El Cimarrón

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1943 to 2012

Biography of the runaway slave Estéban Montejo
Text from the book by Miguel Barnet, translated and adapted for music by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
(English by Christopher Keene)

Part I
I The world
II The Cimarrón
III Slavery
IV Escape
V The forest
VI Ghosts
VII The false freedom

Part II
VIII Women
IX The machines
X The priests
XI The rebellion
XII The battle of Mal Tiempo
XIII The bad victory
XIV Friendliness
XV The machete

Period of composition 1969-70
Duration 76 minutes

World premiere 22. june 1970

Aldeburgh Festival

Baritone William Pearson
Flute Karlheinz Zöller
Guitar Leo Brouwer
Percussion Stomu Yamash’ta

The making of “El Cimarrón” began in about 1986, with a conversation I had with Hans Magnus Enzensberger about the difficulties of writing political songs today that would go beyond the achievements of Eisler, Weill and Dessau in this field. It seemed to me that I might try to tackle the problem by writing a cycle with a variety of musical materials out of which perhaps something novel might emerge in a new and different context, almost by chance. Enzensberger told me of the recent publication of a biography by Estéban Montejo, an old Afrocuban who lived in Havana and who recalled his adolescence as a slave, and suggested that I should set episodes from this book that he, Enzensberger, would select for my experimentaion.

“El Cimarrón”, however, did not turn into a cycle of songs and was, indeed, not even intended as such - what came out of the work is a new form of theatrical music making.

Singer, flautist and guitarist are occasionally required to play percussion instruments. see also “Memorias de El Cimarrón” for one or two guitars

Hans Werner Henze

Baritono

Flautista	Ottavino
	Flauto
	Flauto contralto
	Flauto basso
	Ryuteki	(o Ottavino)
	Armonica a bocca
	Fischietto a pallina
	Scacciapensieri

Chitarrista
Batterista		3 Cimbali antichi 3 Piatti sospesi 2 Tamtam 13 Tomtom (chromatici) 3 Bongos Tamburo piccolo 8 Boo-bam 4 Log-drums Tumba Trinidad steel drum Grancassa (con pedale della Grancassa) Maracas Guiro Catena su legno Catena su ferro 3 Dobaçi Claves Matraca Bambù sospeso Bacchette a vetro sospese Shell chimes Fischio da richiamo di caccia Marimbula Marimba Vibrafono 3 Campanacci 2 Lastre dal tuono

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Capilla de la Biblioteca Miguel Lerdo de Tejada · Mexico City · Mexico

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Sala Miguel Covarrubias · Centro Cultural Universitario · Mexico City · Mexico

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Sala Miguel Covarrubias · Centro Cultural Universitario · Mexico City · Mexico

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Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium · The Met 5th Avenue · New York (N.Y.) · U.S.A.

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Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium · The Met 5th Avenue · New York (N.Y.) · U.S.A.

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Lagerstätte für die mobilen Hochwasserschutzelemente (Rodenkirchener Brücke) · Köln · Deutschland

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Skylight Music Theatre · Broadway Theatre Center · Milwaukee, WI · U.S.A.

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ŠMC Didžioji salé · GAIDA Music Festival · Vilnius · Litauen

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Die Vorträge des internationalen Henze-Symposions am Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Hamburg. 28. bis 30. Juni 2001

Peter Petersen (editor)

Tod und Befreiung

Henzes imaginäres Musiktheater in den Werken „El Cimarrón“, „Tristan“, „El Rey de Harlem“ und „Le Miracle de la Rose“

Hanns-Werner Heister

Portrait, Duisburg, Gebläsehalle, Dezember 2008

When the Ruhr region was chosen as the European Capital of Culture, its artistic director Steven Sloane immediately saw Hans Werner Henze as a musical focus, a world star with roots in the region and an oeuvre that encompasses all musical genres as well as a wide range of opportunities for children, young people and amateurs, and who could thus connect the entire region.

Publisher: Schott Music, Study score (ger./engl.): ED 6327

Publisher: Schott Music, Full score (ger./engl.): ED 6454

Publisher: Schott Music, Full score (ger./span.): ED 6741

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Memorias de „El Cimarrón“

Memorias de „El Cimarrón“

Henze-Sämtliche Aufnahmen für Deutsche Grammophon

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