Phoenix Expirans (Chadwick, George Whitefield)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	5 sections Chorus: "Hear me my plaints repeat" (Molto moderato. Dolente) Soprano Solo and Chorus: "Let flowers their strengths impart" (Poco allegretto) Quartet: "If love pain may be" (Andante. Semplice) Chorus: "Why love dost thou torment?" (Allegro moderato) Chorus: "Burst thou thy bonds, Oh soul!" (Allegro spiritoso)
Composition Year	1891
Genre Categories	Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 4 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language; Latin language

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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1892.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Grayscale Images. Partitur. Copyist's ms. (partial holograph) in ink. Latin words; also printed as text inside front cover. At top of title page: Composed for the Hampden Co. Musical Association and first performed by them at Springfield, May 5, 1892. At bottom of title page: Text by an unknown author; English version (not included in this score) by John Lord Hayes LL.D.
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Complete Score
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Language	Latin / English
Translator	John Lord Hayes (1812–1887), English text
Publisher. Info.	Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1892. Plate A.P.S. 2386.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Work Title	Phoenix Expirans
Alternative. Title	Cantata: The Dying Phoenix ; Phœnix Expirans
Composer	Chadwick, George Whitefield
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	F.90 ; L.3.7
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IGC 51
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	5 sections Chorus: "Hear me my plaints repeat" (Molto moderato. Dolente) Soprano Solo and Chorus: "Let flowers their strengths impart" (Poco allegretto) Quartet: "If love pain may be" (Andante. Semplice) Chorus: "Why love dost thou torment?" (Allegro moderato) Chorus: "Burst thou thy bonds, Oh soul!" (Allegro spiritoso)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1891
First Performance.	1892-05-05 in Springfield, MA, Music Festival of the Hampden County Musical Association Corrine Moore Lawson (soprano) Julie E. Wyman (alto) Whitney Mockridge (tenor) Max Heinrich (baritone) The Association Chorus, Boston Festival Orchestra George Whitefield Chadwick (conductor)
First Publication.	1892 – Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt
Librettist	William Alard (attr.) "Phoenix inter flammas exspirans", from Sacred Latin Poetry (1849) John Lord Hayes, English translation
Language	Latin / English
Average DurationAvg. Duration	30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	voices, chorus, orchestra Voices soprano, alto, tenor, bass (or baritone) Mixed Chorus (SATB) Orchestra 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd also English horn), 2 clarinets (B♭/A), 2 bassoons 4 horns (F/E♭/C), 2 trumpets (E♭/C), 3 trombones, timpani, organ, strings

Composed for the 1892 Springfield Festival.