Orchestral song cycles : Songs of the Sea, op. 91 and Songs of the Fleet, op. 117 / Charles Villiers Stanford, edited by James Brooks Kuykendall and Edison J. Kang.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924, composer.

Newbolt, Henry John, Sir, 1862-1938, author.

Contributor:

Kuykendall, James Brooks, 1975- editor.

Kang, Edison J., editor.

Series:

Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ; 73.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ; 73

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Vocal music. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newbolt, Henry John, Sir, 1862-1938--Musical settings.

Newbolt, Henry John.

Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra--Scores.

Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.

Song cycles.

Choruses, Secular (Men's voices) with orchestra--Scores.

Choruses, Secular (Men's voices) with orchestra.

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra--Scores.

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.

Sailing--19th century--Songs and music.

Sailing.

Genre:

Song cycles.

Musical settigs.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xiii, 238 pages, 3 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2019.

Language Note:

English words, also printed separately as texts, on pages xii-xiii.

Staff notation.

Summary:

"Charles Villiers Stanford wrote two cycles of songs for baritone with orchestra and chorus, setting nautical verses by the popular poet Henry Newbolt. From its premiere at the Leeds Musical Festival in October 1904, Songs of the Sea was a great success; Songs of the Fleet followed in 1910 and was transparently modeled on it (even quoting from the earlier work). Both works became very popular among amateur choral societies. Songs of the Sea was published in full score a year after its composition; it now appears in a critical edition for the first time in the present volume, which also includes the first publication of the orchestral version of Songs of the Fleet. Both works demonstrate Stanford's mastery of orchestral technique and sureness of touch. Newbolt's texts alternate between heroic and sentimental moods; Stanford responded with music that is dramatic and atmospheric--indeed, with some of the most remarkable textures of his whole oeuvre." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Songs of the sea : op. 91. Drake's drum ; Outward bound ; Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain ; Homeward bound ; The Old Superb

Songs of the fleet : op. 117. Sailing at dawn ; The song of the sou' wester ; The middle watch ; The little admiral ; Fare well

Appendix 1. 1904 orchestration of alternate ending to "The Old Superb" (mm. 116B-127B) ; Appendix 2. Original ending to "Sailing at dawn" (mm. 66a-77a) ; Appendix 3. Original ending to "Fare well" (mm. 57a-75a) ; Appendix 4. Extracts from Henry Newbolt's diary ; Appendix 5. "The song of the guns at sea" ; Appendix 6. "The King's Highway: a song of the sea."

Notes:

The first work for baritone solo, male chorus ad libitum (TB), and orchestra; the second for baritone solo, mixed chorus (SATB), and orchestra.

Words by Henry Newbolt.

Edited from the holograph full and vocal scores (Royal College of Music, London: MS 4148, MS 4149 (1st work); MS 4158, MS 4158a (2nd work)) and other sources.

Includes introduction and critical report.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed February 12, 2019).

Contains:

Container of: Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924. Songs of the sea.

Container of: Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924. Songs of the fleet.

OCLC:

1090870196

Publisher Number:

N073 A-R Editions, Inc.