The Puppet Designer

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author = Nicholas Lens
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country = Belgium
language = Yiddish
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genre = Chamber Music, Contemporary Classical
publisher = Schott Music
release_date = 2005
media_type = Print Masterscore, Vocal score, Parts
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The Puppet Designer (also known as "Der Bashafer fun Marionetn") is a musical chamber work in Yiddish for baritone and chamber orchestra by Nicholas Lens.
The work was previously known under the working title" Ikh bin keyn eydes nit gevezn" and was commissioned by the Jewish community of Belgium to celebrate the commemoration of the liberation of the concentration camps.

Credits & Notes

*music & lyrics: Nicholas Lens
*publisher: Schott Music International (2005), Mainz/New York.
*language: Yiddish
*title in Yiddish: "Der Bashafer fun Marionetn"
*score credits: dramma per musica in nove atti per baritono e orchestra da camera (2005), lingua: Giudaico
*duration: approx. 25 min.
*working title: "Ikh bin keyn eydes nit gevezn"
*translation lyrics in Yiddish: Dobruszkes
*translation lyrics in French: Ronald de Pourq
*the work was originally commissioned for orchestra without conductor.

Premiere & Creations

*The worldcreation took place (under the working title ‘"Ikh bin keyn eydes nit gevezn"’) on April 4, 1995 at the Singel in Antwerp with the chamber orchestra Oxalys (without conductor) and with Henk Lauwers (baritone).
*The first performance with conductor took place (also under the working title ‘"Ikh bin keyn eydes nit gevezn"’) on June 18, 1996 in Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands at the Festival “The Power of Culture -Our Creative diversity,’ Unesco -United Nations with I Fiamminghi (orchestra), Henk Lauwers (baritone) and Rudolph Werthen, conductor.
*The finally published version under the new title "The Puppet Designer" did not premiere yet.