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BTC954 THE RESCUE

Radio score
Period of composition: Sep - Nov 1943
Genre: Incidental music
Text: (of play and vocal numbers) Edward Sackville-West (1901-1965), based on Homer's ''Odyssey''
Performing forces:

Sop, mez, ten, bar - 2 fl (II=picc), 2 ob, 2 cl in B flat and A (II=bass cl), alto sax, 2 bn - 4 hn, 3 tpt (I in D, II, III in B flat), 3 trbn, tuba - timp (2 players), 2 perc (sd, bd, xyl, cymb, susp cymb, tamb, whip, 2 gongs, large block) - pf (=cel), harp - str

Duration: 147'

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