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BTC1044.1 SYMPHONIC SUITE 'GLORIANA'

For orchestra and tenor solo (''ad lib.''), Op. 53a
Period of composition: 5 Sep - 14 Dec 1953
Genre: Orchestral

Or solo vocal

Symphony orchestra
Text: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (1565-1601)
Performing forces:

Orchestra: picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl in B flat, bass cl, 2 bn, dbn - 4 hn, 3 tpt in C, 3 trbn, tuba - timp, 4 perc (cymb, bd, sd, tamb, td, grgl, gong) - harp - str

Notes

The second and third movements may be performed separately.

Movements

  • 1 The tournament
  • 2 The lute song
  • 3 The courtly dances: March, Coranto, Pavane, Morris Dance, Galliard, Lavolta, [March]
  • 4 Gloriana moritura

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