An den Baum Daphne
An den Baum Daphne (To the Daphne Tree). Epilogue by R. Strauss to his opera Daphne (1936–7) for unacc. 9-part mixed ch., to words by J. Gregor, comp. 1943. This was the lib. for a choral finale to the opera which Strauss discarded in favour of an orch. transformation scene. He set the words later as this motet.
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