Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Tempo di Marcia funebre (106 bars) |
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Composition Year | 1858-59 |
Genre Categories | Songs; Funeral music; For mixed chorus, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani; |
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Work Title | Begräbnisgesang |
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Alternative. Title | "Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben" (Funeral Hymn) |
Name Translations | Begräbnisgesang op. 13 |
Authorities | WorldCat; VIAF: 177413575; LCCN: n83160773; GND: 300024843; BNF: 13908898t; NLA: 36012997 |
Composer | Brahms, Johannes |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.13 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJB 8 |
Key | C minor |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Tempo di Marcia funebre (106 bars) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1858-59 |
First Performance. | 1859-12-02 in Hamburg, Wörmerscher Saal
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First Publication. | 1860 or 1861 - Winterthur: J. Rieter-Biedermann, Plate 167 |
Librettist | Michael Weisse (1488–1534) |
Language | German |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 7 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | mixed chorus (SATBB), wind ensemble
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External Links | All Music Guide The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive KDH Listening Guide |
Extra Information | Brahms prepared the piano reduction at about the same time as the score. The orchestration was completed by March 1859 (letter to Clara Schumann). |