Composition Year | 1798/9/28 |
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Genre Categories | Songs; For 3 voices; For unaccompanied voices; |
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Work Title | The Erl King |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Callcott, John Wall |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJC 7 |
Key | E-flat major |
Text Incipit | Who is it that rides through the forest so fast? |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1798/9/28 |
First Publication. | 1798 |
Librettist | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), translated by Matthew Lewis (1775-1818) |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
Piece Style | Classical |
Instrumentation | 3 voices (STB) |