Anne Frank Unbound: Media, Imagination, Memory

Musicography

377 Musicography Judah M. Cohen The following music and dance works all reference Anne Frank in some form, ranging from the sole subject of a large-scale composition to a quick reference in a title or lyric. They have been arranged chronologically within rough genre designations, with premiere, publication, and recording information included where available. This musicography only includes works that have been documented in some form. (It also excludes full settings of Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s poem “Babi Yar,” which references Anne Frank.) I am grateful to Caitlin Goldbaum for her assistance in the final stages of compiling this list. A. Music 1. Cantatas and Choral Works [c. 1960s] “Anna Frank” Music: Joseph Schogrin; text: Moishe Teyf Cantata for speaker, soloists, choir, and piano Published by the Jewish Music Alliance. Mentioned in Ann Basart, “Music and the Holocaust: A Selective Bibliography” (Cum notis variorum 101 [1986], 28); no additional information available. 1968–1970 “Le Journal d’Anne Frank” Music: Edith Lejet For female choir, lute, harpsichord, harp, electric guitar, viola, bass, and two percussionists Commissioned by Radio-France. Premiere on Radio-France in 1970; performed live in Douai in March 2001, in Lyon on March 7–8, 2008, and in La Côte SaintAndr é on March 9, 2010. Published by Gérard Billaudot, Éditeur. 1970 “Who Has Allowed Us to Suffer?” Music: Oskar Morawetz For SATB choir 378 Musicography Commissioned by the Canadian Jewish Congress. Dedicated to Otto Frank. Music premiered February 20, 1972, in Toronto, with Ben Steinberg and the Temple Sinai Congregation choir. Published by Canadian Music Centre. Recordings: Canadian Music Centre (CMC), 1981; Anthology of Canadian Music, vol. 17, side 6B (1983); Canadian Music Centre, 1999. 1972 “Piano de Matin ‘Écoute pour Anne Franck’” Music: Mihaï Mitrea-Celarianu For five instruments, five voices, electro-acoustical devices, and projectors Premiered October in Champigny, France, by Ensemble 2e2m. 1981–1982 Part 8: “Anna Frank–Ibrahim–Emiliano” in 2e Litourgia: Den Kindern getötet in Kriegen/Liturgy No.2: “For the Young Killed in Wars” Music and text: Mikis Theodorakis For SATB choir Commissioned and premiered (May 21, 1983) by the Dresdner Kreuzchor, under the direction of Martin Flämig, Dresden, Germany. Recording: Edel, 1984/5 (reissued by Berlin Classics, 1995; currently available online at the NAXOS Music Library). 1985 “Anne Frank Cantate: A Child of Light,” Part III of War Tryptich Music: Hans Kox “Symphonic cantata” for soprano, contralto, bass, choir, and orchestra Premiered May 4 at Westerkerk, Amsterdam. Published 1985 by Donemus and 1987 by Composers’ Voice Special. Recording: Composers’ Voice Special, 1987 (recording of world premiere). 1986 “VI. Chaya and Anna,” from the cantata And Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed Music: Herman Berlinski Commissioned by the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation; first draft completed 1967. Manuscript at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. 1992 “Yevreyskiy Rekviem / Jewish Requiem” Music: Mikhail Borisovich Bronner; texts: Anne Frank, Chaim Nachman Bialik, Jewish liturgy, and the Bible For four soloists, children’s choir, mixed choir, and orchestra Premiered 1994 in Germany. 1994 “The Scent of Jasmine in the Wilderness” Music: J. David Moore; texts: Anne Frank, Etty Hillesum, and W. H. Auden Musicography 379 For double men’s choir and soli, viola, cello, bass, harp, piano, and percussion Commissioned by Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus. Premiered April 17 at Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1994 “In Memoriam Anne Frank” Music: Howard Goodall; texts: Christina Rossetti, R. L. Stevenson, and Richard Lovelace For chorus, children’s chorus, strings, and organ Commissioned by the Voices Foundation. Premiered Feb. 13 in St. John’s, Smith Square, London. Published by Faber Music (1995). Recording: on Choral Works by Howard Goodall, performed by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on Sanctuary Classics ASV Records (CD DCA 1028). 1999 “Anna Frank: Cantata Scenica” Music: Leopoldo Gamberini For soprano, choir, church bells, electronics, and orchestra Recording: Anne Frank: Cantata Scenica (Sarx, 1999). 2004 “Anne Frank: A Living Voice” Music: Linda Tutas Hagen For girls choir and string quartet Commissioned and premiered by the San Francisco Girls Chorus, in celebration of their twenty-fifth anniversary. Published by Ephraim Bay Publishing. Recording: podcast of third movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= hwTp_Tq9E2M&feature=related 2004 “Tehillim for Anne” Music: Robert Steadman; text: Hebrew psalms For choir and strings Premiered November 27 by the Southwell Choral Society, Southwell, England. Commemorated Anne Frank’s seventy-fifth birthday. 2004–2005 “Annelies: From the Diary of...