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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | theme, 20 variations |
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Composition Year | 1906 |
Genre Categories | Variations; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; |
Contents |
Work Title | Auld Lang Syne Variations for Orchestra |
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Alternative. Title | Portraits for Orchestra on a Scots Theme |
Composer | Holbrooke, Joseph |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.60 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJH 4 |
Key | G major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | theme, 20 variations |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1906 |
First Performance. | 1915/05/08 |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 24 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | orchestra |
Other alternative titles: Scotch Variations, Portraits in Variations for Grand Orchestra, Portraits for Orchestra on a Scots Air. The 20 variations have titles using the initials of himself and 19 musical friends: 1.Joseph Holbrooke, 2. Frank Bridge, 3. Arnold Bax, 4.Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, 5.William Wallace/Ralph Vaughan Williams/Wilson Steer, 6. Benjamin Dale, 7.John Saunders/Ethel Smyth, 8.Wilson Steer/Richard Walthew, 9.Edward Elgar, 10.Frederick Delius, 11.Joseph Speaight/Sidney H. Sime, 12.Sidney H. Sime/Frederick Charles Nichols/John Saunders, 13.Stanley Hawley, 14.Dan Godfrey/Havergal Brian, 15.Cecil Forsyth/Cyril Jenkins, 16.Cyril Scott/Cyril Jenkins/CD?, 17. Richard Strauss, 18.Augustus John/George Moore, 19.Joe Ivimey/John Herbert Foulds/George Moore, 20.Granville Bantock. The alternatives are due to variations between versions and editions. Ref.: Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot, edited by Paul Watt and Anne-Marie Forbes, published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.