Composition Year | 1926 |
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Genre Categories | Secular choruses; Choruses; For 2 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; |
Work Title | Walsinghame |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Bax, Arnold |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | GP 278 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IAB 71 |
Text Incipit | As you came from the holy land of Walsinghame |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1926 |
First Performance. | 1929 June 9 |
First Publication. | 1927 – London: Murdoch, Murdoch & Co. |
Librettist | Anonymous 16th century, sometimes attributed to Walter Raleigh (d. 1618) |
Language | English |
Dedication | To Philip Heseltine |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 17 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Early 20th century |
Instrumentation | Voices: tenor, soprano (obbligato) + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 3 trumpets + timpani, percussion + harp, celesta + strings |
External Links | Baxworks site Wikipedia article (in Dutch) |