Berceuse, H.8d (Bridge, Frank)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 berceuse
Composition Year	1901
Genre Categories	Berceuses; For violin, piano; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the piano; For 2 players; For cello, piano; Scores featuring the cello; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Sheet Music

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Orchestra

Complete Score
*#817452 - 14.51MB, 20 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 80×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Arranger	Unknown
Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1901.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Despite its many differing instrumentations, this manuscript, for small orchestra, is the only surviving holograph of this work. Dated 1901, this version was first published in 1929. Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 10338
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Complete Parts
*#864626 - 17.09MB, 28 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 31×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1901.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 10338a
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For Piano

Complete Score (EU)
*#633155 - 31.72MB, 5 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/25/V - 425×⇩ - Jim

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Complete Score (B&W) (EU)
*#633582 - 0.47MB, 6 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/25/V - 454×⇩ - David Campbell

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Arranger	Unknown
Publisher. Info.	London: Keith Prowse & Co., Ltd., 1929. Plate K. P. & Co. 3830.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del/mrg]
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General Information

Work Title	Berceuse
Alternative. Title
Composer	Bridge, Frank
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	H.8
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFB 60
Key	B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 berceuse
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1901
First Performance.	1902-06-20 (in one of its versions)
First Publication.	1902
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	violin (or cello), piano
External Links	Wikipedia article (about Bridge's Berceuse in its various forms)

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Hindmarsh, P. Frank Bridge: A thematic catalogue, 1900-1941. London: Faber Music, 1982. lists the following publications:

1. for violin or cello and piano (1902); Keith Prowse, London

2. for violin and strings (1902); Keith Prowse, London

3. for small orchestra (1929); Keith Prowse, London

4. for large orchestra arr. Hubert Bath; Keith Prowse, London

5. for piano solo (1929); Keith Prowse, London

6. for cello and piano in a volume of Four Pieces; re-issued by Faber Music (1981)

Although perhaps best-known in the version for viola and piano, this WorldCat entry indicates that this version is an arrangement, although the entry doesn't say by whom. Further, the Dutch Wikipedia page listed above does not list a viola version. So this page is tagged only for the 1902 violin or cello and piano version.

According to this WorldCat entry, the orchestra version seems to have been orchestrated by Hubert Bath, so it is not original.

According to this WorldCat entry, the piano version was dated 1929, and is an arrangement of the original violin or cello version.

No records have yet been found of the string quintet version.

Also relates to the song Berceuse, H.9 (see Wikipedia-nl.)