Leiligheds Sang af Dr. David, WoO 19 (Gerson, Georg)

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1823
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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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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Work Title Leiligheds Sang af Dr. David for 4 Mandsstemmer [og Pianoforte]
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Composer Gerson, Georg
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. WoO 19
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGG 95
Key A major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 song
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1824-11-22
Librettist Christian Georg Nathan David (1793-1874)
Language Danish
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 tenors, 2 basses, piano

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The composition is a congratulation song for a person named “Augusta”, most likely the composer’s youngest sister, Augusta Gerson (1815–1872). Her birth date was November 22, the dating date of the composition. The concluding word, “gratulor” is a Latin deponent verb meaning “I congratulate”.