Movements
The work falls into five sections, in the structure of a palindrome, with the first movement acting as a prologue, then fast, slow, and fast movements, and the final movement acting as an epilogue. The work includes the respective texts.:
- I: "Hector's Farewell to Andromache"
- II: "The City Arming"
- III: "Vigil" - "The Bivouac's Flame"
- IV: "Achilles goes to battle" - "The Heroes"
- V: "Now, Trumpeter, For Thy Close" - "Spring Offensive" - "Dawn on the Somme"
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