Composer: Charles Villiers StanfordLibrettist: Old TestamentYear of Composition: 1885Premiere Performance: Birmingham Festival, August 28, 1885Duration: Part I (By the Waters of Babylon) - 40 min. (approx.), Part II (On the Plain of Dura) - 56 min. (approx.)Voices: Six (6) soloists, SATB chorusInstrumentation: picc.2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - BD, SD, cyms, tgl, timp - hp - org - strings Autograph Manuscript: Royal College of Music Library MS 4162View Autograph ManuscriptVocal Score: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co. S.L.W. 2238 © 1885Date Added to EHMS: November 1, 2022

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2. Part II - Finale mp3Download/Play Audio
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