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Ein 'Bekenntnis zu Wagner': der Columbus Eine dramatische Kantate für Soli, Männerchor, gemischten Chor und großes Orchester nannte Herzogenberg den Columbus, sein erstes Werk für Chor und Orchester, 1870 komponiert und 1872