Instrumentation
Wood scored the fantasia for the following large orchestra:
- Woodwinds: piccolo, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets in B-Flat, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
- Brass: 6 horns in F, 4 trumpets in B-Flat, 4 trombones (3 tenor and 1 bass), euphonium, tuba
- Percussion: timpani, snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel, tambourine, triangle, wood blocks
- Keyboard: organ
- Strings: 2 harps, first and second violins, violas, violoncellos, double basses
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