| Work Title
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The Woodland Stream
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Elgar, Edward
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IEE 168
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| Key
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E-flat major
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| Text Incipit
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How oft along the woodland way, fair streamlet of the hills
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1932
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| First Performance.
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1933/05/18 Worcester Schools Music Festival
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| First Publication.
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1932
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| Librettist
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Charles Mackay (1812–1889)
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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Stephen S. Moore
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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2 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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| Instrumentation
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unison or 2 voices, piano,
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| Extra Information
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Unison or two-part song for children with piano accompaniment. Composed at the same time as The Rapid Stream and When Swallows Fly. The dedicatee, Stephen Moore, was a young Worcestershire school teacher.
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