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Gilgamesh is a 1972 opera by Per Nørgård. First performed in Århus on 4 May 1973, the opera received the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1974.

Recording

Gilgamesh Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Tamas Veto, Oliver Knussen with Voyage into the Golden Screen. Dacapo DCCD 9001.

References

Hannu Annala, Heiki Matlik - Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers 2010 - Page 111 1609743539 " In the 1950s Norgard, as a composer, searched for a “Nordic sound” ... Gilgamesh, which received the Music Award of the Nordic council in 1974."

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Works	Gilgamesh (1972) Symphony No. 3 (1975) Der göttliche Tivoli (1982) Siddhartha (1983) Nuit des Hommes (1996)
Film score	Babette's Feast (1987) Prince of Jutland (1994)
Related articles	Music of Denmark Contemporary classical music Serialism
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Epic of Gilgamesh

Humans	Gilgamesh Aga Enmebaragesi Enkidu Shamhat Urshanabi Utnapishtim
Deities	Adad Anunnaki Ea Enlil Ishtar (Inanna) Ninsun Shamash (Utu) Shullat and Hanish Siduri Silili Wer
Other mythical beings	Bull of Heaven Humbaba Scorpion man

Adaptations

Literature	The Great American Novel (1973) Gilgamesh the King (1984) Gilgamesh in the Outback (1986) Timewyrm: Genesys (1991) Slaves of the Shinar (2006) The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (2009)
Classical music	The Epic of Gilgamesh (1955 Czech oratorio) Gilgamesh (Kodallı) (1964 Turkish opera) Gilgamesh (Saygun) (1970 Turkish opera) Gilgamesh (Nørgård) (1972 Danish opera) Gilgamesh (Brucci) (1986 Serbian opera)
Film	The Epic of Gilgamesh, or This Unnameable Little Broom (1985) Princess Mononoke (1997) Where Is Gilgamesh? (2024)
Television	"Darmok" "Demon with a Glass Hand" "The Tower of Druaga" "The Beginnings"
Comics	Gilgamesh II Forgotten One Gilgamesh
Video games	The Tower of Druaga

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