865BTC891891BBM/BTCbunyanPaul BunyanOperetta in two acts and a prologueop. 17

This opus number was originally assigned to A.M.D.G. (Aug 1939), but was transferred to Paul Bunyan in 1976.

171Stage workNov 19391046April 194110471974-Jan/Feb 1975

See individual movements and 'Discarded numbers' for details of the revisions.

Cast and orchestra

Principals: Narrator bar or ten, Voice of Paul Bunyan spkr, Johnny Inkslinger ten, Tiny sop, Hot Biscuit Slim ten, Sam Sharkey ten, Ben Benny bass, Hel Helson bar, Fido, a dog sop, Moppet, a cat mez, Poppet, a cat mez, Andy Anderson ten, Pet Peterson ten, Jen Jenson bass, Cross Crosshaulson bass, John Shears bar, Western Union boy ten, Quartet of the defeated contr, ten, bar, bass, Four cronies of Hel Helson bar, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetle, Squirrel spkrs, Three wild geese sop, mez, mez (Prologue only: these roles may be doubled with those of Fido and the two cats)

Chorus of old trees (SATB), Four young trees (SSTT), Lumberjacks, Farmers and Frontier women

Orchestra: 2 fl (II=picc), ob, 2 cl in B flat (II=alto sax), bass cl, bn - 2 hn, 2 tpt in C, 2 trbn, tuba - timp (=perc), perc (trgl, cymb, susp cymb, sd, bd, wb, td, xyl, glock, tamb, gong, vibr, coconut shells) - harp, pf (=cel) - str

W.H. Auden114.0

Prologue & Act I: 66 mins;

Act II: 48 mins

This work was originally performed in 1941, then revised much later for a performance at Snape Maltings in 1976. Prior to that, a concert performance of some extracts was given in June 1974.

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Prologue

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1. Introduction

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2. Prologue

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2a. First ballad interlude

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Act I, scene 1 (A clearing in the forest)

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3. Bunyan's greeting

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3a. Call of lumberjacks

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4. Lumberjacks' chorus

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4a. Bunyan's welcome

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5. Quartet of Swedes

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6. Western Union boys' song

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7. Cooks' duet

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8. Animal trio

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8a. Bunyan's goodnight (i)

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8b. Exit of lumberjacks

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9. The blues: quartet of the defeated

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10. Bunyan's goodnight (ii)

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10a. Second ballad interlude

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Act I, scene 2 (The camp)

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11. Food chorus

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12. Chorus accusation

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12a. Slim's song

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13. Bunyan's return

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14. Inkslinger's song

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14a. Entrance of chorus

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15. Tiny's entrance

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15a. Tiny's song

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16. Inkslinger's regret

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17. Bunyan's goodnight (iii)

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Act II, scene 1 (A clearing in the forest)

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18. Bunyan's good morning

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18a. Shears' song

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18b. Bunyan's warning

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19. Farmer's song

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19a. Farmer's exit

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20. The mocking of Hel Helson

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21. Fido's sympathy

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22. Cats' creed

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23. The fight/love duet/mock funeral march/hymn

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24. Third ballad interlude

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Act II, scene 2 (The Christmas party)

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25. The Christmas party

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26. Bunyan's farewell

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27. Litany

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Overture

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Not used for either original or revised versions but had been intended to be played immediately before the prologue. It was composed originally for piano duet, and was orchestrated by Colin Matthews in 1977

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The love song (Inkslinger)

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Originally numbered '15', and placed between Entrance of chorus and Tiny's entrance in Act I, scene 2.

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Lullaby of dream shadows

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Originally numbered '17' and placed between New exit for farmers [later 'Farmer's exit'] and 'Mocking of Hel Helson'.

0865/10104619301939110000000708065104719401941400000007085856586501000Staged performance5 May 19411349Columbia University, Brander Matthews Hall, New York

Mordecai Bauman Narrator, Milton Warchoff Voice of Paul Bunyan, William Hess Johnny Inkslinger, Helen Marshall Tiny, Charles Cammock Hot Biscuit Slim, Clifford Jackson Sam Sharkey, Eugene Bonham Ben Benny, Bliss Woodward Hel Helson, Ben Carpens Andy Anderson, Lewis Pierce Pete Peterson, Ernest Holcombe Jen Jenson, Walter Graf Cross Crosshaulson, Leonard Stocker John Shears, Henry Bauman Western Union boy, Pauline Kleinhesselink Fido, Harriet Greene Moppet, Augusta Dorn Poppet, Ben Carpens, Eugene Bonham, Adelaide van Wey, Ernest Holcome Quartet of the defeated, Chorus from New York Schola Cantorum, [Orchestra from Columbia University Department of Music]

Milton Smith prod, John W. Love design, Stuart Machlin lighting, Hugh Ross cond

0134919401941550000000708620863BTC890890BBM/BTCashgroveThe Ash Grove (Welsh tune) [FSA 1/6, British Isles]For high or medium voice and piano1Folk songpre 20 Feb 19411045

Date of the first known performance. It was previously believed to have been first performed on 14 Dec 1941.

Traditional3.0'To Beata Mayer'001941pre 20 Feb 1941866BTC892892BBM/BTCrockinghorse_missingThe Rocking-Horse Winner [missing]Radio score1Incidental musicmissingpre 6 Apr 19411048Male vv - fl, cl - perc (susp cymb) - harp(of the vocal numbers) W.H. Auden (1907-1973) and James Stern (1904-1993)

Incidental music written to accompany the short story of the same name by D.H Lawrence (1885-1930), adapted by Auden and Stern. The manuscript score is missing.

001941pre 6 Apr 19411177BTC891.28912BBM/paulbunyan_balladsBallads from Paul BunyanFor voice and piano or guitar1Solo vocalWith pianoca. spring 19741502W.H. Auden (1907-1973)10.0

These ballads are from the ballad 'interludes' in Paul Bunyan, originally performed by the Narrator.

001974ca. spring 1974