Composition: 3 Songs, Op. 59 (Elgar, Edward)

Title 3 Songs
Alternative title Song Cycle for Voice & Piano (or Orchestra)
Creators Edward Elgar (composer) and Gilbert Parker (librettist)
Opus Op.59
Instrumentation voice and piano
Number of movements 6
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Composed 1909
First published 1910
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Composition types Songs
Language English
Period Romantic
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Title
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Metronome Key Measures
never composed
never composed
Oh, Soft was the Song
never composed
Was it some Golden Star?
Twilight

Arrangements

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view Was it some Golden Star? (No.5) voice and orchestra John Morrison
view Twilight (No.6) voice and orchestra John Morrison

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Oh, Soft was the Song (No.3) Novello 1910 Complete Score ( D major ) · view
Complete Score ( E major ) · view
view Was it some Golden Star? (No.5) Novello 1910 Complete Score ( C sharp minor ) · view
view Twilight (No.6) Novello 1910 Complete Score ( B minor ) · view
view Was it some Golden Star? (No.5) Arrangement for voice and orchestra
by John Morrison
John Morrison 2020 Complete Score · view
Complete Parts · view
view Twilight (No.6) Arrangement for voice and orchestra
by John Morrison
John Morrison 2022 Complete Score · view
Complete Parts · view

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DetailsTypeSectionArranged forFiles
view Synthesized Synthesized Was it some Golden Star? (No.5) For Voice and Orchestra (Morrison) Synthesized Performance · file
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