El Capitan (Sousa, John Philip)

For the later march based on themes from this operetta, see El Capitan (march).

		Movements/Sections 3 acts Composition Year 1895 Genre Categories Operettas; Stage Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; For military band (arr); For orchestra without strings; Scores featuring military band; For piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano

Performances

• Arrangements and Transcriptions (1)

Arrangements and Transcriptions

Waltzes

For Band (Sousa)

 Complete Performance
*#76754 - 5.41MB - 5:49 -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - - !N/!N/!N - 984x⇩

MP3 file (audio)
Carolus (2010/8/27)

Performers:

USAF Heritage of America Band
Maj. Lowell E. Graham (conductor)

Publisher Info.:

Sousa
Langley, VA: USAF Heritage of America Band, 1995.

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]

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Remastered version of Album (Klavier, 2002)

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Sheet Music

• Vocal Scores (2)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (5)

Vocal Scores

 Complete Score (color)
*#280880 - 20.20MB, 212 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 13x⇩

PDF scanned by BYU
Carolus (2013/5/13)

 Complete Score
*#27137 - 12.73MB, 197 pp. -  5.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 1430x⇩

PDF scanned by Google
Carolus (2009/1/24)

Editor:

First edition (later issue)

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: John Church, 1896.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Plate number omitted.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

See also El Capitan (march).

Selections

For Military Band (Sousa)

 Complete Parts
*#274775 - 6.62MB, 78 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 98x⇩

PDF scanned by Libr. of Congress
Cypressdome (2013/3/25)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: The John Church Co., 1896. Plate 11985-38.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original images: 300dpi, color tif files approx. 2200 by 3360 pixels.
Editing: converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. Source of files: Library of Congress. Sorry, no clean up.

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For Piano solo (Sousa)

 Complete Score
*#274520 - 1.11MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 64x⇩

PDF scanned by Libr. of Congress
Cypressdome (2013/3/23)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: The John Church Co., 1896. Plate 11905-13-L.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original images: 300dpi, color tif files approx. 2890 by 3700 pixels.
Editing: converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. Source of files: Library of Congress

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Lancers

For Piano solo (Wiegand)

 Complete Score
*#274521 - 0.60MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 33x⇩

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Cypressdome (2013/3/23)

Arranger:

George Wiegand (1834–1901)

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: The John Church Co., 1896. Plate 11927-5-L

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original images: 300dpi, color tif files approx. 2900 by 3720 pixels.
Editing: converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. Source of files: Library of Congress

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Waltzes

For Military Band (Sousa)

 Complete Parts
*#274655 - 3.75MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 56x⇩

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Cypressdome (2013/3/24)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: The John Church Co., 1896. Plate 11932-29.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original images: 300dpi, color tif files approx. 2260 by 3430 pixels.
Editing: converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. Source of files: Library of Congress. Sorry, no clean up.

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For Piano solo (Sousa)

 Complete Score
*#274524 - 0.88MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 49x⇩

PDF scanned by Libr. of Congress
Cypressdome (2013/3/23)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: The John Church Co., 1896. Plate 11926-8-G.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original images: 300dpi, color tif files approx. 2900 by 3740 pixels.
Editing: converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. Source of files: Library of Congress

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General Information

Work Title	El Capitan
Alternative Title	Operetta in Three Acts

Composer	Sousa, John Philip
Movements/Sections	3 acts Prelude Act I 1. Chorus: "Nobles of Castilian birth" Recitative and Solos: "Oh, beautiful land of Spain" Recitative Solo and Chorus: "From Peru's majestic mountains" 2. Chorus: "Don Medigun, all for thy coming wait" Solo and Chorus: "If you examine human kind" 3. Melodrama Solo and Chorus: "When we hear the call for battle" 4. Solo and Chorus: "Oh, spare a daughter" 5. Chorus: "Lo, the awful man approaches" Solo and Chorus: "You see in me" 6. Finale Act I – "Bah! Bahl" Act II 7. Introduction Solo and Chorus: "Ditty of the Drill!" 7b. Solo and Chorus: "Behold El Capitan" 8. Duet: "I've a most decided notion." 9. Double Chorus and Solo: "Bowed with tribulation" 10. Recitative Solo and Chorus: "Oh, Warrior Grim" 11. Sextette: "Don Medigun, here's your wife" 12. Finale Act II – "He can not, must not, shall not." Act III 13. Introduction, Duet and Refrain: "Sweetheart, I'm waiting" 14. Song: "When some serious affliction" 15. Ditty: "The typical tune of Zanzibar" 16. Chorus and Entrance of Spanish troops 17. Finale. "We beg your kind consideration"
Year/Date of Composition	1895
First Performance	1896-04-13 in Boston: Tremont Theatre.
First Publication	1896 - Cincinnati: John Church
Librettist	Charles Klein (1867-1915)
Language	English
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices, Chorus / Orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article