Caroline Mathilde (Full Score)
Sheet Music

Item Number: 20496581
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Instruments
Voice Solo
High Voice
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Orchestra
Genres
20th Century
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Score
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School and Community
High Voice and Orchestra

SKU: HS.14019741

Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Score Only. Composed 1999. 506 pages. Chester Music #MUSCH60893. Published by Chester Music (HS.14019741).

ISBN 9780711935921.

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 sent toDenmark 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's influentialphysician, 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.