Variations on an African Air, Op.63 (Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
Composition Year	1905 October
Genre Categories	Variations; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1906.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 4866
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Publisher. Info.	London: Novello, 1906. Plate 12360.
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Work Title	Variations on an African Air
Alternative. Title	Variations on an African Air for Orchestra
Composer	Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.63
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	ISC 63
Key	E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1905 October
First Performance.	14 June 1906, by the London Philharmonic Society conducted by the composer
First Publication.	1906
Average DurationAvg. Duration	20 Minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	orchestra
InstrDetail	piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba timpani, triangle, snare drum, cymbals, bass drum, harp, strings
External Links	Analytical and Programme Notes (Philharmonic Society, 1906)

Recorded on Argo in 1993.

See

here (Google books) for a modern edition of the full score edited by John Snyder (only preview available on Google, including some notes.) According to its notes, this is based on the African-American songs, "I'm troubled in mind." According to the Philharmonic Society notes, it was written in October 1905.

Instrument list taken from Snyder's edition.