For narrator, solo voices, male chorus, and orchestra.
Libretto, based on Sophocles's tragedy, by Jean Cocteau in French.
Notes (ownership):
Boston Public Library (Arts Department) copy Kous. M1500.S895 O26 1927x folio, formerly owned by Serge Koussevitzky.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Olga Koussevitzky; 19661215; Kous. M1500.S895 O26 1927x folio.
Notes (object):
Prologue (English) in typescript, 2 pages, pasted in front.
Two English translations, typescript and manuscript, pasted throughout the score.
Durations penciled on cover: 54:10 1948 and 71 min. with 15 minute intermission; on caption: Act I 25 m., Intermission 15, Act II 31, total 71 min.
Score marked by Serge Koussevitzky in blue pencil; markings include dynamics, accent marks, cues, phrasing, and cuts.
Score marked by the composer in red pencil; markings include articulations, errata, dynamics, and phrasing.
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