Overture to a puppet play
Op.20 (1923)

2,2,2,2(cbn); 2,1,0,0; timp; perc; hrp; str
Duration: 8'
First published by Tischer & Jagenberg, Köln, 1925
Available from Theaterverlag Eirich: available on hire

First performance: Weimar, Dec.1923

Other performances (selection):

Over 100 performances, including
Breslau, Jan. 1924
Nilius, Vienna, Mar. 1924
Schmeidel, Elberfeld, Jan. 1925
Budapest, Feb. 1925
Meiningen, Nov. 1925
Cremer, Plauen, Nov. 1925; Jan. 1926
Walter Armbrust, Eisenach, Jan. 1926
Furtwängler, leipzig, Jan. 1926
Vienna Symphonieorchester, Vienna Radio, Mar. 1926, Jul. 1927
Badisches Landesorchester, Karlsruhe, Nov. 1926
Remscheid, Oct. 1927; Nov. 1927
Königsberg Radio, Dec. 1927
Orchester des deutschen Landestheaters/Szell, Prague, Dec. 1929
Schlesische Philharmonie/Behr, Breslau Radio, Jan. 1931
Weingartner, Basle, Mar. 1931
Schuricht, Frankfurt, Jan. 1932
Philharharminic Orch. Stuttgart, Jun. 1932, Dec. 1932
Copenhagen Radio, Apr. 1932
Wiener Symphoniker/Pahlen, Vienna, Jan. 1936
Pahlen, Prague, May 1936
Radio Orchestra, Bratislava, Apr. 1937
BBC Radio, Oct. 1941
Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Harvey, Hamburg, Sep. 1946
Seidelmann, Dessau, Mar. 1948
Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, Jun. 1948
Seidelmann, Leipzig, Apr. 1952
St. Cecilia Orchestra/Harvey, BBC Radio, Sep. 1954
Stuttgart Radio, Dec. 1961, Aug. 1964, Dec. 1966
Heger, Vienna Radio, Mar. 1966
Rydale Festival Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey, Settrington, Aug. 1990
City University Symphony Orchestra/Rhonda Kess, London, Dec. 1990
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Winnepeg, Dec. 1995

Also Berlin, Stockholm, München, Danzig