The Rake's Progress, K078 (Stravinsky, Igor)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1947-51
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; 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

Sheet Music

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 Front Matter, Act I (wordless) (CA)
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Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1951. Plate B. & H. 17853.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Libretto removed from the score due to copyright of the text.
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General Information

Work Title The Rake's Progress
Alternative. Title An Opera in Three Acts
Name Translations El progreso del libertino; Lastens vej; The Rake’s Progress; דרכו של הולל; Život razvratnika; La carriera di un libertino; 放蕩児の遍歴; Похождения повесы; Rucklarens väg; La progreso de la diboĉulo; 浪子的歷程; 浪子的历程; Život prostopášníka; Кар’єра марнотрата; A kéjenc útja; La Progreso di la Debochanto
Name Aliases Der Wüstling; 浪子的進程; A léhaság útja; La Carrière du libertin
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 181849981; LCCN: n81118727; GND: 300158262; SELIBR: 216307; SUDOC: 030624207; BNF: 13919995h; NLA: 35322509
Composer Stravinsky, Igor
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. K078
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IIS 95
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1947-51
First Performance. 1951/09/11 in Venice at the Teatro La Fenice
Composer (conductor)
First Publication. 1951 – London: Boosey & Hawkes
Copyright Information Although purely instrumental selections and arrangements are permitted for this piece, items
containing any text by the author(s) listed below cannot be added to the main server until
January 1, 2046.
Librettist see below
Wystan Hugh Auden (1907–1973)
Chester Kallman (1921–1975)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 2 hours, 20 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Tom Rakewell, a Rake (tenor)
Anne Trulove, his Betrothed (soprano)
Anne Trulove, his Betrothed (bass-baritone)
Baba the Turk, a Bearded Lady (mezzo-soprano)
Father Trulove, Anne's Father (bass)
Father Trulove, Anne's Father (tenor)
Mother Goose, a Whore (contralto)
Keeper of the Madhouse (bass)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Whores, Roaring Boys, Servants, Citizens, Madmen

Orchestra

2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd also English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord (or piano)
strings (4 solo violins, 3 solo violas, 2 solo cellos, solo double bass)
External Links Kirchmeyer Catalog
Wikipedia article
Extra Information This work is the composer's only full-length stage work. It ended his neo-classicist period of his career.

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