Composition Year | 1916 |
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Genre Categories | Melodramas; For narrator, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; |
Work Title | Le drapeau belge |
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Alternative. Title | The Belgian Flag |
Composer | Elgar, Edward |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.79 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IEE 112 |
Key | A minor |
Text Incipit | Rouge pour le sang des soldats (Fr) Red for the blood of soldiers (En) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1916 |
First Performance. | 1917/04/14 at Queen's Hall in London
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First Publication. | 1916 |
Librettist | Émile Cammaerts (1878–1953) |
Language | French, English translation |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Early 20th century |
Instrumentation | narrator, orchestra |
External Links | Wikipedia article |