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The Ballad of Magna Carta

Cantata for narrator and bass soloists, SATB chorus and orchestra. Text by Maxwell Anderson.

Work Details

Duration

15 minutes

First Performance

4 February 1940, New York, CBS Radio, Burgess Meredith, narrator, Mark Warnow Orchestra, Mark Warnow, cond.

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  • Instrumentation

    • Narrator
    • Bass soloists
    • SATB chorus
    • 2 Flutes (2 picc)
    • Oboe (Eng hn)
    • 2 Alto saxophones (cl, bass cl)
    • 2 Tenor saxophones (cl)
    • Bassoon
    • 3 Trumpets
    • 2 Trombones
    • Piano
    • Harp
    • Guitar
    • Timpani
    • Strings

Choral octavo
EA 585

The Ballad of Magna Carta. Pro Musica Köln, Kölner Rundfunk Orchester. Jan Latham-König, cond.

Capriccio (CD 60 012-1), 1990

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