| Composition Year | 1928 (orchestrated in 1938) |
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| Genre Categories | Passacaglias; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; |
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| Work Title | Paean |
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| Alternative. Title | Passacaglia |
| Composer | Bax, Arnold |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | GP 294 ; GP 343 (orchestrated) |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IAB 77 |
| Key | B-flat major (piano original) |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1928 (orchestrated in 1938) |
| First Performance. | 1929 June 25 or earlier |
| First Publication. | 1929 |
| Dedication | Frank Merrick |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 3.5 minutes ca. |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | piano |
| Discography | All Music Guide (original) All Music Guide (orchestration) |
| External Links | Wikipedia article (in Dutch) Baxworks site (original) Baxworks site (orchestration) |
| Extra Information | from Wikipedia-nl: "It is unclear exactly when Bax wrote the work, as the manuscript is missing. Graham Parlett, who catalogued the complete overview of the works and considered it a noisy little piece, arrived at 1928, since Merrick is said to have played it for the first time on June 25, 1929. Lewis Foreman, writer of the program notes for Chandos, previously arrived at 1920." |
