Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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Composition Year | 1871 |
Genre Categories | Adagios; For cello, orchestra; Scores featuring the cello; |
Work Title | Adagio |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Bargiel, Woldemar |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.38 |
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IWB 1 |
Key | G major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1871 |
First Performance. | 1871-01-12 — Rotterdam, Oscar Eberle (soloist?) |
First Publication. | 1872 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 8 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Solo: cello Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (A), 2 bassoons, 2 horns (E), strings |
Exists in versions for violin, viola or cello solo and with piano or orchestral accompaniment. The version for piano solo was published a month earlier (December 1871) than the orchestral version, but the orchestral version existed by January 1871. (Cáceres, p.124, Das echte und innerliche in der Kunst: Der Komponist, Dirigent und Padagoge Woldemar Bargiel(1828-1897): Ein Beitrag zur Musikgeschichte des Unbekannten 19. Jahrhunderts.)