Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 overture |
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Composition Year | 1904 February 21 |
Genre Categories | Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; |
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Work Title | In the South |
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Alternative. Title | Alassio |
Composer | Elgar, Edward |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.50 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IEE 35 |
Key | E-flat major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 overture |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1904 February 21 |
First Performance. | 1904-03-16 in London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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First Publication. | 1904 |
Dedication | Leo Schuster |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 22 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | orchestra |
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External Links | Wikipedia article Elgar Society |
Extra Information | Begun January 4, 1904 and completed February 21, 1904 (see An Elgar Timeline, 1904). Rehearsals began a few weeks later (it takes time to copy/extract an orchestral score!), on March 9th, a week before the premiere. |