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BENJAMIN BRITTEN Paul Bunyan

 

     

 

Operetta in 2 acts, based on the story of the American folkhero Paul Bunyan
Op 17 (1940 rev 1974)
Duration 114 minutes

Instrumentation:  2(II=picc).1.2(II=asax).bcl.1 - 2221 - timp(=susp.cym)- perc(1): susp.cym/tgl/SD/TD/glsp/gong/BD+cym/cyms/wdbl/xyl/tamb/vib - pno(=cel) - harp - strings on stage vln.gtr.db

Singers:  Voice of Paul Bunyan(spoken),Johnny Inkslinger(T),HotBiscuit Slim(T),Sam Sharkey(T),Ben Benny(B),Hel Helson(Bar)

Text:  W.H.Auden

First performance:  First performance: 5.5.41, Brander Matthews Hall, New York. First performance (revised edition): 4.6.76, Aldeburgh Festival, The Maltings, Snape:English Music Theatre/Steuart Bedford

Availability:  Full score 50680 1, vocal score (eng) 50538 4, chorus part 50610 0, libretto 51938 5 on sale, parts for hire

 

 

 Composer
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN
 Genre
STAGE WORKS
 Composition Date
1940 rev 1974
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Paul Bunyan (libretto)
Paul Bunyan (score)
Paul Bunyan (vocal score)
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