Die Parole, WoO.29 (Raff, Joachim)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
Composition Year	1867-68
Genre Categories	Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language

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Overture and Act 1
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Act 2
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Act 3
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Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1867-68).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Original images: 300dpi, color jpg files approx. 3075 by 3800 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. RISM 464000532 Possibly autograph score, as claimed by RISM. (See act 1, p.167. Raff is known for having had extremely neat manuscripts; that page seems a slight exception - unlike the usual autograph where that page would of course be much neater than the average page...)
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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1867-68).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: 300dpi, color jpg files approx. 3075 by 3800 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. RISM 464000533 RISM claims autograph- this seems wholly possible, see above.
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Work Title	Die Parole
Alternative. Title	The Password
Composer	Raff, Joachim
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	WoO.29 ; Schäfer 132/8
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IJR 77
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1867-68
First Publication.	1873 – Wiesbaden: Schellenberg (libretto only)
Librettist	composer (libretto published under pseudonym Arnold Börner) after Countess von Saldem
Language	German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons, 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in F), 3 trombones, timpani, military drum (on stage), bell (Glocke on stage), harp, strings

With the exception of the overture the opera has not apparently been performed.