The Perfect Fool, Op.39 (Holst, Gustav)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act
Composition Year 1918-22
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; [10 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

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Ballet Music

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: Novello & Co., Ltd., 1923. Plate 14991.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes 600 dpi
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Parts

Ballet Music

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Vocal Scores

Arranger Vally Lasker (1885–1978), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Novello & Co., 1923. Plate 14981.
Copyright
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano (Lasker)

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Arranger Vally Lasker (1885–1978)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello & Co., 1923. Plate 15019.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD Canada, Non-PD EU
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Ballet Music

For 2 Pianos
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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1921.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 4547
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General Information

Work Title The Perfect Fool
Alternative. Title
Composer Holst, Gustav
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.39
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 25
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1918-22
First Performance. 1923-05-14 in London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden [more...]
Raymond Ellis (Fool)
Robert Parker (Wizard)
Walter Hyde (Troubadour)
Frederick Collier (Traveller)
Maggie Teyte (Princess)
Edna Thornton (Fool's Mother)
British National Opera Company, Eugene Goossens (conductor)
First Publication. 1923 – London: Novello & Co., Ltd.
Librettist Composer
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Fool/Farmer (spoken role)
Wizard (baritone)
Troubadour (tenor)
Traveller (bass)
Princess (soprano)
Fool's mother (contralto)

Orchestra

2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, sleigh bells, tambourine, xylophone
celesta, harp, strings
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