| Work Title
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Tirfing
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| Alternative. Title
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(after Hervardursagan), Norse mythological music drama in two acts with prelude and postlude.
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| Composer
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Stenhammar, Wilhelm
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.15
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IWS 43
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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prelude, two acts, postlude
- scene 1: Hervor, Herden
- scene 2: Hervor, Angantyr
- scene 3: Hervor
- Act I (At King Gudmund on the estate Gläsisvall)
- scene 1: Gullväg, Vidar, Overseer of the servants, maids of the court
- scene 2: Gullväg, Vidar
- scene 3: Vidar
- scene 4: Hervardur (Hervor), Vidar, A servant
- scene 5: Hervardur
- Act II (At the King konung Gudmund on the estate Gläsisvall)
- scene 1: Hervardur, Gestur, Harald, Vidar, Svasur, knights
- scene 2: the previous, Gullväg, King Gudmund, Barden, maids of the court, squires
- scene 3: Gullväg, Hervardur, Gestur, Harald, Svasur, knights
- scene 4: Gullväg, Hervardur
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1897-98
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| First Performance.
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1898-12-9, in Stockholm, Royal Opera.
- Wilhelm Stenhammar, conductor.
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| Librettist
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Anna Boberg (1864-1935)
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| Language
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Swedish
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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180 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voices, chorus, orchestra
- Cast
- Gullväg (soprano)
Hervor/Hervardur (mezzo-soprano)
The servants' foreman (tenor)
Gestur (tenor)
Harald (tenor)
A chieftain (tenor)
Vidar (baritone)
King Gudmund (baritone)
A shepherd (baritone)
A bard (baritone)
Svasur (baritone)
Angantyr (bass)
evil-doers, servants, maids of the court, knights, squires
- Voices
- soprano, mezzo-soprano, 4 tenors, 5 baritones, bass,
mixed chorus (SATB), female chorus
- Orchestra
- 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, english horn, 2 clarinets (B♭/A),
bass clarinet (B♭/A), 3 bassoons (3rd also contrabassoon),
6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani,
bass drum, triangle, cymbals, 2 harps, strings
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| External Links
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SMH
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