Composition Year | 1917 |
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Genre Categories | Songs; For 4 voices; For unaccompanied voices; |
Work Title | Inside the Bar |
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Alternative. Title | A Sailor's Song |
Composer | Elgar, Edward |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IEE 121 |
Text Incipit | I knows a town, an' it's a fine town |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1917 |
First Performance. | 1917/6/25 |
First Publication. | 1917 |
Librettist | Gilbert Parker (1862–1932) |
Language | English |
Dedication | Charles Mott, Harry Barratt, Frederick Henry and Frederick Stewart |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 3 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Early 20th century |
Instrumentation | 4 baritones |
External Links | Wikipedia article |
Extra Information | First performance at London Coliseum, 25 June 1917, by Charles Mott, Harry Barratt, Frederick Henry and Frederick Stewart. The same lyrics used earlier in The Sailor Man's Bride by Thomas Henry Bairnsfather (1903) |