Instrumentation
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Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
- Solo Voices
- The Old Duke (bass)
Freihild, the Old Duke's daughter (soprano) Duke Robert, Freihild's husband (baritone) Guntram (tenor) Friedhold (bass) The Duke's Jester (tenor) An Old Woman (contralto) An Old Man (tenor) 2 Young Men (basses) 3 Vassals (basses) A Messenger (baritone) 4 Minnisingers (2 tenors, 2 basses)
- Chorus (SATB)
- Vassals, Minnesingers, monks, servants, vagrants
- Orchestra
- 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd also English horn)
- 3 clarinets (B♭) (3rd also bass clarinet (B♭)), 3 bassoons, contrabassoon
- 4 horns (F, E), 3 trumpets (C, F), bass trumpet (C), 3 trombones, tuba
timpani (2 drums), percussion (5 players)
- (Bass drum, tenor drum, triangle, cymbals (large and small))
- Lute, 2 harps, strings (16, 16, 12, 10, 8 players)
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