Rip Van Winkle, Op.22 (Bristow, George Frederick)

		Movements/Sections 3 Acts Composition Year 1855, rev. 1878-81 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; 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

Sheet Music

• Vocal Score (10)

Vocal Score

1855 version

 Act I, Sc.1 (Rip's solo - The Gentry May Talk)
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 Act I, Sc.5 (Rip's solo - The Day is Done, The Setting Sun)
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 Act II (Alice and Edward's duet - Joys Never Ceasing)
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 Act III, Sc.4 (Rip's Ballad - Alone, All Alone in this Wide World of Sorrow)
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Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

New York: William Hall & Son, 1870. Plates 6554, 6556, 6557, 6558.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Act III, Sc.1
(Chorus of the Daughters of the Morning - Wake! Sleeper, Wake)
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Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

New York: William Hall & Son, 1872. Plate 6620.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Act II (Dame Van Winkle's solo - The Twilight Hour)
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 Vivandiere Song (Alice Van Winkle's solo)
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Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

New York: H. B. Dodworth, 1856.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

The text of the Vivandiere Song cannot be found in the published 1855 libretto but most likely occurs in act II.

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1881 version

 Cover Page
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 Act I, Introduction
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 Act I, Sc.1 (Opening chorus, Anna's solo, Second chorus)
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Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

New York: G. Schirmer, (1882)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

The 1880 copyright claim on the cover is derived from excepts, which were published by Schirmer that year. The complete vocal score did not appear until 1882.

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General Information

Work Title	Rip Van Winkle, Op.22
Alternative Title

Composer	Bristow, George Frederick
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.22
Movements/Sections	3 Acts
Year/Date of Composition	1855, rev. 1878-81
First Performance	Sept. 27, 1855, Niblo's Garden, New York City, New York
Librettist	J. Howard Wainwright (1855 version) J. W. Shannon (1881 version)
Language	English
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	soli, chorus, orchestra