Variations on an African Air, Op.63 (Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel)

		Movements/Sections 1 Composition Year by 1906 Genre Categories Variations; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano

Sheet Music

• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano Solo (Composer)

 Complete Score
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Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, 1906. Plate 12360.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Variations on an African Air, Op.63
Alternative Title	Variations on an African Air for Orchestra

Composer	Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.63
Key	E minor
Movements/Sections	1
Year/Date of Composition	by 1906
First Performance	14 June 1906, by the London Philharmonic Society
First Publication	1906
Average Duration	20 Min.
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2 Clarinets in A and B♭, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in F, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Triangle, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Harp, Strings

Misc. Comments

Recorded on Argo in 1993.

See

• here (Google books) for a modern edition of the full score edited by John Snyder (only preview available on Google, including some notes.) According to its notes, this is based on the African-American songs, "I'm troubled in mind."

Instrument list taken from Snyder's edition.