Sir Harrison Birtwistle
*15.07.1934

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Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Bow Down | Improvised music theatre | for 5 actors and 4 musicians

Work Details
Year of composition: 1977
Subtitle: Improvised music theatre
Scored for: for 5 actors and 4 musicians
Composer: Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Text Source: "The Two Sisters"
Librettist: Tony Harrison
Original Language: Englisch
Instrumentation details: bamboo flutes and -pipes, oboes, penny-whistles and percussion
Duration (min): 50
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World Première
Location: London / Great Britain
Date: 05.07.1977
Conductor: Dominic Muldowney
Scenery: Walter Donohue
Work Introduction

Bow Down is based on the ballad The Two Sisters, which appears and re-appears in folklore all over northern Europe and in North America (where it turns up, in at least one manifestation, as a bluegrass number).

Each version has its own idiosyncratic details, depending on the local culture and [...]

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