Overture in C -- "In Memoriam"

File:
sulinmem.nwcSeptember 200938.21 kB00:11:36
Composer:Sullivan, Sir Arthur (1842-1900), English
Genre:Classical
Instruments:Full orchestra with organ
Submitter:Roberts, Joseph
Email:cdex3 (e-mail)
First performed at the Norwich Festival, 30 October 1866.
Sullivan had been commissioned to provide a work for the Norwich Festival.
He composed this overture during the first ten days of October 1866, in
memory of his father who had died suddenly on 23 September. The work was
conducted at the Festival by Julius Benedict.
This NoteWorthy file uses a non standard font. This can be obtained as follows:
Boxmarks - Scriptorium download at http://nwc-scriptorium.org/helpful/boxmarks.zip