| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 10 movements |
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| Composition Year | 1892 August |
| Genre Categories | Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For voices, orchestra; |
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| Work Title | Incidental Music to 'Becket' |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Stanford, Charles Villiers |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.48 |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | ICS 31 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 10 movements |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1892 August |
| First Performance. | 1893/02/06
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| First Publication. | 1898 (duet only) |
| Librettist | Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| Language | English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | voices, orchestra |
| Extra Information | "August [of 1892], spent in Cambridge, was devoted entirely to the composition of [this work]" - Dibble, p.236. Unpublished as of 1921, except for a duet published in 1898. "Is it the wind of dawn?" - and also an arrangement of the funeral march for organ in 1925 (above), of course. |