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Work Title
Fifty-Eight
Date
Composed in 1992. Premiered in Graz, October 11, 1992.
Ensemble Type
Orchestra
Work Length
Approximately 45 minutes
Instrumentation
For 10(3 Piccs, 3 Altos) 7(3EHHs) 7(3Bcls) 7(3 Cbsns) 4443 12 Saxes (3S, 3A, 3T, 3Bar).
Comments
Each part in this work consists of 5 double sheets with flexible time brackets each containing between 64 and 71 individual notes. Dynamics and accentuation are left up to the performers. This work was commissioned by Solf Schaefer, head of music at Austrian Radio's provincial studio in Graz. It was written especially for the "Landhaushof" in Graz, with performers positioned in the 58 arches of its courtyard.
Dedicatee(s)
The Pannonisches Blasorchester
Publication
Peters Edition EP 67500R
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