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Bohuslav Martinů

The Epic of Gilgamesh, H 351

H. 351 Composed 1954

The Epic of Gilgamesh (Czech: Epos o Gilgamešovi) is an oratorio for solo voices, chorus and orchestra by Bohuslav Martinů composed in 1954–1955 near Nice in France, and premiered in 1958 in Basel, Switzerland, with a title and text in German, as Das Gilgamesch-Epos.

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Movements

  1. Gilgamesh (Tablets 1, 2)
  2. The Death of Enkidu Gilgamesh (Tablets 7, 8, 10)
  3. Invocation (Tablet 12)

Elsewhere

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