| Work Title
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Die Odyssee
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| Alternative. Title
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Musik-Tragödie in vier Teilen ; Homerische Welt
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| Composer
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Bungert, August
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.30
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IAB 22
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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Four Operas and Preludes
- "Kirke" und Vorspiel "Polyphemos"
- "Nausikaa" und Vorspiel "Die Sirenen und Odysseus' Strandung"
- Odysseus' Heimkehr und Vorspiel "Telemachos' Ausfahrt"
- "Odysseus' Tod" und Vorspiel "Telegonos' Abschied"
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1880-1903
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| First Performance.
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1896 December 12, Dresden (3rd part)
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| Librettist
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Composer, after Homer
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| Language
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German
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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Four evenings
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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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Voices, chorus and orchestra
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| Manuscript Sources
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D-Dl Mus.1-B-608,1 (autograph sketch, Odysseus' Heimkehr)
D-Dl Mus.1-F-530,1 (very brief fragment from the alto trombone part?, digitized)
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| External Links
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Description of Odysseus' Heimkehr (The Standard Operaglass, detailed plots of the celebrated operas, with critical and biographical remarks, dates. P.316. By Charles Annesley - pseud. of Charles and Anna Tittman. 1904 (first pub.1891))
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