''Columbus'' is an 1870 composition by

Heinrich von Herzogenberg Heinrich Picot de Peccaduc, Freiherr von Herzogenberg (10 June 1843 – 9 October 1900) was an Austrian composer and conductor descended from a French aristocratic family. He was born in Graz and was educated at a Jesuit school in Feldkirch, ...

. A large scale cantata in Wagnerian style it was premiered at the Graz Music Society Concert Hall on 4 December 1870.The Musical World - Volume 48 - Page 845 1870 ". Graz. — Herr Herzogenberg's dramatic cantata, Columbus, has been very well received here."

Recording

*Andre Schuen, Michael Schade,

Markus Butter Markus Butter (born 1973) is an Austrian operatic baritone. Career Born in Bruck an der Mur, Butter was a member and soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir from 1982 to 1986 and graduated in 1991 at the . He received his further education at the and ...

, Chor der Oper Graz, Philharmonisches Orchester Graz, Dirk Kaftan CPO 2017

References

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