In a Chinese Temple Garden

Albert Ketèlbey

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Subtitle: Oriental Phantasy

General Info

Year: 1923
Duration: c. 6:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bosworth & Co.
Cost: Score and Parts – out of print.

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Instrumentation

Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
E-flat Flute & Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
Repiano Clarinet
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Drums

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Vocal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In a Chinese Temple Garden is a piece of light classical music for orchestra by Albert Ketèlbey who composed it in 1923. Subtitled an Oriental Phantasy, it illustrates a priestly incantation, two lovers, a wedding procession, a street brawl and the restoration of calm by the beating of the temple gong.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Pomona (Calif.) Concert Band (Jorge Garcia, conductor) – 28 July 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Bells Across the Meadows (arr. Godfrey) (1923
Chal Romano (1924)
In a Chinese Temple Garden (1923)
In a Monastery Garden (arr. J. Ord Hume) (1915/1920)
In a Monastery Garden (arr. Musser; ed. Rapp) (1915/2009)
In a Persian Market (1920)
In the Mystic Land of Egypt (1931)
Mayfair Cinderella, A
With Honour Crowned (1935)

Resources

In a Chinese Temple Garden, Wikipedia Accessed 15 August 2016
Ketelbey, A. (1923). In a Chinese Temple-Garden [score]. Bosworth & Co.: London