Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements |
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First Publication | 1898 – New York: Schirmer (one movement, piano) 1901 (1904?) or earlier (full suite, orchestra) |
Genre Categories | Suites; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; |
Work Title | Sylvan Suite |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Brockway, Howard |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.19 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IHB 11 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements:
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First Performance. | 1901-4-6 — Boston Symphony |
First Publication. | 1898 – New York: Schirmer (one movement, piano) 1901 (1904?) or earlier (full suite, orchestra) |
Copyright Information | Possibly public domain in EU and other 70 pma territories. Note that in some cases this rule may be overridden by a treaty with the source country (especially the United States) and/or may not apply to works which fell into the public domain in their source country due to a failure to renew copyright or comply with other formalities. |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani + harp + strings |
Dance of the Sylphs was published as a piano solo in 1898. The full suite was performed (and published?) in 1901 (and 1904 respectively?) - the rest of the suite may not have been composed before then.
Full orchestral score and parts are in the Fleisher collection ("5925 Entire Work") of the Free Library of Philadelphia.