Schlafwandel, Op.18 (Hegar, Friedrich)

First Publication 1888
Genre Categories Marches; For male chorus; Scores featuring male chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; German language; French language

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 Complete Score
#616292 - 1.23MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 23×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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 Complete Parts
#616494 - 1.73MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 11×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Editor First edition ?
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Language French, German
Translator Henri Warnéry (1859-1902), French
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Hug, n.d.[1888]. Plate G.H. 466.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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 Complete Score
#880878 - 13.02MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2023/10/20)

Language English
Translator George Laurie Osgood (1844–1922), English text
Publisher. Info. Oliver Ditson Company's Octavo Edition, No.10,373
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1900. Plate 4-43-61628-13.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Indianapolis Maennerchor Archive.
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General Information

Work Title Schlafwandel
Alternative. Title Marche dans le desert f. Männerchor, deutsch u. französisch.
Composer Hegar, Friedrich
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.18
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFH 15
Key D minor
Text Incipit „Im afrikanischen Felsenthal“
First Publication. 1888
Librettist Gottfried Keller (writer, 1819–1890)
Language German, French
Dedication Harmonie choir, Zurich
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation male chorus (TTBB)
External Links The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive
commentary for middle school students

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In spite of the difference in the German and French titles (Sleepwalk/Desert March), the translation is accurate. It describes a column of French foreign legion soldiers marching through the African desert.

That said, it's a piece about a march taken in march tempo, in 4/4. Is it itself a march?

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