The May Queen, Op.39 (Bennett, William Sterndale)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	11 (Overture, 10 Sections)
Composition Year	1858 ca.?
Genre Categories	Pastorales; Secular choruses; Choruses; 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

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Vocal Scores
3 General Information
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Performances

Naxos

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Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Kistner, n.d.(ca.1861). Plate 2501.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	London: Novello & Co., n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 8115.
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General Information

Work Title	The May Queen
Alternative. Title	A Pastoral
Composer	Bennett, William Sterndale
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.39
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IWB 11
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	11 (Overture, 10 Sections)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1858 ca.?
First Publication.	1861
Librettist	Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808-1872)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	SATB soloists, chorus and Orchestra

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Orchestration of overture according to vocal score: flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, timpani, strings.

Monatsbericht (1861), p.73 (full score, published by Kistner (with translation by Sophie Klingmann; this version - or rather a contemporary ms copy?- is available online from Hathitrust. Given Op.39.) Usually described as a cantata.

Libretto has been digitized by BSB. - Schissel