Zwei Gefühle

... zwei Gefühle ...
Musik mit Leonardo
by Helmut Lachenmann
LanguageGerman
Based onCodex Arundel
by Leonardo da Vinci
Composed1991–1992
Duration20 minutes
Scoring
  • 2 speakers
  • ensemble
Premiere
Date9 October 1992 (1992-10-09)
LocationStuttgart
ConductorPéter Eötvös
PerformersEnsemble Modern

... zwei Gefühle ... (... Two Feelings ...), subtitled Musik mit Leonardo (Music with Leonardo), is a composition for two speakers and ensemble by Helmut Lachenmann, based on a text by Leonardo da Vinci from the Codex Arundel. Completed in 1992, the work was premiered on 9 October 1992 by Ensemble Modern. Lachenmann later integrated the work into his 1996 opera Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern. Both compositions have become classics of 20th-century music.