The Curlew (Warlock, Peter)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 continuous sections linked by interludes
Composition Year 1920-22
Genre Categories Songs; For voice, flute, English horn, 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the flute; Scores featuring the English horn; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For voices with solo instruments; English language

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#474566 - 2.67MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 856×⇩ - Brnd

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Publisher. Info. London: Stainer & Bell, 1924.
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 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. London: Stainer & Bell, 1924.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A7907.
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Parts

 Flute
#735373 - 0.20MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17×⇩ - Geniusboy98

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⇒ 5 more: English Horn • Violin I • Violin II • Viola • Cello

 English Horn
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 Violin I
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 Violin II
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 Viola
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 Cello
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General Information

Work Title The Curlew
Alternative. Title
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 181847322; LCCN: n80136779; GND: 300503121; BNF: 140031926
Composer Warlock, Peter
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IPW 13
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 continuous sections linked by interludes
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1920-22
First Publication. 1924
Librettist William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
Language English
Dedication Cecil Gray (1895–1951)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation tenor, flute, English horn, string quartet

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This work sets four Yeats poems, linked by instrumental interludes:

  • "He Reproves the Curlew" ("O Curlew, cry no more in the air"): rehearsal E
  • "The lover mourns for the loss of love" ("Pale brows, still hands and dim hair"): rehearsal J
  • "The Withering of the Boughs" ("I cried when the moon was murmuring to the birds"): rehearsal N
  • "He Hears the Cry of the Sedge" ("I wander by the edge of this desolate lake"): page 23, after rehearsal Z
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