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Music of the Spheres (Langgaard)
Multi-movement orchestral work by Rued Langgaard (1918) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Music of the Spheres (in Danish: Sfærernes Musik), BVN 128, is a multi-movement composition for soprano, mixed choir, orchestra (including a second, smaller "orchestra at a distance"), and organ written from 1916 to 1918 by the Danish composer Rued Langgaard.[1] The piece was inspired by a line from a Danish poem translated as, "The stars seem to twinkle kindly at us, yet the writing of the stars is cold and merciless."[2]
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Music of the Spheres | |
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by Rued Langgaard | |
![]() The composer in 1917 | |
Native name | Sfærernes Musik |
Catalogue | BVN 128 |
Language | Danish |
Composed | 1916 (1916)–1918 |
Publisher | Hansen (1919) |
Duration | 35 mins. |
Premiere | |
Date | 26 November 1921 (1921-11-26) |
Location | Karlsruhe, Germany |
Conductor | Hans Seeber van der Floe [ru] |
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