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El Cimarrón

Biography of the runaway slave Estéban Montejo. Recital for four musicians
Text from the book by Miguel Barnet, translated and adapted for music by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
baritone, flute, guitar, percussion
Product number: ED 6327
Edition: Study score
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The making of El Cimarrón began in about 1986, with a conversation I had with Hans Magnus Enzensberger about the difficulties of writing political songs today that would go beyond the achievements of Eisler, Weill and Dessau in this field. It seemed to me that I might try to tackle the problem by writing a cycle with a variety of musical materials out of which perhaps something novel might emerge in a new and different context, almost by chance. Enzensberger told me of the recent publication of a biography by Estéban Montejo, an old Afrocuban who lived in Havana and who recalled his adolescence as a slave, and suggested that I should set episodes from this book that he, Enzensberger, would select for my experimentation.
El Cimarrón, however, did not turn into a cycle of songs and was, indeed, not even intended as such - what came out of the work is a new form of theatrical music making.
Singer, flautist and guitarist are occasionally required to play percussion instruments.
- Hans Werner Henze

Orchestral Cast

Mitwirkende: Bariton - Flötist (Picc. · Fl. · Altfl. · Bassfl. · Ryuteki [oder Picc.] · Mundharm. [Harmonetta] · Trillerpf. · Maultrommel) - Gitarrist - Schlagzeuger (3 Fingerzimb. · Vibr. · Marimba · 3 Herdengl. · 3 hg. Beck. · 2 Tamt. · 13 Tomt. [chrom.] · 3 Bong. · kl. Tr. · 8 Boo-bams · 4 Log Drums · Cong. [Tumba] · Trinidad Steel Drum · gr. Tr. [mit Ped.] · Mar. · Guiro · Kette auf Holz · Kette auf Metallplatte · 3 Dobaçi · Clav. · Matraca · hg. Bambusstäbe · hg. Glasstäbe [Glasspiel] · Shell Chimes · Vogellockrufe · Marimbula · 2 Donnerbleche)

Content

I Die Welt
II Der Cimarrón
III Die Sklaverei
IV Die Flucht
V Der Wald
VI Die Geister
VII Die falsche Freiheit
VIII Die Frauen
IX Die Maschinen
X Die Pfarrer
XI Der Aufstand
XII Die Schlacht von Mal Tiempo
XIII Der schlechte Sieg
XIV Die Freundlichkeit
XV Das Messer

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Title:
El Cimarrón
Biography of the runaway slave Estéban Montejo. Recital for four musicians
Text from the book by Miguel Barnet, translated and adapted for music by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
English version by Christopher Keene
Englische Version von Christopher Keene
Edition:
Study score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1969 - 1970
Duration:
76 ′
World Premiere:
June 22, 1970 · Aldeburgh (UK)
Aldeburgh Festival 1970
William Pearson, Bariton; Karlheinz Zöller, Flöte; Leo Brouwer, Gitarre; Stomu Yamash’ta, Schlagzeug

Series:
Title:
El Cimarrón
Biography of the runaway slave Estéban Montejo. Recital for four musicians
Text from the book by Miguel Barnet, translated and adapted for music by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
English version by Christopher Keene
Englische Version von Christopher Keene
Language:
German, English
Edition:
Study score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1969 - 1970
Duration:
76 ′
World Premiere:
June 22, 1970 · Aldeburgh (UK)
Aldeburgh Festival 1970
William Pearson, Bariton; Karlheinz Zöller, Flöte; Leo Brouwer, Gitarre; Stomu Yamash’ta, Schlagzeug

Series:
Title:
El Cimarrón
Biography of the runaway slave Estéban Montejo. Recital for four musicians
Text from the book by Miguel Barnet, translated and adapted for music by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
English version by Christopher Keene
Englische Version von Christopher Keene
Language:
German, English
Edition:
Study score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1969 - 1970
Duration:
76 ′
World Premiere:
June 22, 1970 · Aldeburgh (UK)
Aldeburgh Festival 1970
William Pearson, Bariton; Karlheinz Zöller, Flöte; Leo Brouwer, Gitarre; Stomu Yamash’ta, Schlagzeug

Series:

Technical Details

Product number:
ED 6327
ISMN13:
979-0-001-06728-7
Product number:
ED 6327
ISMN13:
979-0-001-06728-7
Weight:
0,35 kg
Pages:
100
Format:
21cm x 29.7cm
Product number:
ED 6327 Q22853
ISMN13:
979-0-001-06728-7
Pages:
99
File format:
(PDF / 5,09 MB)

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  • El Cimarrón
    April 29, 2024 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , The Dukes Hall
  • El Cimarrón
    Conductor: Juan Garcia Rodriguez
    December 20, 2020 | Sevillia (Spain) , Espacio Turina — First Night
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    December 9, 2020 | Buenos Aires (Argentina) , La Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero — First Night
  • El Cimarrón
    August 30, 2020 | Bremen (Germany) , Sendesaal
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    February 16, 2020 | México City (Mexico) , Villaurrutia-Centro Cultural del Bosque
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