Sea Pictures, Op.37 (Elgar, Edward)

		Movements/Sections 5 songs Sea Slumber Song In Haven (Capri) Sabbath Morning at Sea Where Corals Lie The Swimmer Composition Year 1899 July (except for No.5) Genre Categories Songs; For voice, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; English language

Sheet Music

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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
*#32145 - 6.41MB, 47 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - V/V/V - 4911x⇩

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gilbertdh (2009/6/5)

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London: Boosey & Co., 1899. Plate 857.

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 Complete Score
*#167223 - 4.08MB, 53 (vi, #1-47) pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 1581x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/12/29)

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London: Boosey & Co., 1899. Plate H.2670.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Sea Pictures
Alternative Title

Composer	Elgar, Edward
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.37
Movements/Sections	5 songs Sea Slumber Song In Haven (Capri) Sabbath Morning at Sea Where Corals Lie The Swimmer
Year/Date of Composition	1899 July (except for No.5)
First Performance	1899-10-05 in Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Festival Clara Butt (contralto), Festival orchestra, Edward Elgar (conductor)
First Publication	1900
Librettist	1. Roden Noel (1834-1894) 2. Caroline Alice Elgar (1848-1920) 3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) 4. Richard Garnett (1835-1906) 5. Adam Lindsay Gordon (1836-1870)
Language	English
Dedication	Clara Butt
Average Duration	24 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Contralto with Orchestra 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon (No.5 only) 4 horns in F (3, 4 tacet Nos.2, 4), 2 trumpets in A (tacet Nos.2, 4), 3 trombones (tacet Nos.2, 4), tuba (tacet Nos.2, 4) timpani (tacet Nos.2, 4), bass drum, gong (tacet Nos.2, 3, 4), organ (tacet Nos.1, 2, 4, 'ad lib.' No.5), harp, strings
External Links	Wikipedia article Elgar Society (PDF)

Misc. Comments

• German translations by Wilhelm Henzen
  French translations by George Petilleau
• Published in 1900 despite copyright date (meant to be published by Novello, so copyright 1899, but delayed and published in 1900 due to disagreements. See Wikipedia article.)