Eight Songs for a Mad King
(1969)Music-theatre work for male voice and ensemble
Duration: 33'
Music Text
Text by Randolph Stow and George III (E,F,G)
Scoring
fl(=picc).cl-perc(1): railway whistle/SD/2susp.cym/foot cyms/2wdbl/
BD/chains/ratchet/tom-t/tam-t/tamb/rototoms/toy bird-calls/2tpl.bl/
wind chimes/crot/sleigh bells/glsp/steel bars/crow/didgeridoo-
pft(=hpd,dulcimer)-vln.vlc
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Opera
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World Premiere
22/04/1969
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Roy Hart, voice / Pierrot Players / Peter Maxwell Davies
Composer's Notes
