| First Publication | 1888 |
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| Genre Categories | Marches; For male chorus; Scores featuring male chorus; |
Complete Score
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Complete Parts
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| Work Title | Schlafwandel |
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| Alternative. Title | Marche dans le desert f. Männerchor, deutsch u. französisch. |
| Composer | Hegar, Friedrich |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.18 |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IFH 15 |
| Key | D minor |
| Text Incipit | „Im afrikanischen Felsenthal“ |
| First Publication. | 1888 |
| Librettist | Gottfried Keller (writer, 1819–1890) |
| Language | German, French |
| Dedication | Harmonie choir, Zurich |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | male chorus (TTBB) |
| External Links | The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive commentary for middle school students |
In spite of the difference in the German and French titles (Sleepwalk/Desert March), the translation is accurate. It describes a column of French foreign legion soldiers marching through the African desert.
That said, it's a piece about a march taken in march tempo, in 4/4. Is it itself a march?