general information

composition date
1940
revisition date
1976
duration
1h 54 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Opus
17
Libretto (details, author)

W. H. Auden

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
narrator [Paul Bunyan], 3 solo tenors [Johnny Inkslinger, HotBiscuit Slim, Sam Sharkey], solo baritone [Hel Helson], solo bass voice [Ben Benny]

2 flutes (also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets (also alto saxophone), bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, piano (also celesta), violin [sur scène], guitar [sur scène], 2 double basses [sur scène]

information about the creation

date
May 5, 1941

Brander Matthews Hall, New York


date
June 4, 1976

Aldeburgh Festival, The Maltings, Snape

interpreters

English Music Theatre, direction : Steuart Bedford.


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