Der Leidverweser

Complete Work Title: 

Der Leidverweser (The Woe-administrator) — character study after Elias Canetti


Performance Medium: 

solo contrabassoon


Duration: 

c.5:00


Dedication: 

to James Rodgers


Date Composed: 

June 1998


Additional Information: 

Awarded First Prize in the “El Ruiseñor Grave” Competition (1998)


Performance History: 

James Rodgers, contrabassoon:
• 9 August 2001; University of West Virginia (Morgantown, WV) — International Double Reed Society Conference

Monica Fucci, contrabassoon:
• 13 August 1999; University of Wisconsin, Madison — International Double Reed Society Conference [premiere]