[1904-1959]

Emil František Burian - O dětech op.6

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Year
1924
Time
7'
Instr.
Mezzo Sopr. Fl. Ob. Klar. Fag. 2Hrn. Cel. Xyl. Perc. 2Vl. Vla. Vc. Cb.
Edition
Score on sale for € 20.-
Instr. parts (pdf) on sale € 40.-
This composition has been played by the Ebony Band
CD
Around Prague (Channel Classics CCS 34813)

Most of Burians music is strongly influenced by dada, futurism and jazz.
But in his songcycle O dětech (About children), written in 1924 for mezzosoprano and piano, the influence of the Czech tradition and his masters is quite clear.
The instrumentation of the pianopart was done by Burian himself.