- Title
- The Tender Land
- For
- opera in three acts
- Year Composed
- 1952–54
- Year Modified
- 1955 (revised)
- Scoring
- 2S,M,A,2T,2Bar,B,speaker; chorus 2(II=picc).1.corA.2(II=bcl).2-2.2.2.0-timp.perc(2):glsp/tgl/SD/wdbl/ xyl/susp.cym/ratchet/BD/slap stick/tabor/sandpaper-harp-pft(ad lib)- strings
- ARCO Number(s)
- 69
- Category
- Opera
- Duration
- 100'
- Premieres
- 1. World: New York, April 1st, 1954 (New York City Opera, cond. Thomas Schippers)
- 2. 3-Act Rev.: Tanglewood, MA, August 2nd, 1954 (cond. Frederic Waldman)
- 3. Final Rev.: Oberlin, Ohio, May 20th, 1955 (cond. Copland)
- Commission Info
- The League of Composers, with support from Rogers and Hammerstein
- Related Persons
- Erik Johns (librettist)
- Horace Everett (pseudonymn)
- Jerome Robbins (director)
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Publishing Status
- Published
- Versions
- The Tender Land (suite) (1958) (Suite)
- Arrangements
- The Tender Land (suite for thirteen instruments) (arr. Murry Sidlin) (Suite)
- The Tender Land (for thirteen instruments) (arr. Murry Sidlin)
- Extracted Works