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1 online resource (1 score (xv, 153 pages, 3 pages of plates)) : portraits, facsimiles. |
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notated music ntm rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ; 45 |
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Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573 |
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Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ; 45.
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Recent researches in music online. 2577-4573
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| Note |
For orchestra; the 1st work the overture to a choral setting of the poem of the same title by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. |
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Includes introduction (pages vii-xv) and critical report (pages 149-153). |
| 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. |
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Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed May 16, 2019). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xiv-xv). |
| Contents |
Overture, The masque of Pandora (1878) -- Overture, Jason, or, The Argonauts and the sirens (1879). |
| Subject |
Overtures -- Scores.
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Ouvertures (Orchestre) -- Partitions.
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Overtures -- Scores
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Scores
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Scores.
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Partitions (Musique)
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| Added Author |
Graham-Jones, Ian, editor.
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Container of (work): Smith, Alice Mary, 1839-1884.
Jason.
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Musical setting of (work): Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Masque of Pandora.
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| Added Title |
Argonauts and the sirens.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Alice Mary, 1839-1884. Masque of Pandora. Overture. Two overtures. Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2007. (OCoLC)182554628 9780895796158 |
| ISBN |
9781987202083 (online) |
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1987202082 |
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9780895796158 (print) |
| Standard No. |
10.31022/N045 doi |
| Music No. |
N045 A-R Editions, Inc. (score) |
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