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Vorspiel zum 5.Akt. (Rautendeleins Leid)
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General Information
| Work Title
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Die versunkene Glocke
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| Alternative. Title
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The Submerged Bell (English title). Ein Musikdrama in 5 Akten
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| Composer
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Zöllner, Heinrich
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.80
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IHZ 7
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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5 acts
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1897-1899
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| First Performance.
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1899 July 8, Berlin, Theater des Westens
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| First Publication.
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1899 - Breitkopf und Härtel (vocal score) (254 pp., at e.g. U. Basel and St Pancras British Library)
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| Librettist
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Composer after Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946)
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| Language
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German
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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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Prelude to 5th Act: 3 Flutes, Oboes, English Horn, Clarinets in B♭, Bass Clarinet, Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, Trumpets in C, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Bells, Triangle, Timpani, Harp, Strings
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| Manuscript Sources
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D-Mbs Mus.ms. 18679 (full score, 567 pp)
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Note also Respighi's opera (also based on Hauptmann's play), premiered in 1927; and Wilhelm Grosz' incidental music from/published in 1917.
Prelude to 5th act performed (and recorded once in 1909, composer conducting) under its alternative title, Rautendeleins Leid.