La Tarantelle de la mort (Bittner, Julius)

Composition Year 1920 January (reduction) ; 1920 February 23 (orchestration)
Genre Categories Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For voices, orchestra; [7 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; German language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

Publisher. Info. Vienna: Univeral Edition, 1920. Plate U.E. 6436.
Copyright
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Valse lente

For Piano
Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Wien: Universal Edition, 1920. Plate U.E. 6501.
Copyright
Public Domain
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General Information

Work Title La Tarantelle de la mort
Alternative. Title Todestarantella
Composer Bittner, Julius
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJB 10
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1920 January (reduction) ; 1920 February 23 (orchestration)
Librettist Bruno Hardt-Warden (1883–1954)
Ignaz Michael Welleminsky (1882–1942)
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
Manuscript Sources Autograph 150 page full score at ÖNB (title La Tarantella de la mort)
Autograph piano reduction at ÖNB
Extra Information Described as "Mimodrama."

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Encyclopedia.com defines mimodrama as "Play or drama in which action is carried on in dumb-show [mime], often to mus. Differs from ballet because movts. are not formalized." This would make this more like incidental music, so this page is tagged as incidental music.

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