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

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)

Sheet Music

Scores

 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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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano

 Complete Score
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Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, 1906. Plate 12360.
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General Information

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
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ISC 63
Key E minor
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1905 (October)
First Performance. 1906-06-14 in London
London Philharmonic Society - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (conductor)
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)

Navigation etc.

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.

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