Overture to Androcles and the lion / William Rice. 1951.
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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...
Rice, William, 1921-1987.
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Based on the hymn Vigiles et Sancti, from the KoĢlner Gesangbuch of 1623. Text in English by Athelstan Riley, written 1909. This work commissioned by the New Hampshire Music Festival on a grant from Meet the Composer, Inc. Composed 1978. First performance Plymouth, New Hampshire, 8 August 1978, New Hampshire Music Festival, Thomas Nee conductor, with the following soloists: Silve Thierry, soprano; Judy Abbott, alto; Richard Stewart, tenor; T. Holmes Moore, bass.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. ...
