The Nightingale (Sumbler, David)

Composition Year 1979
Genre Categories Songs; For voice, narrator, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring a narrator; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; English language

Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#630462 - 4.07MB, 158 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 52×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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Parts

 Narrator
#635664 - 0.67MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 24×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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⇒ 7 more: Flute • Harpsichord • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Flute
#635661 - 0.35MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 16×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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 Harpsichord
#635662 - 0.38MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 16×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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 Violins I
#635656 - 3.43MB, 44 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 22×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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 Violins II
#635657 - 3.01MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 16×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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 Violas
#635658 - 2.10MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 18×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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 Cellos
#635659 - 2.07MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 16×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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 Basses
#635660 - 0.30MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 16×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#635663 - 3.10MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 26×⇩ - DavidSumbler

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General Information

Work Title The Nightingale
Alternative. Title
Composer Sumbler, David
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IDS 6
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1979
First Performance. 1979
Librettist Kenneth Hodgkinson (1924–2017)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 42 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation Voices: baritone, narrator
Orchestra: flute, harpsichord, strings
Extra Information A story with music, intended for family audiences

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The story is based on Hans Christian Andersen's (1805-1875) tale "The Emperor and the Nightingale". The story is told by a narrator, and the part of the Emperor is taken by a baritone singer. The flute represents the Nightingale and the harpsichord the Mechanical Nightingale.

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