Research Catalog

Title

Galileo Galilei : an opera-oratorio in three acts / libretto by Joe Darion ; music by Ezra Laderman.

Author

Laderman, Ezra

Publication

• New York : Oxford University Press, Inc., [1979]
• ©1979

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Details

Additional Authors

• Darion, Joe, 1917-2001
• Ilott, Pamela

Description

1 vocal score (200 pages); 31 cm

Uniform Title

Galileo Galilei. Vocal score

Alternative Title

• Galileo Galilei.
• Trials of Galileo

Subjects

• Operas
• Drama
• Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 > Drama
• Vocal scores
• Oratorios > Vocal scores with piano
• Operas > Vocal scores with piano

Genre/Form

• Operas.
• Oratorios.
• Vocal scores.
• Drama.

Note

• For solo voices (1 lyric soprano, 3 mezzo-sopranos, 1 high tenor, 6 tenors, at least 5 baritones, 1 bass-baritone), other silent parts, chorus (SATB), and accompaniment reduced for piano; accompaniment originally for orchestra.
• Duration: approximately 2 hours.
• "Trials of Galileo" version (©1967)--was commissioned by Pamela Ilott, executive producer of Cultural Programming of the CBS Network and was first performed on that network in May 1967.
• "Galileo Galilei" version received its first stage performance by the Tri-Cities Opera in cooperation with the State University of New York at Binghamton on February 3, 1979.
• English words.

Call Number

M1503

OCLC

14760178

Author

Laderman, Ezra, composer.

Title

Galileo Galilei : an opera-oratorio in three acts / libretto by Joe Darion ; music by Ezra Laderman.

Publisher

New York : Oxford University Press, Inc., [1979]

Copyright Date

©1979

Edition

Vocal score.

Playing Time

020000

Type of Content

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

Staff notation.

Added Author

Darion, Joe, 1917-2001, librettist.

Ilott, Pamela, commissioning body.

Publisher No.

95.601 Oxford University Press, Inc.

Research Call Number

JNG 19-155

AMC M1503 L154 G2