Mezzo-Soprano, Chamber Group (Score)

SKU: HL.14008397

Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Composed 1999. 44 pages. Chester Music #CH55868. Published by Chester Music (HL.14008397).

Lyrics by Charles Dibdin.

When Haydn was not around, there was always Charles Dibdin (1740-1814) who regaled London with his songs at the same period. Davies's arrangement of four of them makes an amused but also affectionate picture of the man. The vocal lines are essentially unchanged, but the accompaniment is sometimes teased towards new metres and harmonies. Score. Duration c. 16 mins.

SKU: ST.MB100

Composed by Thomas Augustine Arne. Edited by Peter Lynan and Simon McVeigh. Library Volumes. Edited by Simon McVeigh & Peter Lynan. First published in 2016. Pages: 304. Format: Hardback. Dimensions (mm): 330 x 254 x 32. Full Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #MB100. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.MB100).

ISBN 9790220224881.

Although Arne's Judith of 1761 was commended by Charles Dibdin as an oratorio 'that does honour to the English genius', and was long recognised as an important adjunct of the Handelian form and perhaps the finest such work by a native composer before Elgar, the difficulty of establishing an authoritative performing version of the composer's only surviving work in the genre has undoubtedly contributed to its neglect. Here published in a complete, critical edition for the first time, it seems entirely fitting that this true cultural monument of 18th-century Britain should be celebrated with the hundredth volume of Musica Britannica.

Performing material to accompany this volume is now available (Ref. HL434).