Niels Gade (1817 – 1890)
Elverskud (The Erl-King's Daughter) op. 30
Ballad on Danish folk legends
Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
425.00 €
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Delivery time: 5 - 12 days (Denmark)
Details
- For
- Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
- Product Type
- Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- Niels Gade
- Editor
- Niels Bo Foltmann
- Product number
- 685725
- Languages
- danish, german
Description
Orchestral scoring: S-solo,A-solo,B-solo / GemCh-SAATTBB / Picc/Gr.Fl,2,2,2,2 – 4,2,0,0 - Pk,Trgl,Bck – Str
With “Elverskud” (“The Erl-Kings Daughter”), Gade presented his second “secular cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra”, the first having been his successful “Comala” Op. 12 (1845/46). The genre was quite popular among his contemporaries. This time, Gade planned to base the work on the text of a folk song. Originally, he had approached Hans Christian Andersen for a text but a col...