Leoš Janáček :: Amarus


 

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Janáček, Leoš
1854-1928
(b Hukvaldy, Moravia, 3 July 1854; d Moravská Ostrava [now Ostrava], 12 Aug 1928). Czech
Amarus <1896–1897; rev 1901 & 1906>
solo tenor, baritone chorus SATB
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Baritone solo brief (20 bars) but important; brief soprano solo (could be in chorus).
Cbn plays only 5 bars, all doubled in the db.

Source of text: Jaroslav Vrchlický. Language: Czech
I. Always he'd lived in the monastery
II. A tall man, and pale-faced
III. Days and years were passing
IV. Today Amarus did not fill the lamp
V. Epilog: Amarus they named him





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Contents—I. Always he’d lived in the monastery; II. A tall man, and pale-faced; III. Days and years were passing; IV. Today Amarus did not fill the lamp; V. Epilog: Amarus they named him