| Title: | Chronochromie |
| English title: | Chronochrome/Color of Time |
| Genre: | orchestral |
| Composition Date: | 1959-1960 |
| Publisher: | Leduc (Paris) |
| Instrumentation: | 4.3.4.3, 4.4.3.1, glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, 3 percussion, 16.16.14.12.10 |
| Duration: | 22 minutes |
| Premiere: | 16 October 1960, Donaueschingen (Südwest-funk Orchestra; Hans Rosbaud, conductor) |
| Dedication: | Unknown |
| Movements: |
- Introduction
- Strophe I
- Antistrophe I
- Strophe II
- Antistrophe II
- Epode
- Coda
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| Notes: |
- The title of the work, Chronochromie, refers to the three-color process developed by Léon Gaumont (Gaumont Chronochrome) to create color film.
- The titles of movements 2-6 refer to the three parts of the classical ode: strophe, antistrophe and epode.
- French premiere: 13 September Festival 1961, Besançon Festival (Orchestra National; Georges Prêtre, conductor)
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