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Prelude for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra op. 44

Prelude for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra op. 44
    DATE:
  • 21. September 1945 (Fertigstellung der Skizzen); 30. September 1945 (Particellreinschrift)
    FIRST PERFORMANCE:
  • 18. November 1945, Los Angeles, Wilshire Ebell Theatre (Janssen Symphony of Los Angeles; Dir. Werner Janssen)
    APPROXIMATE DURATION:
  • ca. 6 Min.
    SOURCES:
  • ASC, Archivnr. 938-942A/U545 bis 1, 942B/U545 bis 2, U508-U509 (Skizzen); 919-937 (Particellreinschrift)
    FIRST PRINT:
  • Verlag Shilkret, Malverne, Long Island N. Y.
    COMPLETE EDITION / GESAMTAUSGABE:
  • Arnold Schönberg, Sämtliche Werke, Abteilung V: Chorwerke, Reihe A, Bd. 19, Chorwerke II, hrsg. v. Josef Rufer und Christian Martin Schmidt, Mainz-Wien 1975, S. 61-89; Abteilung V, Reihe B, Bd. 19, hrsg. v. Christian Martin Schmidt, Mainz-Wien 1977, S. 40-59 (Kritischer Bericht, Skizzen)
    SALES MATERIAL:
  • Belmont Music Publishers (USA, Canada, Mexico): Bel-1011 (score) 
  • Belmont Music Publishers (USA, Canada, Mexico): (parts)
Additional information for this work from the Arnold Schoenberg Center.