Work Title
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Abel
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Alternative. Title
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La mort d'Abel, tragédie lyrique (2-act revised version)
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Composer
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Kreutzer, Rodolphe
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IRK 1
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 acts
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1810, rev. 1823 (2 acts)
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First Performance.
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Paris, 23 March 1810
1823-March 17 (revised version, without "heavily criticized" 2nd act)
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First Publication.
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1824
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Librettist
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François-Benoît Hoffmann (1760-1828), based on the play Der Tod Abels (1758) by the Swiss poet Salomon Gessner (1730-1788) (with elements added from John Milton's Paradise Lost)
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Language
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French
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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Voices, chorus, Orchestra
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External Links
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Wikipedia article
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