The May Queen, Op.39 (Bennett, William Sterndale)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 11 (Overture, 10 Sections)
Composition Year 1858 ca.?
Genre Categories Pastorales; Secular choruses; Choruses; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language

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Performances

Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#582065 - 54.98MB, 94 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17×⇩ - Pianoman121

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Kistner, n.d.(ca.1861). Plate 2501.
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 Complete Score
#252868 - 9.07MB, 116 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 328×⇩ - Rob Peters

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#252867 - 1.44MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 83×⇩ - Rob Peters

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Publisher. Info. London: Novello & Co., n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 8115.
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General Information

Work Title The May Queen
Alternative. Title A Pastoral
Composer Bennett, William Sterndale
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.39
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IWB 11
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 11 (Overture, 10 Sections)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1858 ca.?
First Publication. 1861
Librettist Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808-1872)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation SATB soloists, chorus and Orchestra

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Orchestration of overture according to vocal score: flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, timpani, strings.

Monatsbericht (1861), p.73 (full score, published by Kistner (with translation by Sophie Klingmann; this version - or rather a contemporary ms copy?- is available online from Hathitrust. Given Op.39.) Usually described as a cantata.

Libretto has been digitized by BSB. - Schissel

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