Erwartung

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Erwartung (Expectation, Suspense). Monodrama in 1 act by Schoenberg, Op.17, to lib. by Marie Pappenheim, for sop. and orch. Comp. 1909. Prod. Prague 1924 (cond. Zemlinsky), London, NY 1951 (concert), and Washington D.C. 1960 (but Schoenberg cond. a BBC concert perf. in London 1931).

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