Composition Year | 1862-63 |
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Genre Categories | Secular choruses; Choruses; For voice, male chorus, orchestra; |
Work Title | Schwur im Rütli |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Draeseke, Felix |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | WoO.9 |
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IFD 39 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1862-63 |
Librettist | Composer |
Language | German |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Voices: soprano + 2 male choruses (TTBB, TTBB) Orchestra: 2 piccolos, 4 flutes, 6 clarinets (2 in E♭, 2 in C, 2 in B♭/A), 4 bassoons + 4 horns (2 in A♭, 2 in F/D, 2 in E♭), 4 trumpets (2 in E♭, 2 in F), 2 tenor trombones, 2 bass trombones, 2 tenor tubas (E♭), 2 bass tubas (B♭) + 4 timpani, bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, triangle |
Revised by Draeseke in 1868 for full orchestra (including full string section). 1862-63 manuscript includes a piano reduction.