Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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Composition Year | 1911-1912 |
Genre Categories | Songs; For 2 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; |
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Complete Score
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Work Title | A Song of the High Hills |
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Name Translations | 高い丘の歌 |
Authorities | Wikipedia |
Composer | Delius, Frederick |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | RT II/6 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFD 36 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1911-1912 |
First Performance. | 1920 February 26 conducted by Albert Coates (soloists Maud Willby and Norman Stone; Philharmonic Choir) |
First Publication. | 1915, Leuckart |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 25 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | soprano, tenor, wordless chorus, 3 flutes (3 also takes piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets in B♭, bass clarinet in B♭, 3 bassoons, sarrusophone or contrabassoon, 6 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 3 tenor trombones, tuba, timpani (3 players), percussion (bass drum, glockenspiel, cymbals), celesta, 2 harps, strings |
External Links | Wikipedia article Wikidata |
"1911" on the score but evidence in his correspondence, etc. "points to" his having begun the work in 1911 and completed the work sometime around summer 1912. (Lionel Carley, 2002 notes to Danacord recording of the piece (Aarhus Symphony/Bo Holten).)
Full score published 1923 by Universal Edition. (Monatsbericht (1923), p.57.) UE reissue plates: U.E. 6912 (score), U.E. 6913 (parts), U.E. 6914 (chorus parts), U.E. 7016 (study score).