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    GEORGE WHITEFIELD CHADWICK (1854-1931)


    ORCHESTRAL WORKS

    OVERTURES:

    Rip van Winkle (op. 2, 1879)
    Scores:
    Chadwick: Two Overtures. Recent Researches in American Music, vol 55. (Madison WI: A-R Editions 2005). Bill Faucett, ed. Score and parts.

    N.B. A-R Editions is willing to offer a discount on the purchase of scores/parts and to reduce the rental fees on orchestral parts for ensembles interested in using one of their publications for a FAMI-related project. For further information, contact James Zychowicz, permissions manager at A-R Editions (james.zychowicz@areditions.com).

    Recordings: 
    Detroit Symphony, Neeme Järvi, conductor (Duration: 10:23)

    Thalia Overture (1882)
    Scores:  none located
    Recordings: 
    Naxos, 2002. Nashville SO, Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor (Duration: 13:47)

    Melpomene (Opus 9, 1887)
    Scores: 
    Melpomene. (Boston: A. P. Schmidt 1891); 
    Fleisher Collection, 158. Score and parts
    IMSLP (Schmidt 1881)

    Recordings: 
    Detroit Symphony, Neeme Järvi, conductor (Duration: 12:03)
    Naxos, 2002. Nashville SO, Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor (Duration: 14:38)

    Adonais (Op. 14, 1899)
    Scores: 
    Chadwick: Two Overtures. Recent Researches in American Music, vol 55. (Madison WI: A-R Editions 2005). Bill Faucett, ed. Score and parts.

    N.B. A-R Editions is willing to offer a discount on the purchase of scores/parts and to reduce the rental fees on orchestral parts for ensembles interested in using one of their publications for a FAMI-related project. For further information, contact James Zychowicz, permissions manager at A-R Editions (james.zychowicz@areditions.com).

    Recordings: 
    BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart. With score. (Duration: 15:26)

    SYMPHONIES:

    Symphony No. 1 (C major) (1881)
    Scores: 
    IMSLP. MS complete score. 
    Recordings: loaded Jan 2024 (Duration: 45:50). With MS score, “Unidentified orchestra and conductor.”

    Symphony No. 2 (B-flat) (Opus 21, 1883-5)
    Scores: 
    Symphony No. 2, op 21 (München : Musikproduktion Höflich, 1916, 2014; NY: Da Capo Press 1972. Earlier American Music).  
    Fleisher Collection 5511

    Recordings: 
    Detroit Symphony, Neeme Järvi, conductor (Duration: 35:14)

    Symphony No.3, F, (1893–4)
    Scores: 
    Symphony No. 3 in F major (Boca Raton: Kalmus, 1994; Kalmus Orchestra Collection). Fleisher Collection 5262). Score and parts.
    IMSLP. Complete score.

    Recordings: 
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi (Duration: 35:19)

    OTHER ORCHESTRAL WORKS:

    Pastorale Prelude (1890)
    Scores: 
    Fleisher Collection, 6633. Score and parts (microfilm)

    Recordings: 
    BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor (Duration: 12:58)

    Serenade (string orchestra) F major (1890)
    Scores: 
    Philadelphia: Edwin A. Fleisher Collection 1990. Fleisher Collection, 2240S. score and parts

    Recordings:  
    The American Music Ensemble Vienna Hobart Earle, conductor (Duration: 26:42)

    Tabasco Overture.
    Scores: None Located
    Recordings: 
    Hradec Kralove Philharmonic, Paul Mauffray, conductor (Duration: 8:11)

    Symphonic Sketches, suite, A (1895–1904)
    Scores:  
    Symphonic Sketches: Suite for Orchestra (Boston: A.P. Schmidt, 1911; Melville, NY: Belwin Mills, 1980). Study score: Fleisher Collection, 123. score and parts (Kalmas Orchestra Library)
    IMSLP (New York: Schirmer 1907)

    Recordings: 

    Eastman Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, conductor. With score (Duration 31:33).
    Detroit Symphony, Neeme Järvi, conductor. Individual movements:
    Jubilee: 8:40
    Noël: 8:53
    Hobgoblin: 5:02
    Vagrom Ballade: 7:54)

    Intermezzo. String orchestra, arranged.
    Scores: 
    Fleisher Collection, 2280S. MS score and parts

    Recordings: 
    Gowanus Arts Ensemble, Reuben Blundell, conductor
    (Duration: 4:58)

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