Orchestra (picc.2.2.2.2 -
2.2.0.0 - small dr - str)
SKU: BR.PB-5320
Overture to Goethe's
Hermann und Dorothea -
Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Christian Rudolf
Riedel. Orchestra;
stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Urtext of
Revolutionary
Overture
Overture;
Romantic. Full score. 44
pages. Duration 10'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5320. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5320).
ISBN
9790004212363. 10 x 12.5
inches.
The
Overture to Hermann and
Dorothea is the only
compositional result that
Schumann reaped from
Goethes epic poem. He had
originally planned an
entire opera, then a
Singspiel, and finally an
oratorio. In the end
(1851), he quickly
produced an orchestral
score that remained
unprinted during his
lifetime. The striking
thematic use of the
Marseillaise is multiply
motivated: Goethes poem
unfolds in 1796, when the
two eponymous lovers are
fleeing from the French
revolutionary troops;
Schumann had directly
experienced the
revolutionary uprisings
of 1848 in Dresden;
finally, Louis Napoleons
coup detat of 2 December
1851 must also have made
an impact on the
composer. The primary
source of the Urtext
edition of Schumanns
Revolutionary Overture is
the carefully written
autograph.
Urtext
of the Revolutionary.
