general information

composition date
1934
duration
18min
publisher
Boosey & Hawkes

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Orchestral music)

detailed formation

2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, percussionist, harp, piano, strings

information about the creation

date
December 21, 1934

URSS, Moscou. 

observations

D’après la musique de scène pour la pièce de Bernard Shaw, Alexandre Pouchkine et William Shakespeare.

Part titles

  • 1. Night in Egypt 
  • 2. Caesar, the Sphinx and Cleopatra 
  • 3. Alarum
  • 4. Dances 
  • 5. Antony 
  • 6. Eclipse of Cleopatra 
  • 7. Roma militaria 

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