| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements |
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| Composition Year | 1930 |
| Genre Categories | Suites; For brass band; Scores featuring brass band; |
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| Work Title | The Severn Suite |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Name Translations | セヴァーン組曲 |
| Name Aliases | セヴァーン川組曲 |
| Authorities | WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 174457808; BNF: 139118970 |
| Composer | Elgar, Edward |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.87 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IEE 72 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements:
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1930 |
| First Performance. | 1930 September 27 (brass band version) 1932 April 14 (full orchestra version) |
| First Publication. | 1931 in re-arrangement (see below.) |
| Dedication | George Bernard Shaw |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 16–20 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | brass band, orchestra |
| External Links | Elgar.org Wikipedia article |
The minuet comes from a 1879 work, so one could say 1879–1930.
Also from Elgar.org: "As Elgar had no particular experience of writing for brass bands, the organisers suggested that Elgar produce a short score for Henry Geehl to arrange. The collaboration proved unsatisfactory, Geehl rejecting most of Elgar's ideas for the arrangement in favour of his own. More recently, a fully scored arrangement for brass band, apparently in Elgar's own hand, surfaced at auction in 1995 (when the score failed to reach its reserve price) and again in 1996." - so, the brass band version that was published by R. Smith of London in 1931 was quite probably Geehl's arrangement (or even, re-writing?) of Elgar's short score, not Elgar's work.
