general information

composition date
1946
duration
17 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'This work is affectionately dedicated to the children of John and Jean Maud : Humphrey, Pamea, Caroline and Virginia, for their edification and entertainment'
Libretto (details, author)

Texte optionnel d’Eric Crozier

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Double wind orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
narrator [optionnel]

3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, timpani, harp

information about the creation

date
October 15, 1946

Liverpool

interpreters

le Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, direction : Sir Malcom Sargent.

observations

Version précédente : Instruments of the Orchestra, film , 1946, Crown Film Unit.


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