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Recent Researches in American Music
Two Overtures: Rip Van Winkle (1879) and Adonais (1899)
| A 55 | ISBN 0-89579-571-X (10-digit) | (October 2005) | xv + 222 pp. | $195.00 |
| ISBN 978-0-89579-571-7 (13-digit) | ||||
| Performance parts available for rental: please contact us. | ||||
This edition presents two previously unpublished compositions by the Boston composer George Whitefield Chadwick (1854–1931). Since its 1879 premiere, the Rip Van Winkle Overture, in both the original version published here for the first time and its revision from the 1920s, has generated universal admiration. Adonais (1899), composed twenty years later, is largely unknown, although Chadwick himself counted it among his finest compositions. Both overtures effectively demonstrate Chadwick's command of traditional forms, his brilliant melodic imagination, and a superb gift for orchestration. The accompanying essay examines the history of both overtures, featuring a detailed formal and stylistic analysis that takes into account Chadwick's own thoughts on them and their reception histories.
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Contents:
Introduction
Rip Van Winkle Overture (1879)
Adonais, Elegiac Overture (1899)
Notes
Rip Van Winkle Overture
Adonais, Elegiac Overture
Critical Report
Sources
Editorial Methods
Critical Notes
Notes