THE BALCONY SCENE
Act II, Scene 2
An Operatic Version. Arranged for Contralto,
Baritone and Orchestra, by HERBERT BEDFORD
Romeo, Roy HENDERSON
Juliet, ESTHER COLEMAN
Scene : Verona. Capulet's Orchard
HERBERT BEDFORD (born in 1867) is the rather uncommon instance.of a practitioner in one art turning largely to another. He was already well known as a miniature painter and had published a book on The Heroines of George Meredith ,' illustrated with some of his own miniatures, when (after the war) he began to devote himself to composition, which he had already practised to a small degree. He has written much orchestral music, and some for Military Band, besides a number of unaccompanied songs, on which subject he has published a book. One of his works gained a Carnegie Award in 1926.