Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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First Publication | 1908 by Otto Junne, Leipzig |
Genre Categories | Symphonic poems; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
Work Title | Hero und Leander, Op.20 |
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Alternative. Title | Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen, after Grillparzer. Symphonic Poem. |
Composer | Ertel, Paul |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.20 |
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IPE 3 |
Key | E minor/major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
First Publication. | 1908 by Otto Junne, Leipzig |
Dedication | Professor Carl Panzner (1866-1923) |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in B♭, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B♭, 3 trombones, bass tuba, timpani, large drum, tamtam, 1–2 harps, strings |
In addition to several works Hero und/and/et Leander, Robert Fuchs wrote an overture to Grillparzer's play (using the alternative title).-Schissel
Karl Panzner led the Philharmonic in Bremen between 1899 and 1909, premiered a symphony by Ewald Straesser (at a later date?), among other things.
Difficult to say whether the primary key/mode pair is E minor or major, but E minor (ending major) seems most likely.