Orchestra 2+Picc.2(2nd
dEH).2.2: 4.2.3.1:
Timp:Perc(1): Hp:
Str(4.4.3.3.3 in set):
Vocal soli (6 roles,
SATTBB): Chorus: Banda
(3Picc.6Hn.2Perc)
SKU:
AP.36-A235001
Composed by Richard
Wagner/ Libretto by the
composer. Serious Opera.
Kalmus Opera Library.
Score. LudwigMasters
Publications #36-A235001.
Published by
LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-A235001).
ISBN
9798892704786. UPC:
659359695650.
English.
DER
FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (THE
FLYING DUTCHMAN), WWV 63,
had two sources of
inspiration for Richard
Wagner (1813-1883). The
first was a short story
by Heinrich Heine, based
on the folk legend of a
sea-captain doomed to
roam the seas for
eternity. The second was
an 1839 voyage that
Wagner took on board the
Thetis, a Norwegian ship,
from Riga to London. The
first performance took
place at the Königliches
Hoftheater in Dresden on
January 2, 1843, under
the baton of the
composer. Expecting more
of the pageantry and
conflagration of RIENZI,
the first Dresden
audience reacted with
indifference. The
production lasted only
four performances. In the
1870s, as listeners grew
used to the innovations
of his mature works, it
finally grew in
popularity and has become
one of his most-performed
operas today.
Instrumentation:
2+Picc.2(2nd dEH).2.2:
4.2.3.1: Timp:Perc(1):
Hp: Str(4.4.3.3.3 in
set): Vocal soli (6
roles, SATTBB): Chorus:
Banda
(3Picc.6Hn.2Perc).
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