Concert Band; Orchestra
2.1+EH.2+BCl.2: Asax:
4.0.3.0: Timp: Hp: Str
(4-4-3-3-3 in set): Solo
Tenor
SKU:
AP.36-A289701
Composed by Georges
Hartmann (pseudonym Henri
Grémont) after Die
Leiden des jungen
Werthers by Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe,
Jules Massenet/ Libretto
by Édouard Blau, and
Paul Milliet. Serious
Opera, Orchestra
Accompaniment, Conductor
Score. Kalmus Opera
Library. Score.
LudwigMasters
Publications #36-A289701.
Published by
LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-A289701).
ISBN
9798892702232. UPC:
659359552748.
English.
WERTHER,
an opera in four acts by
Jules Massenet
(1842-1912), found its
inspiration in a novel by
Goethe, The Sorrows of
Young Werther, which in
turn based its story on
the actual suicide of a
young man haunted with
adoration for a married
woman. First performed on
February 16, 1892 in
Vienna, it quickly
reached the stage of the
Theatre Lyrique in Paris
but faltered due to its
serious subject matter.
The growing success of
Massenet's opera Manon
allowed it to be
introduced to Germany.
From there, it achieved
fame in opera houses
across the world. In the
third act, Werther sings
Pourquoi me réveiller?
(Why do you awaken me, oh
breath of spring?),
contrasting his blissful
realization that
Charlotte has accepted
his love with the
impending realization
that their happiness
cannot last. Reprint
edition. Instrumentation:
2.1+EH.2+BCl.2: Asax:
4.0.3.0: Timp: Hp: Str
(4-4-3-3-3 in set): Solo
Tenor.
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