| Composition Year | 1911 |
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| Genre Categories | Arabesques; For voice, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; |
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| Work Title | An Arabesque |
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| Alternative. Title | Eine Arabeske |
| Composer | Delius, Frederick |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IFD 1 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1911 |
| First Performance. | 1920-05-28
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| First Publication. | 1914 |
| Librettist | Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847-1885) |
| Language | English (?, or German as translated from Danish) |
| Dedication | Halfdan Jebe (1868–1937) |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | baritone, mixed chorus, orchestra (3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, english horn, bass oboe, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, sarrusophone, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, xylophone, triangle, tambourine, celesta, harp, strings |
Jacobsen's original text would have been Danish. One would assume that the text Delius set was his wife's translation into German.