| Work Title
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Four Irish Dances
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Stanford, Charles Villiers
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.89
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ICS 36
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 dances:
- March-Jig
- Slow Dance
- Leprechaun's Dance
- Reel
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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November 1903
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| First Performance.
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12 January 1905 - Bournemouth (orchestral version)
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| First Publication.
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1907 - London: Houghton (revised piano version by Percy Grainger)
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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orchestra
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| Extra Information
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Stanford's own piano version and orchestra version (both unpublished) are written close together. Stanford also made the version for violin and piano of Nos. 1, 3-4.
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