Bucolic Comedies

five songs for voice and six instruments

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General Information:

Composition:
1923–4, based on music from Façade. Later reworked into Three Songs.

First Performance:
Unknown. Probably never performed.

Text:
Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

Movements:
Among the texts included were 'Daphne', 'Through Gilded Trellises', 'Old Sir Faulk', and 'Noche Espagnole'.

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C15

Performing Forces:

Walton's intended instrumentation is unknown, though it seems likely that it was the same as Façade:

Solo voice

Flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet in B-flat (doubling bass clarinet in B-flat), alto saxophone in E-flat – trumpet in C – percussion (suspended cymbal, side drum, triangle, Chinese blocks, castanets, tambourine) – 1 or 2 cellos

Manuscript:

There is no known surviving manuscript of this work.

Publication:

This work has never been published.

Recordings:

This work has never been recorded.

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Solo Vocal Music