Difference between revisions of "The Flower Queen, or The Coronation of the Rose"
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| − | ''[[The Flower Queen, or The Coronation of the Rose]]'' is a cantata in two parts with a libretto by Frances Jane Crosby (1820-1915)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Crosby] and a score by George Frederick Root (1820-1895). | + | ''[[The Flower Queen, or The Coronation of the Rose]]'' is a cantata in two parts with a libretto by Frances Jane Crosby (1820-1915)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Crosby] and a score by George Frederick Root (1820-1895)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root]. |
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| + | Written as a work for teenage girls, it is usually described as a "popular operetta" demonstrative of nineteenth-century American romanticism. The Libretto tells of an old man who has become tired of the world and wishes to become a hermit, but as he is about to retreat to his hut, he is intrigued to hear a chorus singing "Who shall be queen of the flowers?". Thus, when called on to judge a contest of flowers, the rose he chooses for her beauty persuades him to return to the world and to his duty.[] | ||
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| + | The cantata was first performed by the young ladies of Jacob Abbott's Springer Institute on March 11, 1853, followed by a performance by Root's students at the Rutgers Female Institute. Performed an estimated 1,000 times throughout the United States in the first four years after its publication. | ||
F.C.L. Bosman (1980) wrongly has the composer as "George F. Boot". | F.C.L. Bosman (1980) wrongly has the composer as "George F. Boot". | ||
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| − | The musical score printed in London by Bayley and Ferguson in 1864. | + | The musical score also printed in London by Bayley and Ferguson in 1864. |
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Revision as of 06:39, 28 December 2019
The Flower Queen, or The Coronation of the Rose is a cantata in two parts with a libretto by Frances Jane Crosby (1820-1915)[1] and a score by George Frederick Root (1820-1895)[2].
Written as a work for teenage girls, it is usually described as a "popular operetta" demonstrative of nineteenth-century American romanticism. The Libretto tells of an old man who has become tired of the world and wishes to become a hermit, but as he is about to retreat to his hut, he is intrigued to hear a chorus singing "Who shall be queen of the flowers?". Thus, when called on to judge a contest of flowers, the rose he chooses for her beauty persuades him to return to the world and to his duty.[]
The cantata was first performed by the young ladies of Jacob Abbott's Springer Institute on March 11, 1853, followed by a performance by Root's students at the Rutgers Female Institute. Performed an estimated 1,000 times throughout the United States in the first four years after its publication.
F.C.L. Bosman (1980) wrongly has the composer as "George F. Boot".
First 1852) The musical score also printed in London by Bayley and Ferguson in 1864.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/173055652
