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Music for Ben Jonson's play "The alchemist" : a collage for chamber ensemble of 11 players, narrator, dancers, and singers
- Title
- Music for Ben Jonson's play "The alchemist" : a collage for chamber ensemble of 11 players, narrator, dancers, and singers / G. Rochberg.
- Author
- Rochberg, George.
- Publication
- 1968 Aug. 12.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 86-18 no. 57-58 | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
- Description
- 1 ms. score (ca. 200 p.); 38 cm. or smaller.
- Uniform Title
- Alchemist
- Alternative Title
- Alchemist
- Alchemist.
- Subjects
- Note
- Holograph (photocopy) with additions in pencil.
- Accompaniment for 2 instrumental ensembles; "ensemble A": flute (piccolo), clarinet, trumpet, violin, double bass, piano (harpsichord, celesta), and percussion; "ensemble B": flute, clarinet, trumpet, and percussion.
- "Comprising references to quotations from and side-glances at the music of the Renaissance, Elizabethan England and today ..."--T.p.
- Duration: 1:45.
- Accompanied by partial score ([56] leaves) on transparent paper, photocopy of another score ([32] p.) with note "These not used in final collage version as is, but as music--all included except #13. Aug. 12, 1968."
- Commissioned by Vivian Beaumont Theater; produced Oct. 13, 1968.
- On rental: Bryn Mawr, PA : T. Presser.
- Call Number
- JPB 86-18 no. 58
- OCLC
- NYPG87-C34
- Author
- Rochberg, George.
- Title
- Music for Ben Jonson's play "The alchemist" : a collage for chamber ensemble of 11 players, narrator, dancers, and singers / G. Rochberg.
- Imprint
- 1968 Aug. 12.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Alchemist.
- Added Title
- Alchemist.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 86-18 no. 58