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Two overtures : Rip Van Winkle (1879) and Adonis (1899) / George Whitefield Chadwick ; edited by Bill F. Faucett.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931, composer.
- Series:
- Recent researches in American music ; 55.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in American music ; 55
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Standardized Title:
- Rip Van Winkle
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Overtures--United States--19th century--Scores.
- Overtures.
- Genre:
- Overtures.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xv, 222 pages, 6 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2019.
- Summary:
- "This edition presents two previously unpublished compositions by the Boston composer George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931). Since its 1879 premiere, the Rip Van Winkle Overture, in both the original version published here for the first time and its revision from the 1920s, has generated universal admiration. Adonais, Elegiac Overture (1899), composed twenty years later, is largely unknown, although Chadwick himself counted it among his finest compositions. Both overtures effectively demonstrate Chadwick's command of traditional forms, his brilliant melodic imagination, and a superb gift for orchestration. The accompanying essay examines the history of both overtures, featuring a detailed formal and stylistic analysis that takes into account Chadwick's own thoughts on them and their reception histories." -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- For orchestra.
- Edited from the holograph full scores in the Library of Congress, and sets of parts in the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston.
- Includes introduction and critical report.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xiv-xv).
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed July 3, 2019).
- Contains:
- Container of: Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931. Adonais.
- OCLC:
- 1109954015
- Publisher Number:
- A055 A-R Editions, Inc.
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