Agamemnon ("music drama in one act")
~ Opera
Annotation
Music Drama in one act
Full score dated April 1957
Clytemnestra (soprano)
Cassandra (mezzo)
Agamemnon (ten)
Watchman (ten)
Herald (bass)
Old man (bass)
Citizens of Argos (SATB chorus)
4 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (1 also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 timpani, bass drum, 3 side drums, tam-tam, tambourine, triangle, xylophone, glockenspiel, harp, strings (The 1973 Richard Armstrong performance also includes clash cymbals and suspended cymbal although these are not identified in Brian's own score)
Text: Aeschylus; abridged and adapted by the composer from Blackie’s Everyman English translation.
Unpublished
Relationships
composer: | Havergal Brian (composer) (from 1957-02 until 1957-04) |
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librettist: | Αισχύλοςx (Greek ancient tragedian Aeschylus) |
translator: | John Stuart Blackie (Scottish scholar, man of letters.) |
part of: | Works of Havergal Brian (By IMSLP catalog number) (number: 201) (order: 141) |
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