| Composition Year | 1906 |
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| Genre Categories | Secular choruses; Choruses; For male chorus, orchestra; |
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| Work Title | Bardengesang, Op.55 |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Strauss, Richard |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.55 ; TrV 219 |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IRS 8 |
| Key | C minor |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1906 |
| Librettist | Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803) |
| Language | German |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | Voices: male chorus Orchestra: 4 flutes, 2 oboes, 4 clarinets (2 E♭, 2 B♭), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, timpani, 4 harps, strings |
Grove Music lists this as simply "male chorus", but in the score this is divided into at least 3 choruses, each of which divides into at least two tenors and two basses, so fairly large numbers would be needed.
