Rip Van Winkle, Op.22 (Bristow, George Frederick)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 Acts
Composition Year 1855, rev. 1878-81
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language

Sheet Music

Vocal Score

1855 version

 Act I, Sc.1 (Rip's solo - The Gentry May Talk)
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 Act I, Sc.5 (Rip's solo - The Day is Done, The Setting Sun)
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 Act II (Alice and Edward's duet - Joys Never Ceasing)
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Language English
Publisher. Info. New York: William Hall & Son, 1870. Plates 6554, 6556, 6557, 6558.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Language English
Publisher. Info. New York: William Hall & Son, 1872. Plate 6620.
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 Act II (Dame Van Winkle's solo - The Twilight Hour)
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 Vivandiere Song (Alice Van Winkle's solo)
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Language English
Publisher. Info. New York: H. B. Dodworth, 1856.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes The text of the Vivandiere Song cannot be found in the published 1855 libretto but most likely occurs in act II.
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1881 version

 Cover Page
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 Act I, Introduction
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 Act I, Sc.1 (Opening chorus, Anna's solo, Second chorus)
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Language English
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, (1882)
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes The 1880 copyright claim on the cover is derived from excepts, which were published by Schirmer that year. The complete vocal score did not appear until 1882.
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General Information

Work Title Rip Van Winkle, Op.22
Alternative. Title
Composer Bristow, George Frederick
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.22
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGB 14
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 Acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1855, rev. 1878-81
First Performance. Sept. 27, 1855, Niblo's Garden, New York City, New York
Librettist J. Howard Wainwright (1855 version)
J. W. Shannon (1881 version)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation soli, chorus, orchestra
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