A Survivor from Warsaw

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A Survivor from Warsaw is a dramatic cantata by Arnold Schoenberg that powerfully depicts a Holocaust survivor’s harrowing memories through spoken narration, chorus, and orchestra.

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instanceOf cantata ⓘ
dramatic cantata ⓘ
approximateDuration about 7 minutes ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 46 ⓘ
commissionedBy Koussevitzky Music Foundation ⓘ
Serge Koussevitzky ⓘ
composer Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
culminatesIn choral proclamation of the Shema ⓘ
dedicatedTo Koussevitzky Music Foundation ⓘ
depicts roundup of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ
firstPerformanceConductor Kurt Frederick ⓘ
genre 20th-century classical music ⓘ
Holocaust-themed music ⓘ
historicalContext Nazi occupation of Poland ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
influenced later Holocaust memorial compositions ⓘ
instrumentation orchestra ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person Holocaust survivor ⓘ
partOf Arnold Schoenberg’s late works ⓘ
placeComposed United States ⓘ
premiereCountry United States ⓘ
scoring male chorus ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
structure single-movement work ⓘ
style expressionism ⓘ
twelve-tone technique ⓘ
subjectOf Holocaust studies ⓘ
musicological analysis ⓘ
textAuthor Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
textFeature choral setting of the Shema Yisrael ⓘ
spoken narration ⓘ
textIncludes biblical prayer Shema Yisrael ⓘ
textType narrative monologue ⓘ
theme Holocaust ⓘ
Jewish resistance ⓘ
Nazi persecution of Jews ⓘ
memory of trauma ⓘ
vocalForces male chorus ⓘ
speaker ⓘ
vocalLanguageDistribution chorus in Hebrew ⓘ
narration in English ⓘ
yearComposed 1947 ⓘ

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