| Work Title
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Raffael
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| Alternative. Title
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Drei Stimmungsbilder angeregt durch Raffael'sche Gemälde für Chor, Orchester und Orgel
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| Composer
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Volbach, Fritz
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.26
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IFV 4
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| Key
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G major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 choruses:
- Madonna di Foligno. (G major, Sehr ruhig und zart beginnen.
 = gegen 72) (Text: Psalm LI. Begins with the text Alma Redemptoris Mater but continues with the text of Psalm 51, the Miserere.)
- Madonna del Granduca. (E minor, Ruhig und zart) (Text: Alma Redemptoris Mater and Salve Regina)
- Madonna di San Sisto. (G major, In ruhiger aber freudiger und freier Bewegung, ohne zu schleppen.) (Text: Regina caeli antiphon and Hallelujah.)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1902
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| First Performance.
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1903-06-12 (conducted by Mahler?), Basel, or earlier
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| First Publication.
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1903 – Mainz: Schott
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| Copyright Information
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Monatsbericht (1903), p.544 (parts and piano reduction)
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| Librettist
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Psalms and Antiphons
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| Language
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Latin
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| Dedication
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in memory of Franz Wüllner (1832–1902)
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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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mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra (Nos.1,3)
female chorus (SSAA), orchestra (No.2)
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| InstrDetail
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2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons
4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (A/C), 2 cornets à pistons (A), 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, harp, organ, strings
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| External Links
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Preface by Hugh MacDonald, 2016 (mistakenly gives composition date as 1903?)
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| Extra Information
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Solo violin in 2nd tableau. Mentioned in Musical Times, 1 October 1902 (p.662) as recently composed.
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