Davies, Peter Maxwell - Caroline Mathilde (Full Score)
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Davies, Peter Maxwell - Caroline Mathilde (Full Score)

Catalogue No: CH60893
ArrangementHigh Voice and Orchestra
ComposerPeter Maxwell Davies
Edition TypeScore
Product FormatSheet Music
£45.99
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Pages506
Publication Date1999
ISBN9780711935921 (0711935920)

A ballet in two acts which premiered on the stage of the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, on 14th March 1991. Based on the true story of the sister of George III, Caroline Mathilde (1751-1775), who at the age of 15 was senttoDenmark to marry the 17-year-old eccentric and schizophrenic Danish King, Christian VII. The ballet portrays her unhappy marriage, the King's growing madness and her fatal love-affair with Struensee, the King'sinfluentialphysician, which leads to their arrest, his execution and her exile, at the age of 20, separated from her two young children.Written for full symphony orchestra and female chorus.
Duration c. 2hrs 25mins.

Contents

  1. Caroline Mathilde
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