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General Information
Work Title
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The Bard
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Alternative. Title
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A Pindaric Ode
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Composer
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Stanford, Charles Villiers
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.50
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Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ICS 5
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1892-9-22, Folkestone
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First Performance.
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1895-9-19
- Cardiff
- Joseph Bamby, conducting
- Harry Plunket Greene, soloist
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First Publication.
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1895
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Librettist
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Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
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Language
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English
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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bass solo, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Navigation etc.
Autograph full score (British Library MS Mus. 903) "finished at Folkestone, Sept 22. 1892". (Premiere information from Rodmell (2002), pp. 173, 181 and 183; Dibble, pp. 237 and 266.)