Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 song |
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Composition Year | 1891 |
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Work Title | Moltke † |
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Alternative. Title | Moltke † Gedict von Aug. Brandt für Männenchor mit Begleitung von Blasinstrumente |
Composer | Grimm, Julius Otto |
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | None [force assignment] |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 song |
Text Incipit | Germania! Steig' herab von deiner Wacht |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1891 |
Librettist | Aug. Brandt |
Language | German |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Voices: male chorus (TTBB) Wind Orchestra: flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani |
Extra Information | Written to commemorate the death of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, the great Prussian general († April 24, 1891) |
No evidence found that this work was published during the composer's lifetime.
As with Grimm's Opp.27 and 28 the wind instrument accompaniment is possibly meant to be ad lib.