Phoenix Expirans (Chadwick, George Whitefield)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 sections
  1. Chorus: "Hear me my plaints repeat" (Molto moderato. Dolente)
  2. Soprano Solo and Chorus: "Let flowers their strengths impart" (Poco allegretto)
  3. Quartet: "If love pain may be" (Andante. Semplice)
  4. Chorus: "Why love dost thou torment?" (Allegro moderato)
  5. Chorus: "Burst thou thy bonds, Oh soul!" (Allegro spiritoso)
Composition Year 1891
Genre Categories Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 4 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; [10 more...]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
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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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
Misc. Notes Original scans: 600dpi, black and white, losslessly-compressed tif files. Deskewed and set uniform margins.
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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
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGC 51
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 sections
  1. Chorus: "Hear me my plaints repeat" (Molto moderato. Dolente)
  2. Soprano Solo and Chorus: "Let flowers their strengths impart" (Poco allegretto)
  3. Quartet: "If love pain may be" (Andante. Semplice)
  4. Chorus: "Why love dost thou torment?" (Allegro moderato)
  5. 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 [more...]
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 [more...]
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

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Composed for the 1892 Springfield Festival.

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