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Naxos
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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
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For 3 Narrators and String Quartet
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First edition
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German
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Leipzig: Schwickert, n.d.(ca.1780).
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"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
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For 3 Narrators and Keyboard
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German
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Leipzig: Schwickert, 1778.
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German / French
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Leipzig: Schwickert, n.d.
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Danish
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Copenhagen: S. Sønnichsen, n.d.
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Arranger
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Engraver
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Paris: Huberty
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German / French
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Vienna: Artaria, n.d. Plate 6.
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General Information
Work Title
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Ariadne auf Naxos
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Alternative. Title
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Arianna a Naxos; Ariane á Naxos; Ariadne paa Naxos
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Composer
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Benda, Georg
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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LorB 476
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IGB 2
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 act
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1775
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First Performance.
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1775-01-27in Gotha (Schloss Friedenstein)
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First Publication.
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1780 ?
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Librettist
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Johann Christian Brandes (1735–1799), after Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737–1823)
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Language
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German. (French & Danish translations)
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Dedication
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Erbprinzessin zu Hessen-Darmstadt
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Classical
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Piece Style
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Classical
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Instrumentation
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Voices: 3 narrators (non-singing) Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 4 trumpets (clarini), timpani, 2 violins, viola, continuo
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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).