general information

composition date
1953-1954
duration
26 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Opus
53 a
Libretto (details, author)

Les paroles de The Lute Song sont de Robert Devereux, Conte d’Essex.

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Triple wind orchestra (or larger))

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor [ad lib.]

3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 2 percussionists, timpani, harp

information about the creation

date
September 23, 1954

Birmingham, Town Hall

interpreters

Peter Pears, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, direction : Rudolf Schwarz.

observations

La voix de ténor dans le deuxième mouvement peut être remplacée par un hautbois.

Part titles

  1. The Tournament
  2. The Lute Song
  3. The Courtly Dances
  4. Gloriana moritura

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