Allelujah I
for orchestra
YEAR OF COMPOSITION:
1956
SCORED FOR:
orchestra
DEDICATION:
Karlheinz Stockhausen
RUNNING TIME:
9' 30''
ANNOTATIONS:
Location of the orchestra*
6 areas:
I: cl basso, 2 cl, 2 ob, 4 fl, 8 vc;
II: ctr.bsn, 2 bsn, 2 sax, cl picc, 6 cb;
III: 2 hp, pno, glock, cel, xyloph, marimbaph, vibraph;
IV: 4 hrn A, drums-bells, 5 trp;
V: timp, 3 trb and tuba, 4 hrn B;
VI: 10 vln, 10 vla.
*The six “areas” of the orchestra should be located with the maximum possible distance between them.
FIRST PERFORMANCE:
29/04/1957, Cologne. Dir: Michael Gielen
PUBLISHER:
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
EDITION NUMBER:
5373