general information

composition date
1940
revisition date
1976
duration
114h
publisher
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas , 50680 1
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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