Angelus, Op.56 (Elgar, Edward)

Composition Year	1909
Genre Categories	Sacred choruses; Choruses; Religious works; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; English language

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Publisher. Info.	Novello's Part-Song Book (Second Series), No.1167. London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1909.
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Work Title	Angelus
Alternative. Title	(Tuscany)
Composer	Elgar, Edward
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.56
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IEE 157
Key	E-flat major
Text Incipit	Ave, Mary!
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1909
First Performance.	1910/12/8
First Publication.	1909
Librettist	Words from Tuscan dialect
Language	English. Latin refrain (but Anglicized, i.e. "Ave Mary").
Dedication	Mrs. Charles Stuart-Wortley
Average DurationAvg. Duration	3 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	mixed chorus (SATB)
Extra Information	Motto, from a poem by Dante, inscribed at head of score: Tin tin sonando con si dolce nota - (PARADISO X.) The work is given Opus number 56, because though Op.56 No.1 is printed in the score header of early editions, no other work was composed for Op.56.