2 Pianos, 4 Hands; Piano Duet SKU: HL.49005685
2 Pianos 4 Hands. Composed by Bernd Alois Zimmermann. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. 2 Exemplare zur Auffuhrung notig. Composed 1964. 45 pages. Duration 16' 30''. Schott Music #ED 5427. Published by Schott Music (HL.49005685). ISBN 9790001061254. UPC: 884088072452. 12.5x8.75x0.428 inches.
In January 1964 Bernd Alois Zimmermann interrupted the completion of his opera Die Soldaten [The Soldiers] in order to rearrange his orchestral work Dialoge for two pianos. Monologe takes up the original material but develops it towards a different direction: Zimmermann's collage technique based on quotations extends over the entire musical setting so that it is not only Mozart (Piano Concerto in C major KV 467) who has his say but Beethoven, Messiaen and Bach as well. Monologe is a piece for two pianists; real monologues of these pianists who, though simultaneously, [...] do not always play at the same time; [...] losing themselves in their own thoughts, as it were. -Zimmermann.
