Romantisches Schauspiel in vier Akten mit Musikbegleitung Chören und Tänzen-Rosamunde Fürstin Von Cypern D 797Incidental music to the four-act play by Helmina von Chézy.On 20 December 1823 Helmina von Chézy?s ?great romantic drama? ?Rosamunde? received its premiere performance at Vienna?s Theater an der Wien. Unfortunately this version of the drama with ghosts shipwreck pirates attempted poisoning and other horrifying ingredients has not survived unlike Schubert?s popular incidental music which was already praised by contemporary critics. Special acknowledgment was given to ?the genius of this much-loved master? and as evidence of its popularity the overture and the ?Hunters? Chorus? had to beplayed again.Now Bärenreiter is issuing one of Schubert?s best-known compositions in a complete vocal score.The appendix includes Chézy?s draft to the play ?Rosamunde? and a reconstruction of the first version of this drama.Urtext edition based on the ?New Schubert Edition?Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng)Idiomatic uncluttered Piano reduction (Ger)Full score (BA5570) and vocal score (BA5570-90) available for sale performance material (BA5570-72) available for hire