…if he please, HC 818 (Cowell, Henry)

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Publisher. Info. New York: Edition Peters, No.6561, 1955.
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Work Title …if he please
Alternative. Title
Composer Cowell, Henry
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HC 818
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IHC 67
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1955
First Performance. 1956/2/29
New York: Carnegie Hall - Oratorio Society of New York, cond. Wiliam Strickland
First Publication. 1955
Copyright Information
In the USA this work is most likely in the public domain because no renewal was found after a thorough search of the Catalog of Copyright Entries and it was ineligible for "restoration" under GATT/TRIPS.
Based on information from the Henry Cowell catalog, this piece seems to have been made available for rental by 1962 at the latest, with a c1955 copyright notice. The piece was later spuriously registered for copyright as an unpublished work in 1969 (EU111508).
Librettist Edward Taylor (poet, 1642–1729)
Language English
Dedication Written for William Strickland and the Oratorio Society of New York
Average DurationAvg. Duration 18 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation mixed chorus, boys' (or children's) chorus, orchestra