The Great Theatre of the World

Incidental music for the performance of the religious play of the same title by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.

Composition Dates

May-June 1927

Granada (Corpus Christi Festival), Plaza de los Aljibes de la Alhambra, 27th June 1927. Ángel Barrios, dir.; Antonio Gallego Burín, stage director.

• 1. Opening Toccata (Gaspar Sanz/Cecilio de Roda)

• 2. Toccata of the Dresden Amen

• 3. Praise the Lord (Cantiga/Pedrell Spanish Popular Musical Songbook)

• 4. Love the Other/Who in the Soul (Pedrell Spanish Popular Musical Songbook)

• 5. Do Good (Dresden Amen)

• 6. King of this Decaying Empire/Laborer of Your Labor/Happiness Has Number

• 7. Tantum ergo (T.L. de Victoria)

Characters:
Beauty, Discretion, The Law of Grace, The Author, The World, The King, The Farmer, The Poor Man, The Rich Man, The Child, and a Voice.

Approximately 9 minutes.

Mezzo-soprano, choir, oboe, 4 clarinets, bassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani and 2 guitars.

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