Antigone, Op.55
Op.
Muzik zu Antigone des Sophokles
Sheet music
Sheet music
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· 2 editions
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Composed
1841
First published
1841 - Leipzig: Kistner // London: J. J. Ewer & Co.
Period
Romantic
Catalogue
Op.
Dedication
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Movements
8
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Movements
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8
sections: Overture (C minor, 101 bars) 1. "Strahl des Helios, schönstes Licht" (C major, 165 bars) 2. "Vieles Gewaltige lebt" (A major, 116 bars) : 2a. "Dort naht vom Tor Ismene sich uns" (5 bars) 3. "Ihr Seligen, deren Geschick nie kostet' Unheil!" (F major, 189 bars) 4. "O Eros, Allsieger im Kampf" (G major, 182 bars) 5. "Noch toset des Sturmes Gewalt" (E minor, 165 bars) 6. Bacchus-Chor: "Vielnamiger! Wonn' und Stolz der Kadmos-Jungfrau" (D major, 207 bars) 7. "Hier kommt er ja selbst" (E major, 186 bars)
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