Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6 scenes |
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Composition Year | 1900-1 |
Genre Categories | Lyric dramas; Theatrical Works; Operas; |
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Work Title | A Village Romeo and Juliet |
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Alternative. Title | Lyric Drama in Six Scenes after Gottfried Keller ; Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe |
Composer | Delius, Frederick |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFD 44 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6 scenes |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1900-1 |
First Performance. | 1907-02-21 – Berlin, Komische Oper: Fritz Cassirer (conductor) |
First Publication. | 1910 |
Librettist | Frederick Delius (1862–1934) and Jelka Rosen (1868–1935), after Gottfried Keller (writer, 1819-1890) |
Language | English |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 100 minutes ca. |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Voices, Chorus / Orchestra (3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 3 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, strings, on-stage instruments including 6 horns, 2 cornets, 2 trombones, percussion, organ, solo violin (Fiddler)) |
External Links | Wikipedia (Catalan) |
While the opera's Debussy-like qualities are sometimes remarked, Delius wrote that the first Debussy he ever heard was Pelléas in a spring 1902 performance, _after_ he'd finished composing this opera.