Die Hermannsschlacht, WoO 4 (Draeseke, Felix)

Composition Year	1860-?
Genre Categories	Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For male chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring male chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For chorus with orchestra

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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1860).. (?)
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: 180dpi color jpg files approx. 2000 by 2540 pixels. Date of 1860 handwritten in blue pencil on first page appears to be a latter addition. Score consists of the following: prelude to act 1, instructions for act 5 scene 4, and music from scene 14 to the end of the play. RISM
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*#286320 - 11.66MB, 29 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/C - 53×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1860).. (?)
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: approx. 150dpi color jpgs approx. 2000 by 1600 pixels. Score consists of the following: incomplete prelude (pp.9-17), act 1 horn calls, act 3 Einzug der Römer (Marsch), horn calls at the end of act 3, prelude to act 5, bard chorus, battle music, finale. RISM
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Prelude to Act 1: Digital realization by Martin Walsh

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General Information

Work Title	Die Hermannsschlacht
Alternative. Title	Musik zu Heinrich von Kleist´s Herrmannschlacht.
Composer	Draeseke, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	WoO 4
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFD 18
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1860-?
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: male chorus (TB) Orchestra: 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tenor tubas, 2 bass tubas + timpani, cymbals, bass drum, snare drum, tamtam + harp + strings

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Incidental music to the play by Heinrich von Kleist consisting of according to the first page of the full score manuscript: "Vorspiel, melodramatischer Musik zum Auftreten der Alraune, den beiden Bardenchören und zwei Fanfaren."

Is the chorus vocalise or do they actually say words? If so, the desciption above is incomplete - librettist, language, language tag - ELS