Comala, Op.12 (Gade, Niels)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 numbers
Composition Year 1846
Genre Categories Symphonic poems; For voices, 2 mixed choruses, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; German language; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score (color)
#103159 - 74.29MB, 180 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 281×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/5/26)

 Complete Score (black and white)
#283803 - 12.05MB, 180 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 220×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2013/6/7)

Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1889]. Plate 16300.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Plate suggests ca.1883. HMB lists 1880s publications of Comala in 1885 (klavierauszug, "Volks-ausgabe" edition), 1888 (chorus parts only) and in 1889 (new, corrected edition). Forget plate, which is often misleading; -description- is closest to the 1889 edition.
#283803: Original images: 165dpi, color tif files approx. 1710 by 2200 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#415019 - 9.31MB, 77 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 43×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2016/3/12)

Editor First edition
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1847]. Plate 7540.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score
#254078 - 9.02MB, 116 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 139×⇩ - Rob Peters

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Rob Peters (2012/10/9)

 Color Cover
#254077 - 1.83MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 64×⇩ - Rob Peters

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Rob Peters (2012/10/9)

Language English
Translator James Cutler Dunn Parker (1828-1916), English text
Publisher. Info. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1875.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Signed copy of Dudley Buck, 1877.
This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
#282992 - 3.23MB, 56 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 96×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2013/5/31)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1854]. Plate 8830.
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General Information

Work Title Comala
Alternative. Title Dramatische Gedicht nach Ossian für Solo, Chor und Orchester
Composer Gade, Niels
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.12
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ING 13
Key C major (brief introduction in A minor)
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 numbers:
  • Einleitung. Molto moderato (A minor) -
  • No.1. Chor der Krieger und Barden. Andante- Allegro non troppo (C major)
  • No.2. Andante (E major) (Frei im Takte) - Più lento - Andante con moto (F major)
  • No.3. Chor der Krieger. Allegro non troppo (A minor) -
  • No.4. Andante (Frei im Takte) (A minor) - Andantino (A minor - E major) - Poco lento - Andantino (F major) - Più animato [in full score] -
  • No.5. Ballade. Andantino (D major) [Andante in original vocal score]
  • No.6. Moderato (D major) - Allegro non troppo (G minor) - Più Allegro -
  • No.7. Chor der Geister. Allegro moderato (C minor)
  • No.8. Andante (C minor)
  • No.9. Chor der Krieger. Andante- Allegro non troppo (E major) (attacca?)
  • No.10. Andante con moto (C♯ minor) - Più vivace - Tempo I - (attacca not in early vocal score)
  • No.11. Andantino (E minor) - Animato - Tempo I - (see no.10)
  • No.12. Chor der Barden und Jungfrauen. Allegro moderato [e] maestoso (C major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1846
First Performance. 1846-03-23 — Leipzig (from ms.)
First Publication. 1847 (vocal score)

1865 or earlier (orchestra parts)
1889? (full score, revised edition)

Librettist after Ossian (i.e. James Macpherson) (libretto prepared by Julius Klengel Sr. after Ossian's words)
Language German
Dedication Seiner Majestät dem Könige von Dänemark Christian VIII (1786-1848)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 1 hour
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Vocal soli: sopranos, mezzo, alto, baritone; choruses, orchestra
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B♭, A, and C), 2 bassoons,
4 horns (in D, C, E, E♭), 2 trumpets (in C, E, E♭), 3 trombones, tuba,
timpani, percussion (cymbals), harp, strings
Manuscript Sources D-MZs Liedertafel Autogr. 18 (autograph of prelude, 1846)
External Links Wikipedia article (in Dutch)
Preface by Michael Matter, 2013

Navigation etc.

  • Solo roles: Comala, Fingal, Dersagrena, Melicoma, and there is a Soprano II solo in no.5
  • In no.4, Gade specifies "Chor der Jungfrauen"
A book on the standard cantatas gives "1843" for premiere date, but the 1846 April AMZ (Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, Volume 48, starting page 225) reports on the premiere and describes it as a new work. (Also, the autograph of the prelude is dated 1846.) - Schissel

The composer specifies Symphonic Poem/Dramatic poem, not cantata.

New recording issued on 2018 on DaCapo, and an earlier recording on Kontrapunkt.

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