Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins

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Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins is the rousing, climactic final movement of Robert Schumann’s piano cycle Carnaval, Op. 9, depicting the imagined battle between his artistic allies and the conservative “Philistines.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character piece
piano piece movement
associatedWith imaginary league of Davidsbündler created by Schumann
belongsToCatalogue Schumann piano works NERFINISHED
character climactic
rousing
composer Robert Schumann NERFINISHED
cycle Carnaval NERFINISHED
depicts battle between Davidsbündler and Philistines
struggle between progressive artists and conservative critics
genre Romantic piano music
hasCulturalContext 19th-century German musical life
hasForm march
hasMovementNumber 21
hasTempoCharacter energetic
instrumentation solo piano
key B-flat major
languageOfTitle French
opusNumber Op. 9
partOf Carnaval, Op. 9 NERFINISHED
positionInWork final movement
precededBy Pause (movement of Carnaval, Op. 9) NERFINISHED
premiereMedium piano recital
publicationContext first published as part of Carnaval, Op. 9
relatedConcept musical satire
programmatic music
stylePeriod Romantic
thematicConnection Davidsbündler NERFINISHED
Philistines (conservative musical establishment) NERFINISHED
workTitleTranslation March of the Davidsbündler against the Philistines NERFINISHED

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Carnaval, Op. 9 movement Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins