Hans Werner Henze

Composer of our Time

Three Arias from the Opera “Elegy for Young Lovers”

(Drei Arien aus der Oper „Elegie für junge Liebende“)

For baritone and small orchestra

Year of composition 1960
Revised version 1993
Duration 14 minutes

I Among contemporary poets
II Good Titania
III Bah! What a bunch!

Instrumentation

1 Flauto(anche Ottavino e Flauto contralto)
1 Corno inglese
1 Clarinetto basso
1 Sassofono
1 Fagotto
1 Corno
1 Tromba
1 Trombone
Timpani
 Percussione I Tamburo militare (con la corda)
3 Tomtom
Metal-blocks
Percussione II 3 Piatti sospesi
3 Campane da gregge
3 Crotali
Percussione III3 Tamtam
3 Tamburini baschi
3 Bongos
Grancassa
Maracas
Arpa
Celesta
Pianoforte
Marimba
Vibrafono
Carillon a tastiera 
Chitarra
Mandolino(ad lib.)
Quintetto d’Archi(o Gruppi d’Archi)

see also

List of Works
Publications

Elegy for Young Lovers (Elegie für junge Liebende)

Opera in three acts by Wystan Hugh Auden and Chester Kallman
Music theatre Opera
Elegy for Young Lovers (Elegie für junge Liebende)

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