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Kleine Mechanische Tänze
1986
soprano
flute
2 clarinets both doubling bass clarinet
piano
violin
cello
duration 8'
first performance:
City Lights, cond. Agustin Fernandez
The City University, London / November 20, 1986
SCORE
Kabeljau
Kartoffelsuppe
Klösse
Rote-Grütze
RECORDING—first performance:
n.b. this is poor quality transfer from a cassette tape, including clipping and distortion
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PROGRAM NOTE
An odd little piece with titles provided by the composer Detlev Glanert when we were composition fellows together at Tanglewood; they are the names of some of his favorite childhood food and drink. He was also kind enough to translate the texts into German.