Work Title
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Antigone
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Alternative. Title
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Muzik zu Antigone des Sophokles
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Composer
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Mendelssohn, Felix
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.55 ; MWV M 12
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IFM 9
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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8 sections:
- Overture (C minor, 101 bars)
- 1. "Strahl des Helios, schönstes Licht" (C major, 165 bars)
- 2. "Vieles Gewaltige lebt" (A major, 116 bars)
- 2a. "Dort naht vom Tor Ismene sich uns" (5 bars)
- 3. "Ihr Seligen, deren Geschick nie kostet' Unheil!" (F major, 189 bars)
- 4. "O Eros, Allsieger im Kampf" (G major, 182 bars)
- 5. "Noch toset des Sturmes Gewalt" (E minor, 165 bars)
- 6. Bacchus-Chor: "Vielnamiger! Wonn' und Stolz der Kadmos-Jungfrau" (D major, 207 bars)
- 7. "Hier kommt er ja selbst" (E♭ major, 186 bars)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1841
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First Performance.
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1841-10-28 in Potsdam, Schloßtheater (first production)
- narrator, voices, male chorus, orchestra, Felix Mendelssohn (conductor)
1842-03-05 in in Leipzig (first public production)
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First Publication.
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1841 - Leipzig: Kistner // London: J. J. Ewer & Co.
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Librettist
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Johann Jakob Christian Donner (1799–1875) and August Böckh (1785–1867)
- after Sophocles
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Language
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German
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Dedication
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Friedrich Wilhelm IV
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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55 minutes
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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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narrator, voices (tenor, bass), double male chorus, orchestra
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InstrDetail
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[more...] 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings
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External Links
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WIkipedia article All Music Guide
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