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Five Songs from Huckleberry Finn (orch. Bennett)

Orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett (1952). Texts by Maxwell Anderson.

Work Details

Duration

ca. 20 minutes

First Performance

2 March 1952, New York, 92nd Street Y, Randolph Symonette, vocalist, Maurice Levine, cond.

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  • Catfish Song
  • Come in, Mornin'
  • This Time Next Year
  • Apple Jack
  • River Chanty (Reprise)

  • Cast

    • Singing Roles

      • Voice

  • Instrumentation

    • 2 Flutes
    • 2 Oboes
    • 2 Clarinets
    • Bass clarinet
    • 2 Bassoons
    • 4 French horns
    • 2 Trumpets
    • 3 Trombones
    • Tuba
    • Piano
    • Timpani, percussion
    • Strings

  • Five Songs from Huckleberry Finn (Symonette) 1950

    For voice and piano. Texts by Maxwell Anderson. Completed by Lys Symonette. Based on Maxwell Anderson's Raft on the River, an adaptation of the Mark Twain novel.

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