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BTC892 THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER [MISSING]

Radio score
Composition date: pre 6 Apr 1941
Genre: Incidental music
Text: (of the vocal numbers) W.H. Auden (1907-1973) and James Stern (1904-1993)
Performing forces: Male vv - fl, cl - perc (susp cymb) - harp

Scoring deduced from a soundtrack of the original broadcast.

Notes

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.

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