Composition Year | 1908 (first version) |
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Genre Categories | Symphonic poems; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
Work Title | The Dance in Place Congo |
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Alternative. Title | Symphonic poem after George W. Cable |
Composer | Gilbert, Henry Franklin Belknap |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.15 |
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IHG 5 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1908 (first version) |
First Performance. | 1918 |
First Publication. | 1922 |
Dedication | Otto H. Kahn |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Orchestra (3 flutes [3rd doub. piccolo], 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in A, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in F, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion [bells, xylophone, triangle, tambourine, snare drum, cymbals, bass drum], harp, strings) |