First Publication | 1888 |
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Genre Categories | Marches; For male chorus; Scores featuring male chorus; |
Work Title | Schlafwandel |
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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 |
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?