Sheet Music: Score
Sappho : opera in three acts / by Peggy Glanville-Hicks ; libretto by Lawrence Durrell.
by Lawrence Durrell and Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1965)
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- Instrumentation: 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, lyric tenor, dramatic tenor, baritone, bass baritone, bass, SATB chorus, 2 flutes (1st doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (2nd doubling contra-bassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (2 players), harp, strings.
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Audio Sample
Performance by Richard Mills, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Deborah Riedel from the CD Etruscan concerto
Product details
Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from G.Schirmer Australia) — 1 score (489p. -- A3 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional
Duration: 2 hours, 15 mins
In 3 acts.
Libretto by Lawrence Durrell (with the addition of original text by Sappho). Libretto taken from the Play in Verse by Lawrence Durrell.
This is a handwritten edition — it is not typeset.
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