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Overture: "Le Jeune Sage et le Vieux Fou"

Composer:

  • Méhul, Etienne Nicolas, 1763-1817

Work Type:

  • Overture

Concerts by Work

Title Date Venue Professor
Reid Orchestral Concert Thursday, March 15, 1934 Usher Hall Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert Sunday, February 24, 1935 Usher Hall Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Professor Tovey's Sunday Concert Sunday, October 13, 1935 Usher Hall Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert Thursday, November 19, 1936 Usher Hall Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
Reid Orchestral Concert Thursday, February 26, 1948 Central Hall, Tollcross Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971
Edinburgh University Musical Society Concert Wednesday, December 6, 1950 Reid School of Music, Park Place (see also University Music Classroom) Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971
Displaying all 6 concerts where this work was performed.

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