Zemlinsky - Kammersymphonie for 14 soloinstruments or chamber orchestra
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Alexander Zemlinsky
Zemlinsky: Kammersymphonie (nach dem 2. Streichquartett op. 15)Orchestration: für 14 Soloinstrumente oder Kammerorchester
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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The instrumentation is exactly the same as Schönberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1 (without contrabassoon). This means that the two works can be ideally combined. The original – Zemlinsky’s String Quartet No. 2, used as a starting point by Richard Dünser – is dedicated to Schönberg and contains allusions to the famous fourths in Schönberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1. Stylistically speaking, it is not infrequently influenced by early Schönberg and late Mahler, but – needless to say – it is for the most part vintage Zemlinsky. It is possible to perform this work not only as a version for 14 solo instruments but also with string sections, i.e. with a large chamber orchestra or a small orchestra.