Sulamith (Damrosch, Leopold)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	10 numbers Prelude Duet for Soprano and Tenor (Tell me, O thou, who my soul loveth...) Tenor Solo with Male Chorus (Behold, thou art fair, my love) Mixed Chorus (Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away) Soprano Solo (I rose to unlock for my beloved) Orchestra Tenor Solo (How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse) Octet for Female Voices (Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women?) Duet for Soprano and Tenor (Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field) Final Chorus (Love is strong as death)
First Publication	1882 – New York: G. Schirmer
Genre Categories	Sacred cantatas; Cantatas; Religious works; For 2 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language

Sheet Music

Complete Score
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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	New York: G. Schirmer, No. 35, 1882. Plate 3084.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Work Title	Sulamith
Alternative. Title	The Song of Songs
Composer	Damrosch, Leopold
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	ILD 8
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	10 numbers Prelude Duet for Soprano and Tenor (Tell me, O thou, who my soul loveth...) Tenor Solo with Male Chorus (Behold, thou art fair, my love) Mixed Chorus (Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away) Soprano Solo (I rose to unlock for my beloved) Orchestra Tenor Solo (How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse) Octet for Female Voices (Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women?) Duet for Soprano and Tenor (Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field) Final Chorus (Love is strong as death)
First Performance.	1882-04-24 in New York, Steinway Hall: The Oratorio Society of New York, Leopold Damrosch (conductor)
First Publication.	1882 – New York: G. Schirmer
Librettist	The Bible
Language	English
Dedication	The Oratorio Society of New York
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Tenor, soprano + mixed chorus (SATB, TTBB, and SSAASSAA in various numbers), orchestra

The holograph full score is in the collection of the Juilliard School. A unfavorable review can be found in the May 6, 1882 issue of The Critic.