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Title of the work

Das Geisterschiff / The Ghost Ship

Composer
Mihalovich Ödön
Original / Hungarian title
A rémhajó
Foreign language / English title
Das Geisterschiff / The Ghost Ship
Subtitle
Ballad for orchestra after the poem by Moritz Strachtwitz
Dedication
"Seinem Meister Franz Liszt in dankbarster Freundschaft und Verehrung gewidmet"
Year of composition
1871
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., c.ing., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 6 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 3 timp., perc. (gr.c., ptti., trg., tam-tam) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
5 April 1871, Evening "Five Young Hungarian Composers", Celebrations Hall, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; Tonkünstlerversammlung Orchestra, Ferenc Liszt (cond.)
Publisher / Source
B. Schott´s Söhne, Mainz, 1879

Musikproduktion Höflich, München, 2018
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