[Op. 45]. Le Prêcheur de St. Othmar (Der Evangelimann) Drame musical en deux actes Poême et musique de Wilhelm Kienzl Op. 45. Edition complète piano et chant avec texte français réduite par l'auteur. Version française par Louis Schneider ... A son ami le Dr. Carl Muck. [Piano-vocal score]

Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock [PN 26704], 1908. Quarto. Original publisher's decorative wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list, verso blank), 217, [i] (blank) pp. Some leaves partially unopened.

Named cast includes Swolfs, Auber, Sylvain, Figarella, Grillières, Mallet, Garassu, Verheyden, Claessens, Soïni, Rollan, Gerval, and Talberg.

Wrappers slightly worn. Small printer's handstamp to lower margin of title. [?]First French edition.

An Austrian composer, "with Humperdinck, [Kinezl] was responsible for the revival of Romanticism in opera, continuing the tradition of Weber, Lortzing and Wagner." Joseph Clark and Gerhard J. Winkler in Grove Music Online. (Inventory #: 29484)