Ariadne auf Naxos, L.476 (Benda, Georg)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act
Composition Year 1775
Genre Categories Melodramas; For 3 narrators, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; [18 more...]Scores featuring a narrator; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; German language; French language; Danish language; For 3 narrators, 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring a narrator (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For voices with solo instruments (arr); For 3 narrators, violin, continuo (arr); Scores with basso continuo; For 3 narrators, keyboard (arr); Scores featuring keyboard soloists (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

Sheet Music

Full Scores

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Parts

 Flute 1, 2, Oboe
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⇒ 6 more: Bassoon 1, 2, Horn 1, 2 • Trumpet 1, 2, 3, 4, Timpani • Violin Concertino, Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos and Basses

 Bassoon 1, 2, Horn 1, 2
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 Trumpet 1, 2, 3, 4, Timpani
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 Violin Concertino, Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos and Basses
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 3 Narrators and String Quartet
Editor First edition
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Schwickert, n.d.(ca.1780).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes "Ariadne auf Naxos zum Gebrauche gesellschaftlicher Theater auf zwey Violinen, eine Bratsche und ein Violoncell eingerichtet"
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For 3 Narrators, Violin and Continuo

 Complete Score
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For 3 Narrators and Keyboard
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Schwickert, 1778.
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Language German / French
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Schwickert, n.d.
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Language Danish
Publisher. Info. Copenhagen: S. Sønnichsen, n.d.
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Arranger Composer
Engraver Paris: Huberty
Language German / French
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Artaria, n.d. Plate 6.
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General Information

Work Title Ariadne auf Naxos
Alternative. Title Arianna a Naxos; Ariane á Naxos; Ariadne paa Naxos
Composer Benda, Georg
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. LorB 476
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGB 2
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 act
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1775
First Performance. 1775-01-27in Gotha (Schloss Friedenstein)
First Publication. 1780 ?
Librettist Johann Christian Brandes (1735–1799), after Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737–1823)
Language German. (French & Danish translations)
Dedication Erbprinzessin zu Hessen-Darmstadt
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation Voices: 3 narrators (non-singing)
Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons,
2 horns, 4 trumpets (clarini), timpani, 2 violins, viola, continuo
External Links Wikipedia article

Navigation etc.

"Duodrama" with spoken text. The two main characters are obviously Ariadne and Theseus, but there is a small third speaking role -- that of an Oreade (a mountain nymph).

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