Composition Year | 1886 |
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Genre Categories | Ballads; For mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring mixed chorus; |
Work Title | The Revenge; a Ballad of the Fleet |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Stanford, Charles Villiers |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.24 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ICS 75 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1886 |
First Performance. | 1886-10-14 - Leeds Musical Festival |
Librettist | Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) |
Language | English |
Dedication | The composer's mother |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | mixed chorus Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons 4 horns (D/B♭ basso), 2 trumpets (C), 3 trombones, tuba timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, small drum), strings |