Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
*29.03.1936

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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
All the King's Men | An Opera for young People

Work Details
Year of composition: 1968
Subtitle: An Opera for young People
Composer: Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
Librettist: Beverley Cross
Original Language: Englisch
Instrumentation: 1 1 2 1 - 2 2 1 0 - perc(5), pno.4ms, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; oboe; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 1st trumpet in Bb; 2nd trumpet in Bb; trombone; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; piano for 4 hands; 1st violin; 2nd violin; 3rd violin; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 40
Dedication: To the Coventry Schools' Music Association

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World Première
Location: Coventry / Great Britain
Date: 1969
Work Introduction

The libretto of Richard Rodney Bennett’s moving 45-minute children’s opera All the King’s Men was written by Beverley Cross, based on the popular nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. The rhyme tells of a cannon that was mounted on the top of a church tower in Gloucester in 1648, during the [...]

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