Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 (Maestoso moderato — Più vivace) |
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Composition Year | 1837 |
Genre Categories | Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
Related Works | Based on Rule Britannia by Arne |
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Work Title | Rule Britannia |
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Alternative. Title | Overture |
Composer | Wagner, Richard |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | WWV 42 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IRW 43 |
Key | D major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 (Maestoso moderato — Più vivace) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1837 |
First Performance. | 1837 |
First Publication. | 1908 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 12-13 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Orchestra: 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets (1 in F, 2 in C), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon + 4 horns (D), 4 trumpets (D), 3 trombones, ophicleide + timpani, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals + strings |
Related Works | Based on Rule Britannia by Arne |
Extra Information | From Mein Leben: Wagner relates sending the manuscript score to Sir George Smart in 1837 and refusing to pay the "postage due" when the Philharmonic Society of London returned it to him in 1840. |