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Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Gurre-Lieder
Text by Robert Franz Arnold after the Danish of Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847-1885).
Composed 1900-1901; orchestrated 1901-1903, 1910-1911.
First performance: Grosses Musikvereinsaal, Vienna, 23 February 1913, conducted by Franz Schreker.
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Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943): Kolokola (The Bells), Op.35
Text by Konstantin Bal'mont after the English of Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849).
Composed 1913.
First performance: St Petersburg (Siloti Concert), 13 December 1913, conducted by the composer.