Mauricio Kagel :: Variationen ohne Fuge (Variations without Fugue)


 

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Kagel, Mauricio
1931-2008
(b Buenos Aires, 24 Dec 1931; d Cologne, 18 Sept 2008). German composer of Argentine birth.
Variationen ohne Fuge (Variations without Fugue)
<1971–1972>
optional: 2 actors representing Brahms (speaking) and Handel (silent)
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Based on the Brahms piano work Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, op.24.
Actors, if present, are in costume, makeup, and mask to represent the two elderly composers; an exact impersonation is important. If actors are not used, the duration is about 21'.
A "ripieno ensemble," drawn from the above, may be either (Ripieno A): vn, va, vc, db, or (Ripieno B): fl, ob, cl, bn, tp, vn, va, vc, db.

Language: German