Nyuk tsin (The perfect jade) dramatic oratorio

By Ignace Lilien

genre: Vocal music
instrumentation: Male choir and large ensemble (recit sopr bar bas TTBrBrBB 2222 4231 timp 2perc vibr xyl cel pf str(cb))
duration: 80 minutes
year: 1961
location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 009/059 009/060a 009/061a-d 009/
status: published score
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dedication: Dedicated to Dr. Albert Schweitzer

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Words by James A. Michener

About Ignace Lilien

His hometown Lemberg, in the Ukraine known as Lviv, and in Poland as Lwów, has a history of occupation by shifting powers. This is why the Germans had trouble figuring out Ignace Lilien's real identity; he survived the war with forged documents. He worked as a chemical engineer, but that didn’t stop him from composing a large oeuvre. His life was as varied as his music, with influences ranging from Polish modernism to South American rhythms and timbres.

by Frans van Ruth

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