Die beiden Schützen. Komische Oper in 3 Akten ... Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Komponisten ... Pr. 6 Thlr. [Piano-vocal score]
- Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister [PN 2774 and J.W. 74], 1842
Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister [PN 2774 and J.W. 74], 1842. Oblong folio. Contemporary mid-tan leather backed boards with original upper publisher's light olive green wrapper laid down to upper. 1f. (recto title, verso "Personen" and "Inhalt"), 3-187, [i] (blank) pp. + 12ff. blank rastrum-ruled music manuscript paper. Engraved throughout.
With annotation in ink ("Albert Lortzing Op. 4") to upper outer corner of first page of music.
Title and musical selections nos. 3, 10, and 11 with plate number 2774; "J.W. 74" to remainder.
Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped, with tape repair to upper portion of spine; endpapers slightly stained; free front endpaper creased. Very occasional minor foxing; one signature detached, with early tape repair. Re-issue from the plates of the first edition published by Julius Wunder in 1839. OCLC 165951054.
Die beiden Schützen was first performed in Leipzig at the Stadttheater on 20 February 1837.
Lortzing was a German composer, actor, and singer. "From the mid-1830s he composed comic operas with spoken dialogue, adapting the opéra comique genre which had been very popular in Germany as well as France in the early 19th century. His operas were particularly successful in German theatres, less so in French- and English-speaking countries. While this distinction still holds good, Lortzing remains a frequently performed operatic composer on the German stage. ... Immediately after the successful première of Die beiden Schützen, Lortzing started work on another comic opera, Zar and Zimmermann. First performed in Leipzig on 22 December 1837, the opera sealed Lortzing's reputation as the foremost German composer of comic operas. It was produced in opera houses throughout the German-speaking countries, particularly after its triumphant performance at the Berlin Hofoper on 6 January 1839. Die beiden Schützen was now taken into the Berlin repertory as well, and Lortzing's next 'grand comic opera', Caramo, oder Das Fischerstechen was composed expressly for the Berlin company." Irmlind Capelle and John Warrack in Grove Music Online.
With annotation in ink ("Albert Lortzing Op. 4") to upper outer corner of first page of music.
Title and musical selections nos. 3, 10, and 11 with plate number 2774; "J.W. 74" to remainder.
Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped, with tape repair to upper portion of spine; endpapers slightly stained; free front endpaper creased. Very occasional minor foxing; one signature detached, with early tape repair. Re-issue from the plates of the first edition published by Julius Wunder in 1839. OCLC 165951054.
Die beiden Schützen was first performed in Leipzig at the Stadttheater on 20 February 1837.
Lortzing was a German composer, actor, and singer. "From the mid-1830s he composed comic operas with spoken dialogue, adapting the opéra comique genre which had been very popular in Germany as well as France in the early 19th century. His operas were particularly successful in German theatres, less so in French- and English-speaking countries. While this distinction still holds good, Lortzing remains a frequently performed operatic composer on the German stage. ... Immediately after the successful première of Die beiden Schützen, Lortzing started work on another comic opera, Zar and Zimmermann. First performed in Leipzig on 22 December 1837, the opera sealed Lortzing's reputation as the foremost German composer of comic operas. It was produced in opera houses throughout the German-speaking countries, particularly after its triumphant performance at the Berlin Hofoper on 6 January 1839. Die beiden Schützen was now taken into the Berlin repertory as well, and Lortzing's next 'grand comic opera', Caramo, oder Das Fischerstechen was composed expressly for the Berlin company." Irmlind Capelle and John Warrack in Grove Music Online.
Details
Title
Die beiden Schützen. Komische Oper in 3 Akten ... Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Komponisten ... Pr. 6 Thlr. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
LORTZING, Albert 1801-1851
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Friedrich Hofmeister [PN 2774 and J.W. 74]: Leipzig
Date
1842