information for this work from the Arnold Schoenberg Center.