Le Roy a fait battre tambour

Le Roy a fait battre tambour
(The King ordered beating the drum) for contralto and small orchestra

Year of composition

1916

Duration

5'30" - 7"

Scored for

Contralto and small orchestra: 2 2 1 1 - 1 0 0 0 - timp. - percussion - strings

Publication information

Edition Labatiaz

Text(s)

Popular text

Text file

  1. http://www.frankmartin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Martin-F.-_-Le-Roy-a-fait-battre-tambour.pdf

Premiere

World première: Winterthur 13 May 2015. Musikkollegium Winterthur; Stella Doufexis, mezzo; Jac van Steen, conductor

Recordings (selective list)

  • Recording of the world première (2015)

  • Recording of the version with piano (arrangement by Hans Maas)
    performed by Cora Burggraaf, mezzo soprano and Alessandro Soccorsi, piano (2024)

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