Sleeping Beauty (Cowen, Frederic Hymen)

		Movements/Sections 10 numbers in 4 scenes First Publication 1885 – London: Novello, Ewer & Co. Genre Categories Secular cantatas; Cantatas; 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

• Full Scores (1)
• Vocal Scores (3)

Full Scores

No.2. Tenor Solo and Orchestral Interlude

 Complete Score
*#234799 - 3.04MB, 32 (iv, #1-24, iv) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 42x⇩

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Publisher Info.:

London: Novello and Company, Limited, n.d.(ca.1885).

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
*#174448 - 10.62MB, 135 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 79x⇩

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 Cover Page (color)
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 Novello catalog pages
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Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. [1885].

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Original images: 600dpi, black and white tif files approx. 3960 by 5970 pixels.
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General Information

Work Title	Sleeping Beauty
Alternative Title	A Cantata in a Prologue and Four Scenes

Composer	Cowen, Frederic Hymen
Movements/Sections	10 numbers in 4 scenes
First Performance	1885-08-25 — Birmingham Festival: Mrs. Hutchinson (The Princess), Zélia Trebelli (The Wicked Fay), Edward Lloyd (The Prince), F. King (The King), Frederic Hymen Cowen (conductor)
First Publication	1885 – London: Novello, Ewer & Co.
Librettist	Francis Hueffer (1845–1889)
Language	English
Dedication	My Mother (Emily Cowen née Davis)
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: 2 flutes/piccolo, 2 oboes/English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, tamtam, harp, strings

Misc. Comments

Composed for the Birmingham Festival (Aug., 1885).

Full orchestral score published by Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. [1886]. Autograph full score currently missing, presumed lost.