Sleeping Beauty (Cowen, Frederic Hymen)

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Tenor Solo and Orchestral Interlude (No.2)

Publisher. Info. London: Novello, n.d.(ca.1885).
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Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.[1885].
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Work Title Sleeping Beauty
Alternative. Title A Cantata in a Prologue and Four Scenes
Composer Cowen, Frederic Hymen
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFC 36
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 10 numbers in 4 scenes
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1885 or before
First Performance. 1885-08-25 - Birmingham Festival [more...]
Mrs. Hutchinson (The Princess)
Zélia Trebelli (The Wicked Fay)
Edward Lloyd (The Prince)
Edward Lloyd (The King)
Frederic Hymen Cowen (conductor)
First Publication. 1885 – London: Novello, Ewer & Co.
Librettist Francis Hueffer (1845–1889)
Language English
Dedication My Mother (Emily Cowen née Davis)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voices, chorus and orchestra [more...]
Voices
The Princess (soprano)
The Wicked Fay (alto)
Edward Lloyd (tenor)
Edward Lloyd (baritone)
Mixed chorus (SATB)
Orchestra
2 flutes/piccolo, 2 oboes/English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, percussion, tamtam, harp, strings

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Composed for the Birmingham Festival (Aug., 1885).

Full orchestral score published by Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. [1886]. Autograph full score currently missing, presumed lost.