ARNE NORDHEIM: LISTEN

MS 5484
MS Short Title ARNE NORDHEIM: LISTEN
Text ARNE NORDHEIM: LISTEN, FOR PIANO, DEDICATED TO ELISABETH KLEIN
Description MS in English and Italian on paper, Oslo, 1971, 5 pp., 34x27 cm, single column, (29x23 cm), ruled on 16 staves, notated on 2, 3 and 4 staves, working autograph with several corrections, signed.
Context Listen was commissioned by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), and dedicated to Elisabeth Klein.
Provenance 1. Arne Nordheim, Oslo (1971-2010); 2. Rannveig Getz Nordheim, Oslo, March 2011.
Commentary Arne Nordheim (1931-2010), the foremost exponent of avant-garde and electronic music in Norway from the 1960'ies and recognized to be among the foremost international composer's in the last quarter of the 20th c. Listen is the most frequently recorded work by Nordheim. It gave name to a 7-CD box: Listen - The Art of Arne Nordheim.
Published Edition Wilhelm Hansen, København 1971. 7-CD box: Listen - The Art of Arne Nordheim (Aurora ACD 5070).
Place of origin Oslo, Norway
Dates 1971