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Eight Songs for a Mad King (J.129)

by Peter Maxwell Davies


Orchestration
1010-0000-1perc-pf-str(1.0.0.1.0)-soloist(m.v)
Duration
26 minutes 45 seconds
Year Composed
1969

Movements & Players Table


Part Name
Movements
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The Sentry (King Prussia's Minuet)
The Country Walk (La Promenade)
The Lady-in-Waiting (Miss Musgrave's Fancy)
To be Sung on the Water (The Waterman)
The Phantom Queen (He's Ay A-Kissing Me)
The Counterfeit (Le Contrefaite)
Country Dance (Scotch Bonnett)
The Review (A Spanish March)
5' 30''3' 00''3' 00''2' 30''2' 30''2' 30''4' 15''3' 30''
Flute
C Flute and Piccolo
Clarinet
Clarinet in Bb
Percussion
Tambourine, Rototoms, 2 Wood Blocks (Small/Large), Didjeridu, 2 Temple Blocks, Crow, Very Large Bass Drum, Tom-Tom, Small Ratchet, Foot Cymbals, Glockenspiel, Wind Chimes, Crotales, Toy Bird-calls, Chains, Tam-Tam, Very Small Dulcimer Bells, Railway Whistle, 2 Suspended Cymbals, Side Drum, and Steel Bars (Small/Non-Resonant)
Piano
Piano and Harpsichord
Violin 1
Violin 1
Cello
Cello
Solo: Male Voice
Male Voice


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