Two overtures : The masque of Pandora (1878) and Jason, or The Argonauts and the Sirens (1879) / Alice Mary Smith ; edited by Ian Graham-Jones.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Smith, Alice Mary, 1839-1884, composer.

Contributor:

Graham-Jones, Ian, editor.

Series:

Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ; 45.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ; 45

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Masque of Pandora. Overture

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Overtures--Scores.

Overtures.

Genre:

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xv, 153 pages, 3 pages of plates)) : portraits, facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

"The concert overture was the most popular genre in concerts in Victorian England, at least one such appearing in virtually every orchestral concert program. Alice Mary Smith (1839-84) was the most prolific woman composer of her time, producing the greatest number of large-scale orchestral and choral works, as well as chamber compositions, of any of her gender, and at a time when women were only considered capable of writing drawing-room songs and piano miniatures. Of Smith's six overtures, The Masque of Pandora (1878) and Jason, or The Argonauts and the Sirens (1879) are the most mature. Both were acclaimed in her day, receiving three and two performances, respectively, under such distinguished conductors as Wilhelm Ganz, August Manns, and Sir Julius Benedict. The introduction to the edition outlines Smith's contribution to the genre, discussing her earlier overtures. It contains press reports and letters about the works from such eminent musicians as Charles Grove and George Alexander Macfarren and also reproduces the program notes from the aforementioned performances." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Overture, The masque of Pandora (1878)

Overture, Jason, or, The Argonauts and the sirens (1879).

Notes:

For orchestra; the 1st work the overture to a choral setting of the poem of the same title by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Includes introduction (pages vii-xv) and critical report (pages 149-153).

Includes bibliographical references (pages xiv-xv).

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed May 16, 2019).

Contains:

Container of: Smith, Alice Mary, 1839-1884. Jason.

Musical setting of: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Masque of Pandora.

Argonauts and the sirens.

OCLC:

1103569225

Publisher Number:

N045 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)