Spanish Serenade, Op.23 (Elgar, Edward)

Composition Year 1891
Genre Categories Serenades; For mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring mixed chorus; [6 more...]Scores featuring the orchestra; For chorus with orchestra; English language; For female chorus (arr); Scores featuring female chorus (arr); For unaccompanied chorus (arr)

Sheet Music

Scores

Publisher. Info. London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1904. Plate 11995.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Orchestra and mixed chorus SATB
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Publisher. Info. London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1904. Plate 11995.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A6187.
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Parts

⇒ 9 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (A) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Timpani, Snare Drum/Triangle • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Publisher. Info. London: Novello & Company, Limited, 1904. Plate 11995.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A6187.
Copyright
Public Domain
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Vocal Scores

Publisher. Info. Novello's Part-Song Book (Second Series), No.644
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1892.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Footnote on vocal score "Full score and orchestral parts may be had of the Publishers."
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Female Chorus
Editor Unknown
Publisher. Info. Novello's Octavo Edition of Two-part Songs for Female Voices, No.161
London: Novello & Company, Ltd., 1912.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Accompaniments the same as original version for SATB.
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General Information

Work Title Spanish Serenade
Alternative. Title Stars of the Summer Night
Composer Elgar, Edward
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.23
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IEE 153
Key A minor
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1891
First Performance. 1893/4/7 Herefordshire Philharmonic Society
First Publication. 1892 – London: Novello
Librettist Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 4 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voices: mixed chorus (SATB)
Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, timpani, triangle, tambourine, strings
Extra Information The words from Longfellow's "Spanish Student". Orchestral accompaniment added June 1892.

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Often subtitled with the incipit "Stars of the summer night" to distinguish it from the composer's "Serenade" (Op.73, No.2).

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