Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 scenes in 2 parts |
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Composition Year | 1887 |
Genre Categories | Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; |
Work Title | Ruth |
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Alternative. Title | A Dramatic Oratorio |
Composer | Cowen, Frederic Hymen |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFC 34 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 scenes in 2 parts |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1887 |
First Performance. | 1887-09-08 — Worcester, Three Choirs Festival |
First Publication. | 1887 – London: Novello, Ewer & Co. |
Librettist | Biblical text selected and arranged by Joseph Bennett (1831–1911) |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Voices: 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, 2 baritones + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra |
Full orchestral score published by Novello, Ewer & Co., in March 1888. Autograph full score currently missing, presumed lost. (March 1888 date: see The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular, Volume 29, April 1, 1888 issue.)
1887 for vocal score (and parts): advertised as now ready in the September 1 1887 Musical Times Novello ad, page 520. (Interestingly, both this and Mackenzie's Jubilee Ode used Bennett's services... ntm Sullivan's Golden Legend, and the Novello-published primers of musical biography published 1887. Busy fellow.)