Das Augenlicht, Op.26 (Webern, Anton)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 movement
Composition Year	1935
Genre Categories	Secular choruses; Choruses; For mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For chorus with orchestra; German language

1 Performances
- 1.1 Recordings
- 1.2 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Full Scores
- 2.2 Vocal Scores
3 General Information
4 Navigation etc.

Performances

Recordings

Complete Recording
*#427094 - 15.75MB - 6:51 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/34 - 271×⇩ - MP3 - Rgagnaux

MP3 file (audio)
Rgagnaux (2016/6/17)

Performer Pages	Hermann Scherchen (conductor)
Publisher Info.	Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting, BR), 1958 Gagnaux Collection
Performers	Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Recorded 1958 January 23, Herkulessaal, Munich Residenz
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Naxos

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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete Score (CA)
*#313958 - 1.71MB, 20 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/52/34 - Madcapellan

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Madcapellan (2014/2/1)

Language	German
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Universal Edition, 1956. Plate U.E. 11473.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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Vocal Scores

Complete Score (CA)
*#742852 - 22.00MB, 32 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/52/34 - Feduol

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Feduol (2021/11/4)

Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.[1935?].
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Complete Score (CA)
*#743036 - 25.37MB, 32 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/52/34 - Feduol

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Feduol (2021/11/5)

Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.[1935?].
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	The clarinet part is incomplete. This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Complete Score (CA)
*#314073 - 0.85MB, 16 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/52/34 - Sallen112

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Sallen112 (2014/2/2)

Arranger	Ludwig Zenk (1900-1949)
Language	German
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Universal Edition, 1956. Plate U.E. 11004.
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General Information

Work Title	Das Augenlicht
Alternative. Title
Composer	Webern, Anton
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.26
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IAW 1
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 movement
Text Incipit	Durch unsere offnen Augen
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1935
First Performance.	1938-06-17 in London, ISCM concert BBC Singers and Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen (conductor)
First Publication.	1938
Copyright Information	Scores with the English translation by Erik Smith (1931-2004) cannot be uploaded here.
Librettist	Hildegard Jone (1891-1963)
Language	German
Dedication	Meiner Tochter Amalie Waller
Average DurationAvg. Duration	6 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail	flute, oboe, clarinet (B♭), alto saxophone (E♭) horn (F), trumpet (B♭), trombone timpani, percussion harp, mandolin, 8 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos
External Links	Study score (Philharmonia) (via SMP) Vocal score (Universal) (via SMP) Detail Page (Universal)

Navigation etc.

HMB claims first publication in 1938. Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1938), p.113. (Piano reduction.) Are they mistaken? Perhaps these scores were lost in the war? (They may also have never been produced. Do we know for sure, though?) - Indeed, Universal's own sample-pages from their score (see link above) has: copyright 1938, copyright of edition with English translation 1956. - ELS

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