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The Famous Tay Whale

Composer
Seiber Mátyás
Original / Hungarian title
The Famous Tay Whale
Foreign language / English title
The Famous Tay Whale
Subtitle
Melodrama for speaker and orchestra
Year of composition
1958
Type
Stage work
Instrumentation
speaker - orchestra
Duration
5 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
McGONAGALL, William
Language
English
Premiere information
1958, Hoffnung Music Festival, London; Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra, Edith Evans (speaker), Mátyás Seiber (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Warenr Classics No. 7633022, (1958) 1989 - "Hoffnung Music Festivals 1956, 1958 & 1961" - Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra, Edith Evans (speaker), Mátyás Seiber (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
A dramatic poem by William McGonagall