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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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Composition Year | 1918-19 (prelude in 1917?) |
Genre Categories | Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
Work Title | Philip II |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Goossens, Eugene |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.22 |
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IEG 16 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1918-19 (prelude in 1917?) |
First Publication. | 1921? |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 10 minutes (Prelude) |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Early 20th century |
Instrumentation | Prelude: Flute, oboe, clarinet in A, bassoon, 4 horns, trumpet, timpani, bell, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, harp, strings |
Incidental music for Emile Verhaeren's "Philip II."
Mentioned in an article on Goossens in the July 1, 1919 Musical Times ("...an overture and incidental music for a performance of Verhaeren's 'Philip II' at the Court Theatre.") ("The music has since been remodeled as a suite, and will be heard again.") This prelude may be to the suite from the unsuccessful incidental music, not to the original- hard to say. The date 1917 in the bottom right corner of the last page suggests that it was in fact composed in that year?