Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 large sections. 31 numbers (at least) |
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First Publication | 1820 – Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister |
Genre Categories | Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; |
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Work Title | Das Weltgericht |
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Alternative. Title | Oratorium in drei Teilen: The Last Judgment; Iudicium extremum |
Composer | Schneider, Friedrich |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.46 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFS 9 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 large sections. 31 numbers (at least) |
First Performance. | 1820 March 6, Gewandhaus (if not earlier) |
First Publication. | 1820 – Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister |
Librettist | Johann August Apel (1771–1816) |
Language | German (+ Latin translation) |
Dedication | Frederike Louise Wilhelmine Amalie, Herzögin von Anhalt-Dessau (1796-1850), born Princess of Prussia |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voices, chorus, orchestra |
Publication announced in an April 1820 issue of AMZ (subscription series, announcement "signed" (typeset) by the composer) - see Advertisement; a performance reviewed in the March 15 1820 AMZ, pp.173 et seq.
Full score published in 2011 by Pfefferkorn-Verlag. See WorldCat, and earlier by Henle in 1981 (see WorldCat) (288 pp. plus the libretto and critical commentary, in a facsimile of the original full score also published around the same time by Hofmeister.)
Composed on/after the dedicatee's marriage (so between 1818-1850.)
Performed/broadcast on 16 November 2016 by the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Gewandhaus Choir, and 6 soloists. (Given Op.46 there, and elsewhere in Worldcat.)
A 2001 performance circulates also, see WorldCat; and see WorldCat for a digitized libretto.