Old American Songs I

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general information

composition date: 1950
duration: 13 min
editor: Boosey & Hawkes

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Unspecified solo voice and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist: unspecified soloist voice

piano

information about the creation

date: June 17, 1950
: Royaume-Uni, Aldeburgh
interpreters: Peter Pears et Benjamin Britten.

observations

arrangement pour voir et orchestre, 1954, créé à Los Angeles, le 7 janvier 1955, par William Warfield et l'Orchestre philharmnoique de Los Angeles, direction : Alfred Wallenstein.

Part titles

The Boatmen's Dance, Dan Emmett, 1843 ;
The Dodger, c. 1884 ;
Long Time Ag, C.E. Horn et G.P. Morris, 1837 ;
Simple Gifts, attribué à Joseph Brackett, c. 1848 ;
I Bought Me a Cat, traditionnel.

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