Hylas will kein Weib haben, G.139 (Gerson, Georg)

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1818).
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Misc. Notes From the collection Partiturer No. 5, Royal Library Copenhagen mu 7105.0963 C II, 6b
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Publisher. Info. Manuscript copy, ca. 1825.
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Misc. Notes From the collection Zwölf deutsche Lieder, Royal Library Copenhagen C II, 140 tv. 2o. 1957-58.764
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Editor Christian Mondrup (b. 1947)
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Work Title Hylas will kein Weib haben
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Composer Gerson, Georg
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. G.139
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGG 74
Key A major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1818-05-17
Librettist Georg Greflinger (ca.1620-1677)
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano

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Georg Gerson found the text in a collection of anonymous poems, Lyrische Bluhmenlese published 1778 by Karl Wilhelm Ramler. He was most likely not aware of the original poem consisting of 8 stanzas, published by Georg Greflinger 1651, see Hylas will kein Weib nicht haben