| Dated: | 1981 |
| Instrumentation: | Four versions: I - unaccompanied mixed choir (32 voices minimum); II - mixed choir, four reciters (2 men, 2 women) and stereo tape; III - four reciters and stereo tape (choir and electro-acoustic music pre-recorded); IV - Stereo tape only (combining choir, reciters and electro-acoustic music) |
| Timing: | Version I: 10'; Versions II, III and IV: 26'45" |
| Premiere: | April 23, 1982 at the Radio France Studio 104 in Paris. Perfromance by Danielle Delorme, Françoise Xenakis, Philippe Bardy and Maxence Maylfort, reciters and the choir of Radio France, conducted by Michel Tranchant. |
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| Published: | Editions Salabert 17729p (score) - 17729m (vocal parts), XE085 (tape version II), XE088 (tape version III), XE089 (tape version IV) |
| Text from Écoute and Les Morts Pleureront by Françoise Xenakis
(translated by Nouritza Matossian) and phonemic text by Iannis Xenakis Tapes (two-channel) were prepared at CEMAMu and at GRM in Paris. Recording available from Fractal Records FRACTAL 015 |