The Music Makers, Op. 69 (Edward Elgar)

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Editor: Michael Gibson (added 2006-10-30).   Score information: A4, 74 pages, 3 Mbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: This work is in a single continuous movement. For convenience of file handling, it has been split into 4 sections. The 6 midi files have been zipped together. Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.

General Information

Title: The Music Makers, Op. 69
Composer: Edward Elgar

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Soloist: Contralto (although it seems to be in more of a Mezzo-Soprano range)
Genre: Secular, Cantata

Language: English
Instruments: Orchestra
Published: 1912

Description: This 'ode' sets a poem by Alfred O'Shaughnessy for Contralto solo, chorus and orchestra. The work contains many quotations from Elgar's earlier works, particularly Enigma, Gerontious, Sea Pictures, both Symphonies and the Violin Concerto. It was first performed at the Birmingham Festival on 1 Oct 1912.

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Original text and translations

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